With a history of engineering in challenging ground conditions and complex projects, Itasca engineers and scientists have an unparalleled knowledge of numerical modeling and other advanced engineering analysis techniques. Itasca works on a wide variety of projects for owners, government, and other consultants, including:

• Site characterization
• Slope and portal stability and design
• Tunnel infrastructure
• Surface transportation infrastructure
• Ground-structure interaction
• Foundations
• Cavern stability, support, and deformation
• Dam and spillway stability
• Levees and floodwalls
• Marine structures
• Hydroelectric power plants

Civil engineering and geotechnical services offered include:

• Field work to measure material properties
• Material property review
• Monitoring the evolution of the stress and displacement during the excavation of tunnels and underground structure of any type
• Validation of tunnel construction design
• Optimizing building systems in soil or rock in an excavation or along a slope
• Stability analysis and remediation of historical monuments or landmarks
• Back-analysis of sinkhole formation and forward prediction
• Modeling of soil/rock structure interaction in static or dynamic conditions
• Microseismic, acoustic emission, and ultrasonic monitoring services
• Soil- and rock-mechanics design and stability analyses
• Ground settlement and excavation convergence
• Groundwater flow investigation, monitoring, modeling, and management for dewatering and depressurization
• Geochemistry
• Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) processes
• Design review
• Risk analysis
• Back analysis and owner’s review
• Safety and quality control
• Permitting, litigation, and expert witness
• Monitoring and instrumentation for observational method
• Static analysis, including static liquefaction
• Dynamic (seismic, blasting, and vibrations) stability analysis including liquefaction potential analysis
• Creep analysis
• Heat transfer analysis
• Frozen soil remediation
• Enhanced soil remediation, including jet grouting