Dams, tunnels and hydro-electric schemes are multifaceted structures requiring specialist input surrounding the following:
- Site selection
- Dam type selection
- Foundation conditions
- Construction material availability
- Basin/reservoir analysis
- Slope stability along the wall and basin/reservoir
- Rock mass modelling
Typical Investigative Procedures:
Extensive multi-disciplinary investigations
- Desktop Studies
- Geophysical Surveys
- In-situ Testing Methods; DMT, DPSH, SPT, CPTu, Packer Tests
- Field Tests including; geological mapping, surface feature identification joint line surveys, percolation testing
- Rotary Core Drilling and associated geotechnical core logging and rock testing
- Trial Pitting- Heavy Mechanical Excavator or Large Diameter Auger Holes and associated undisturbed and disturbed soil testing.