Geotechnical field services
AMEC is dedicated to high-quality, cost-effective service, both nationally and internationally, while considering the clients´ technical, financial and scheduling requirements. AMEC is committed to excellence in engineering and project delivery with respect to sustainable development and environmentally compatible projects.
From more than 90 offices, geotechnical professionals provide on-site geotechnical expertise to a large number of clients and a wide variety of project types. For construction projects, on-site monitoring and quality control provides all stakeholders with the confidence that the work is in accordance with the design and/or specifications. For example, at landslide sites, AMEC professionals monitor ground surface and subsurface movements, pore water pressures and other factors to assess the mode of movement and potential remedial measures. Technical areas where AMEC can provide geotechnical field services are listed below.
Construction Control and Monitoring
- Observational Method
- Compaction Monitoring
- Pre-Construction Surveys
- Pile Construction Monitoring
- Specialized Sampling
- Drain Installations (Vertical and Horizontal)
- Sheet Pile Installation Monitoring
- Excavation Performance Monitoring
- Construction Supervision, "Design-as-you go" Systems
- Field Laboratories
- Vibration Monitoring
- Offshore Construction Control
- Ground Improvement Monitoring
- Contract Administration
- Quality Control / Quality Assurance
Site Investigation
- Logistics, Planning and Execution of Field Programs in a Variety of Environments, Including Arctic, Offshore, Mountainous, Tropical and Semi-Arid Environments
- Geotechnical and Geological Logging
- Geotechnical and Geological Site Assessments
- Drilling Supervision and Coordination, Heli-Drilling, Barge Drilling
- Coring
- Sampling, Including a Variety of Specialized Techniques for Difficult Ground Conditions
- In-situ Penetration Tests, Including SPT, BPT, CPT (Piezo-Cone, Seismic Cone, Specialized Cones)
- Pressuremeter, Dilatometer, Vane Tests
- In-Situ Permeability Tests, Packer Tests, Pumping Well Tests
- Surface, Downhole and Cross-Hole Geophysics
People and Technology
AMEC´s team of professionals includes specialists in planning, engineering, management and supervision. Our people are highly qualified and experienced in working as a team in integrated multidisciplinary settings. Our field expertise is supported by in-house electronic data processing equipment, computer hardware, software, computer-aided drafting facilities, programming and modeling capabilities. Field equipment is available to monitor a wide variety of movements and displacements, loads and pressures, flows, temperature and orientation.
Instrumentation (Design, Installation and Monitoring)
- Soil, Rock and Permafrost Instrumentation and Testing
- Standpipes for Geotechnical and Environmental Applications
- Pneumatic, Electric and Multi-port Piezometers, Multiple Peizometers
- Slope Inclinometers and Micrometers
- Vertical and Horizontal Displacement Measurement, Downhole and Surface Instrumentation, Including Shoring Walls
- Pressure Cells
- Ground Temperature - Thermistor Installation and Monitoring
- Thaw Settlement and Frost Heave
- Large Scale Displacement Devices
- TDR, FDR, Lysimeters for Geotechnical Applications
- Sea Bed Monitoring
- Anchor Monitoring, Including Lift Off and Creep Testing
- Structural Deformation Monitoring
- Deep Caisson Three-Dimensional Monitoring
- Customized Instrumentation
- Monitoring Systems, Control Panels, Data Acquisition Systems, Remote Monitoring