A: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING INVESTIGATIONS AND STUDIES.
1. Geotechnical
Reconnaissance - Mapping.
2. Specifications of Site
Investigations.
3. Evaluation of the results
of Site Investigations.
4. In-situ and Laboratory
soil and rock testing and quality control.
5. Geotechnical
Investigation for Salt Works.
6. Geotechnical Design for
Hazardous Waste Disposal.
7. Geotechnical Problems of
Quarry and Mining Tailings Disposal.
8.
Installation and monitoring of measuring instruments in
Geotechnical works (instrumentation).
9. Underground water
detection (piezometric surface).
10. Contamination detection of
soils and water.
11. Environmental implications
from fuels, toxic materials & waste storage.
12. Solid and liquid waste
disposal management.
13. Control and protection
from erosion.
14. Protection and restoration
of historical monuments.
15. Water and gas proofing of
underground excavations.
16. Ground improvement -
Strengthening of soils.
17. Cement injections and
grouting.
18. Gravel piles - columns,
construction and control.
19. Reinforced Earth.
20. Geogrids - geotextiles.
21. Location of borrow pits.
22. Evaluation of aggregates
and geological material suitability for road pavements, runway
surfaces, railway ballast and skid resistant road pavement
surfaces.
23. Earthworks, excavations
and embankments.
24. Earth and rock-filled
dams.
25. Shallow and raft
foundations for buildings.
26. Deep piled foundations.
27. Underpinning.
28. Soil slope stability
analyses (Bishop, Morgenstern).
29. Rock slope stability
analyses (Hoek, Bray)
30. Lateral earth pressures -
Retaining walls for soils and rocks.
31. Determination of Factors
Influencing the performance of a tunneling machine.
32. Determination of rock
properties for tunnel boring prognosis & costs.
33. Design of Underground
Excavations.
34. Rock Slope Stability in
Underground Excavations.
35. Underground Excavations
Support Design.
36. Blasting Design for
Surface Excavations.
37. Blasting Design for
Underground Excavations.
38. Systems for artificial
recharge of ground water (Geotechnical viewpoint).
39. Writing of Specifications
for Geotechnical Engineering Projects & Works.