Geotechnical Engineering Services
MC10 Engineering understands that the geotechnical field is one of the more challenging areas in your construction projects. We have the experience to help you navigate through these challenges and manage the risk associated with geotechnical issues.
RPEQ Certified Engineers
Our team holds RPEQ (Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland) certifications in Civil and Geotechnical engineering. This translates to discipline expertise backed by certification.
We are registered with the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland. We’re proud to provide our clients with many years of on-site experience coupled with extensive contract administration and project management.
Technical Skill with Real-World Application
Our expertise is greater than our significant technical skills. We pride ourselves on our capacity to apply this knowledge in real-world contexts, managing complex projects from both the construction and client-side perspectives. No matter what geographic location, technical difficulty, or commercial framework you’re dealing with, our seasoned team is prepared to deliver solutions that align with your specific needs.
Our extensive experience in the construction of major infrastructure projects, coupled with our expertise in client-side contract administration and project management, enables us to foresee challenges, mitigate risks, and streamline processes, ensuring your projects stay on track and within budget.
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Our Geotechnical Engineering Services
Instrumentation & Monitoring
Instrumentation systems can provide early warning in the event of structural issues or ground instability. This can help you mitigate risks and optimise remediation solutions which will lead to time and cost savings on your project.
However, incorrect selection of instrument type for the application, system design, or installation technique by inexperienced technicians can lead to a multitude of issues; which often results in a costly, redundant system.
MC10 has extensive expertise in the design, installation, and monitoring of geotechnical instrumentation for all types of civil and mining infrastructure. Whether it be an Inclinometer for monitoring ground movements in a problematic bridge abutment or gathering data using Piezometers in a tidal land reclamation area, MC10 has you covered.
Some areas where we can assist you in your next instrumentation project:
Site classification
- Bridge foundations including embankments, relieving slabs, piers, and headstocks
- Landslips and slope instability
- Groundwater monitoring
- Pavements
- Tunnels
- Open cut mines
- Dams and levees
Site Classification and Foundations
Site classification is the critical first step to ensuring the integrity and longevity of any build, whether it be a culvert base slab, retaining wall footing, or concrete driveway. An incorrect site classification increases the risk of cracking in rigid foundations and concrete, heaving, and in some cases collapse of the structure. MC10 Engineering has experience in undertaking site classification and certification to AS2870, can assist you in navigating through the requirements of site classification testing and reporting under AS2870, and can provide you with foundation options to suit the site conditions.
MC10 has extensive experience in providing surveillance during foundation construction including bored and driven piles, sheet pile, rock anchors, and concrete footings. Our Site Classification and Foundation services include:
- Laboratory test report interpretation and reporting
- Undertaking Pile Driving Monitoring and Analysis (PDA and PDM)
- Bearing capacity assessment using DCP and SPT results
- Construction Surveillance and Auditing
- Design Review
- Instrumentation recommendations for groundwater monitoring
- Post-tensioning advice
- Grout mix design advice
Site Investigation and Design Management
MC10 can provide a full design management service from planning & execution of site investigations, interpretation of data, drafting and review of geotechnical reports, and management of design teams including design review. We focus on providing solutions that are in accordance with the relevant standards and technical guidelines, whilst being in line with current engineering best practices.
We can help you plan your site investigation to ensure that the necessary design inputs have been captured, this can help mitigate impacts of unexpected ground conditions which may lead to latent condition claims, and non-conformances due to missed and incomplete testing
From the site investigation, we ensure that the Geotechnical Report contains the critical information that the designers need to achieve a cost-effective and robust solution without redundant elements. This includes:
- Summary of all subsurface exploration data, including subsurface soil profile, bore and test pit logs, laboratory or in situ test results, and groundwater information;
- Interpretation and analysis of the logs and test data;
- Specific engineering recommendations for design;
- Discussion of conditions for the solution of anticipated problems; and
- Recommended geotechnical solutions and special considerations.
Temporary Works
MC10 appreciates the increasing importance placed on the design and implementation of temporary works by the Australian construction industry. Our temporary works and certifications service ensures that whether it is a temporary working platform or a side track for a traffic diversion, we have you covered.
With our blend of practical expertise and high-level oversight, we can effectively manage this critical aspect of your infrastructure project.
Our temporary works services cover:
- Constructability assessment
- Design review
- Materials assessment
- Site investigation & classification
- In-situ testing and materials testing advice
- Construction supervision
- Inspection and test plans
- Risk assessment and risk mitigation
- Lift studies
- Certifications
Talk to our experts today about your next project
If you want client-side project management and contract administration services that you know you know you can count on, get in touch with our team today. We will get you the outcomes you deserve!
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Clients & projects we’ve worked with