Geotechnical services

WSP is proud to have established Australia’s largest group of geotechnical professionals covering the full range of geotechnical disciplines. We are known for our in-depth understanding of ground behaviour and how seismic, groundwater and environmental considerations influence design and construction. Our deep understanding of geotechnical materials, and design requirements, as well as ground-structure interaction and construction technologies, enables us to provide site specific, practical ground engineering solutions to a broad range of projects in the following industry sectors.

Industry sectors:

• Transportation roads, railways, ports, airports, bridges, tunnels and shafts
• Building and land development for industrial, commercial, government and private developments
• Utility and renewable developments including on and offshore wind farms, hydropower and pumped hydro, energy generation and storage, pipelines, transmission towers and communication infrastructure
• Mine infrastructure including haul roads, airports, railways, ports, dams, buildings, pits, underground access tunnels, shafts, camps and villages
• Onshore and offshore oil and gas infrastructure including platforms, subsea pipelines and shore approaches and LNG facilities
• Water infrastructure dams, pipelines, tunnels and directional bores

From initial desktop assessments and site investigations, through to geotechnical design and construction phase services, WSP provides specialty advice to our ground engineering clients. Our geotechnical professionals also have access to in-house industry leading site investigation, in situ testing, geophysics, instrumentation and laboratory testing capabilities, with our specialty laboratory testing services provided through our national network of NATA accredited geotechnical laboratories.

As an integral part of WSP’s Australian business, our geotechnical team has a solid understanding of what is required to develop and deliver projects and work closely alongside planners, engineers and scientists from the early in a project’s development through its design, construction and operation. This creates continuity of project knowledge and supports the multidisciplinary collaboration that is essential to delivering complex designs and managing client risk over the project’s lifecycle.

 Specialty services provided by our teams include geotechnical subsurface investigations, site characterisation and digital ground model development, geotechnical design of earthworks, foundation systems, deep excavations, temporary works, marine and offshore structures, tunnels, caverns and shafts, earth retaining structures, ground improvement, cut slopes, fill embankments and pavements, as well as the remedial design of landslides, debris flows and rockfall post failure.