Geotechnical engineering is critical to the stability of a structure
Miyamoto’s geotechnical engineering team is based in Christchurch, New Zealand. In recent years, the team has grown organically with a number of hand-picked professionals with a diverse range of experience and expertise that can be drawn together to provide the right set of skills for any project.
Miyamoto offers an extensive range of geotechnical services
- Geotechnical investigations
- Site (in-situ) and laboratory testing of soils and rocks
- Construction monitoring
- Bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations
- Settlement analysis
- Geotechnical foundation design (mat, raft, piled foundations and shafts)
- Geotechnical earthquake engineering
- Soil liquefaction assessment and risk analysis
- Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis
- Site response analysis – selection of hazard consistent time histories
- Soil-Foundation-Structure-Interaction
- Advanced stress-strain numerical modeling
- Ground treatment (ground reinforcement and/or improvement)
- Slope stability analysis and design for soil and rock slopes
- Settlement analysis
- Earthworks and retaining structures (timber pile, sheet pile, concrete and block walls, diaphragm walls, secant piles)
- Reinforced embankments and Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls (MSEW)
- Dams
- Rockfall assessment and rock mechanics
- Land stability and monitoring
- Peer reviews
We’re One Step Ahead
In particular, Miyamoto considers itself one step ahead of the market with regards to Soil-Structure-Interaction and Performance-Based Engineering. With direct access to its in-house structural engineering team, Miyamoto can efficiently develop a comprehensive understanding of the ground and structural performance and maximize the efficiency of structural elements. With a better understanding of the seismic performance of the ground and structures, Miyamoto can produce design solutions with measurably reduced risk and costs.