Geotechnical Engineering
At SPEEDECK, we provide complete geotechnical engineering support to help identify, assess and mitigate risks from a wide range of ground conditions. We undertake assessments for tree influence on foundations, heave, ground gases, and high water tables, tailoring solutions to deliver safe, efficient, and buildable foundations.
For every project, we provide comprehensive supporting calculations for ground engineering methodology.
Do I need a geotechnical assessment for foundations?
In short, Yes, a geotechnical assessment is essential for foundations to identify soil conditions, manage risks, and ensure a safe, cost-effective design.
Our in-house Geotechnical team relieves our clients’ stress, coordination, and complication by helping to identify and manage the risks associated with the foundation design. Our team is highly experienced in mitigating a wide range of common and unusual geotechnical problems, leaving our clients to focus on other aspects of their build.
We specify any additional ground investigation, simplify design, and remove risks where possible. Where heave is a concern, we provide tailored advice, from determining heave risk, to engineering piles to resist heave forces, and guidance on seasonal impacts such as heave risk following heatwaves or frost heave.
If required, we can provide an optimised design at an early stage, supported by thorough site data such as ground investigation for piled raft foundations. This ensures that unexpected ground conditions can be addressed quickly and efficiently.
Geotechnical Calculations
We will produce an economical and efficient foundation design to keep development costs as low as possible while ensuring regulatory approval and compliance with national standards. We can analyse various geotechnical challenges, such as high water tables, dissolution features and clay/ chalk in the ground.
Our thorough Design and Calculation packs minimise discussions with warranty providers at the detailed design stage, allowing foundation geotechnical elements to be signed off quickly without any remedial works being required on site. This enables our clients to achieve quicker completion on sold units without delays in warranty approvals.
As all design is completed in-house, if any unknown or unexpected ground conditions are encountered on-site, we can deal with them efficiently and quickly. This means our clients can maintain the programme with minimal input required from them in terms of design coordination.
Design Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering is part of our Design Engineering solutions
Geotechnical Engineering
For all projects we provide detailed supporting calculations for ground engineering methodology, anti-heave precautions and ground gas assessment.
Structural Calculations
High-level structural calculations from our concept design are detailed out using Finite Modelling to ensure optimal load across the structure.
