Our engineering geologists provide the big picture and foundations for most geotechnical environmental and engineering projects. Integration and application of the earth sciences into the engineering, design, forensics, and construction processes are vital to nearly every project in the built and natural environments.

PROVIDING VALUEOur engineering geologists support projects across the nation to provide valuable strategic input. Examples of our services include geologic characterization for complex sites and geologic hazard studies regarding unstable slopes, landslides, and fault activity.

Environmental constraints and growth-control regulations can adversely affect land otherwise available for development. As a result, some simple flat properties give way to steeper and/or more complex sites that require a higher degree of application-based geologic understanding. Because of this complexity, our clients rely heavily on our engineering geology expertise to avoid unanticipated and complex subsurface conditions that could lead to cost and/or schedule overruns.

In addition to the current technologies employed to implement engineering geology, Kleinfelder professionals frequently use GIS to organize and communicate site conditions and opportunities. Our professionals have the training, knowledge, project experience, and resources to perform a wide array of services.

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Engineering Geology Services

Projects:

• Coronado Fault Capability Study

• Northern California Storm

Damage Landslide Repairs

• New Mexico Interstate 70

Redesign

• Oklahoma Lead Mining District

Void Analyses

• Costa Azul LNG Fault Source

Characterization

• Folsom Dam Spillway Rock Scour

Modeling

• Salt Palace Ground Rupture

Study

• FEMA Earthquake and Landslide

Disaster Assistance

• Rio Nido Santa Rosa Landslide

Emergency Response and Repairs

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY SERVICES• Geologic characterization and hazards assessment• Geomorphic (terrain) analysis and imagery• Landslide assessment and mitigation• Hillside earthwork• Karst and void characterization• Excavatability assessment and blasting programs• Erosion, sedimentation, and scour analysis• Construction materials borrow source valuation• Kinematic and key block analysis• Rockfall hazard assessment and slope stabilization• Stream and river (fluvial) geomorphology• Linear project and fault source characterizations• Mineral resources assessment• Integration with most Kleinfelder services• Geologic and geomorphic mapping• Aerial photograph and imagery analysis• GIS terrain analysis• Slope stability analysis and design• Fault trenching• Helicopter, remote access, and over-water (barge) drilling• Surface and borehole geophysics• In-situ test methods• Slope inclinometers and borehole extensometers• Piezometers and observation wells

An Employee-Owned Company | © 2014 Kleinfelder. All rights reserved.

Engineering Geology Services

Additional Services:

• Web-based remote monitoring

• Data analysis and modeling

• Ground motion analysis (DSHA,

PSHA)

• Vadose (unsaturated) zone and

seepage analysis

• Rock characterization

• Surface contouring and isopach

mapping

• Groundwater, slope stability,

deformation, 3D, and GIS

modeling