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Soldier Pile & Lagging Walls in Deep Excavations
Soldier Pile Walls: Information, Advantages & Disadvantages Soldier pile and lagging walls, commonly known as soldier piles, are some of...


Excavation Shoring Systems
What is an Excavation Shoring System? Excavation shoring systems are typically required to provide lateral soil support when an...


Geotechnical Reports
Geotechnical engineering reports are a tool-document that contain information on the application of scientific methods and engineering...


Geotechnical Design
Geotechnical design focuses on geotechnical design, construction, and maintenance to ensure that the soil or rock beneath the ground...


Geotechnical Investigation
Good quality geotechnical investigations are very crucial to the success of every construction project. A proper geotechnical...


Slope Stabilization
Slope instability can be manifested as landslides—including mudflows ("mudslides") and rockfalls—or by more subtle processes such as soil...


Shoring design - Excavation shoring design
Shoring is a term used to describe a system that functions to retain earth, water, and adjacent structures when an excavation is...


Foundation Engineering
Foundation engineering refers to the engineering discipline that designs how a structure that transfers loads to the earth. Foundations...


Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical engineering is a civil engineering discipline concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. Geotechnical...


Top/Down Excavations with Slabs
Top/Down Excavations - Information and Construction Sequence Top/down or up/down construction methods are another method for constructing...


Braced Excavations / Cross-Lot
Excavations with Internal Bracing: Information & Construction Sequence Cross-lot or internal bracing transfers the lateral earth (and...


Cofferdams and Cellular Cofferdams
Cofferdams: Information and Construction Sequence A cofferdam is a structure that retains water and soil that allows the enclosed area to...


Cantilever Walls - Unsupported Excavations
Cantilever Excavations Cantilever walls are walls that do not have any supports and thus lead to an open unobstructed excavation....


Constant research in the latest geotechnical discoveries is reflected in various publications
Here are the latest several publication by Dimitrios Konstantakos (Deep Excavation CEO): ''Advantages and limitations of ultimate limit...


Useful Resources - Links
The following list provides links to useful industry and research centers. Useful websites: CPT Software: Geoengineer.org...


Upcoming Workshop: Design of Deep Foundations & Helical Piles
Online Workshops for Engineering Professionals Deep Excavation organizes frequently advanced workshops for engineering professionals with...


Design Single Piles, Pile Groups & Rafts
DeepFND - Foundation Piles Design Software DeepFND is the only software that can do both axial and lateral analysis of any foundation...


QuayWalls - The Ultimate Quay Walls Design Software
QuayWalls 2021 - Our Software is here! Gravity Quay Walls Design - Wave Pressures - Overtopping We are proud to announce that our new...


The Future is Here: Add Buildings from Google Maps!
The Future is Here! Add and Process Buildings in any 3D Excavation Model from Google Maps! The future of geotechnical engineering design...


5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Soldier Pile Walls
Soldier pile and lagging walls, commonly known as soldier piles, are some of the oldest forms of retaining wall systems used in deep...
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