Engineering services

“Working with our team at AMEC, you’ll be surrounded by smart, motivated, talented people. Our specialists around the world are involved with anything from flood hazard identification to protecting threatened species at any one time. It’s an exciting and rewarding market to be in.”

Roger Jinks, President, Earth and Environmental

Engineering services

Professional engineers apply specialized knowledge to develop solutions for clients.

Geotechnical Engineering 

  • Soil/Foundation Investigations and Design 
  • Dam and Impoundment Design and Instrumentation 
  • Arctic and Permafrost Engineering 
  • Arid and Tropical Terrain Engineering 
  • Deep Excavations 
  • Soil-Pipeline Interaction Analysis 
  • Slope Stability Analysis 
  • Shafts, Tunnels and Underground Openings 
  • Seepage Analysis and Control 
  • Dewatering Systems 
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Landfill and Leach Pad Design
  • Composite Liner Systems 
  • Tailings Dams and Waste Dumps 
  • Foundation Distress Investigations 
  • Ground Improvement 
  • Soft Ground Engineering 
  • Construction and Blast Vibration Monitoring
  • Flood Control Structure and Shoring Design 
  • Grouting/Compaction Grouting Technology

Earthquake Engineering

  • Risk and Hazard Assessments 
  • Liquefaction/Lateral Spread 
  • Dynamic Soil/Structure Interaction 
  • Site Response Analysis 
  • Seismic Design Criteria 
  • Ground Densification and Stabilization 
  • Earthquake Resistant Dam Design 
  • Fault Crossing Design

Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology

  • Geologic Hazard Evaluations 
  • Subsidence Evaluations 
  • Fault Mapping and Hazard Analysis 
  • Slope Stability Analysis 
  • Borrow Source and Material Inventories 
  • Properties and Classification of Rocks and Rock Masses 
  • Rock Support and Anchors 
  • Tunnel and Shaft Investigations, Design and Instrumentation 
  • Pit Wall Stability 
  • Dam Site Investigations 
  • Pipeline Route Selection 
  • Avalanche Chute Investigations 
  • Blast Designs

Water Resources

  • Surface and Groundwater Engineering 
  • River Engineering 
  • Hydraulics and Hydrology 
  • Watershed Management 
  • Sedimentation/Scour Studies 
  • Hydrometric Surveys 
  • Water Supply Services 
  • Well Field Design 
  • Ice Processes
  • Erosion Control 
  • Flood Studies/Control

Coastal and Offshore Engineering

  • Offshore Site Investigations 
  • Shoreline Processes and Protection 
  • Dredging Systems and Hydraulic Fills 
  • Bulkhead and Cofferdam Design Parameters 
  • Stability of Underwater Cuts and Fills 
  • Arctic Coastal Processes 
  • Offshore Pipelines 
  • Foundation Designs for Drilling Platforms and Artificial Islands
  • Breakwater Design 
  • Ports and Harbors

Materials Engineering

  • Construction Materials Consulting 
  • Portland Cement Concrete Technology 
  • Shotcrete Technology 
  • Asphalt Concrete Technology 
  • Pavement Design Evaluation and Rehabilitation 
  • Research and Development of Materials and Products 
  • Building Science Technologies 
  • Failure Investigations and Rehabilitation of Structures
  • Insurance Claims Investigations 
  • Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation 
  • Alkali-Aggregate Reactions
  • Material Resources

Construction Support Services

  • Quality Assurance/Quality Control Programs 
  • Soil, Concrete and Asphalt Placement Monitoring 
  • Materials Testing
  • Pile Inspection and Construction Monitoring 
  • Blast and Construction Vibration Monitoring 
  • Construction Specification Compliance
  • Speciality Materials Testing 
  • Mass Grading Control

Field Services

  • Supervision of Drilling, Coring and In-situ Testing 
  • Instrumentation of Earthworks, Rock and Permafrost 
  • Logistics Planning and Execution of Field Programs: Arctic, Offshore, Tropical and Arid Terrains 
  • Load Testing
  • Geophysical Services 
  • Construction Monitoring