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Transport Engineering

Roads, motorways and rail infrastructures

  • Route design
  • Design of motorway interchanges and toll stations / tolling facilities
  • Transport analyses
  • Pre-feasibility studies and analyses
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Multi-criteria analysis
  • Feasibility Document for Design Alternatives
  • Technical-Economic Feasibility Design
  • Detailed Design
  • Construction management
  • Quantity surveying and cost control
  • Site support activities

Structural Engineering

  • Bi- and three-dimensional structural analysis
  • Design of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete structures
  • Design of steel structures
  • Design of special structures
  • Dynamic and seismic analysis
  • Assessment of distressed structures
  • Functional rehabilitation design of distressed structures
  • Numerical applications
  • Testing and final acceptance

Underground Works

  • Analysis of ground-structure interaction using numerical methods with simulation of construction stages
  • Study and design of consolidation measures
  • Definition of the most suitable excavation and advance methodologies
  • Selection and sizing of support and lining structures
  • Optimization of techniques and construction stages
  • Geological and geomechanical surveys during construction
  • Monitoring and measurements
  • Checks and consultancy during construction

Railway Engineering

  • Design of new alignments
  • Design of works for railway yards and stations
  • Pre-feasibility studies and analyses
  • Design of jacked undercrossing works
  • Design of interchange facilities
  • Signalling systems
  • Design of interventions and works at all levels
  • Site support activities
  • Studies and analyses for verifying track efficiency

Hydraulic Engineering and Maritime Works

  • Applied hydrology studies
  • Analysis of hydrogeological instability
  • Studies and design of basin management works
  • Design of hydraulic regulation works
  • Design of hydraulic structures
  • Studies and designs for the development of port facilities
  • Analysis and design of anchored quay bulkheads
  • Analysis and design of moles and offshore breakwaters

Geotechnical Engineering

Geotechnical characterization of soils

  • Programs and technical specifications for geognostic investigations
  • On-site assistance during investigations
  • Analysis and interpretation of data
  • Characterization and identification of geotechnical models
  • Definition of geotechnical design parameters

Stability analysis of slopes and excavation faces

  • Typological characterization of instability phenomena
  • Stability checks using the limit equilibrium method or numerical models
  • Design of consolidation and stabilization measures
    Programs and technical specifications for the installation of monitoring instrumentation
  • Execution and interpretation of monitoring measurements

Design of earth retention works

  • Anchored reinforced concrete diaphragm walls
  • Special retaining works
  • Temporary retaining walls
  • Reinforced soil – mechanically stabilized earth
  • Drainage and consolidation measures

Design of special foundations

  • Static and dynamic analysis of pile systems using numerical methods
  • Applicability analysis of ground improvement and soil consolidation methods
  • Studies of special foundations (wells, etc.)

Design of shallow foundations

  • Soil-structure interaction issues
  • Bearing capacity – settlement prediction
  • Design of structural foundation elements

Design of ground improvement measures

  • Dynamic compaction
  • Densification with explosives
  • Grouting of non-cohesive soils
    Vibroflotation – electro-osmosis – deep drainage
  • Consolidation – stone columns
  • Jet grouting
  • Ground freezing
  • Deep stabilization techniques

Analysis of structures affected by instability

  • Investigation and study programs
  • Technical specifications for the installation of monitoring instrumentation
  • Processing and interpretation of measurements
  • Simulation of instability conditions using numerical methods
  • Design of consolidation and structural restoration measures
    Geotechnical instrumentation
  • Design of monitoring and control networks
  • Assistance during installation
  • Execution and processing of in-situ measurements
  • Analysis and interpretation of measurements

Rock Mechanics

Geomechanical Characterization

  • Technical programmes and specifications for geognostic investigations
  • Geostructural surveys and on-site data acquisition
  • Data analysis and interpretation
  • Geomechanical characterization of rock masses
  • Definition of design geomechanical parameters

Stability Analysis of Natural Slopes

  • Typological characterization of instability and failure phenomena
    Two- and three-dimensional stability analyses using the limit equilibrium method or numerical models
  • Design of stabilization and consolidation interventions
  • Technical programmes and specifications for the installation of monitoring instruments and interpretation of the related measurements

Quarry and Mining Engineering

  • Study of excavation face stability
  • Slope regrading design
  • Stability analysis of underground cavities
  • Mining plans
  • Definition and sizing of support and consolidation interventions
  • Monitoring

Geotechnical and Structural Monitoring

Environmental Engineering

  • Investigation and analysis programmes
  • Consultancy on geotechnical issues for landfill design
  • Design of geotechnical remediation and reclamation works for contaminated sites
  • Design of environmental rehabilitation of quarries and mines
  • Hydraulic, geological, hydrological and geotechnical studies for specific issues
  • Design of interventions for land protection
  • Application of Geographic Information Systems
  • Risk analysis