Geotechnical engineering is the application of science to the design and construction of foundations and earthwork projects. We specialize in the behavior of earth materials, analyze the subsurface profile of a site, and provide design and construction recommendations for various forms of infrastructure.
Scope of Services
The discipline of geotechnical engineering is broad. Summit provides full service consulting for virtually every aspect of geotechnical engineering, including the following:
Summit owns and operates two drill rigs capable of conventional auger and pneumatic driven casing (dry hole) explorations and Cone Penetration Testing. The primary use of our drill rigs is to service our own geotechnical projects. Our control over the scheduling of our exploration equipment allows us to mobilize quickly to sites, facilitating our Client’s efforts to maintain project schedules.
For our smaller projects, our approach is to assign a geotechnical engineer to each project who will coordinate and observe the explorations, perform the analyses, and prepare the final geotechnical report. This continuity allows us to be efficient: information is not lost in the translation from multiple staff working on the same small project. For our larger projects, professional staff is assigned under the typical Project Manager and Project Engineer structure. For all projects our explorations are coordinated and observed by the Project Engineer; the professional who prepares our final reports.
The Summit engineering staff brings 45 years of practical geotechnical experience to our geotechnical projects. We are currently licensed to perform geotechnical engineering services in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
- Subsurface investigations, including drilling, cone penetration testing, test pits, hand borings and sampling, and resistivity testing
- Laboratory Testing
- Evaluations of foundation types
- Foundation design and construction recommendations for all types of structures
- Recommendations for ground improvements
- Evaluation of slope stability and landslide investigations
- Structure movement instrumentation and monitoring including level and alignment optical surveys, piezometers, inclinometers, and strain gages
- Forensic evaluations of building foundations, slabs, retaining walls, slopes, and roadways
- Design of temporary and permanent sheeting, shoring, and excavation stabilization measures.
- Borrow source evaluations and inventories
- Reinforced earth slope and segmental block retaining wall designs
- Underpinning and associated temporary and permanent earth support system designs
Summit owns and operates two drill rigs capable of conventional auger and pneumatic driven casing (dry hole) explorations and Cone Penetration Testing. The primary use of our drill rigs is to service our own geotechnical projects. Our control over the scheduling of our exploration equipment allows us to mobilize quickly to sites, facilitating our Client’s efforts to maintain project schedules.
For our smaller projects, our approach is to assign a geotechnical engineer to each project who will coordinate and observe the explorations, perform the analyses, and prepare the final geotechnical report. This continuity allows us to be efficient: information is not lost in the translation from multiple staff working on the same small project. For our larger projects, professional staff is assigned under the typical Project Manager and Project Engineer structure. For all projects our explorations are coordinated and observed by the Project Engineer; the professional who prepares our final reports.
The Summit engineering staff brings 45 years of practical geotechnical experience to our geotechnical projects. We are currently licensed to perform geotechnical engineering services in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Settlement Monitoring
Pre-load Design
Rock Anchors
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Soil and Rock Classification
Subgrade Improvement Recommendations
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