United Consulting has completed more than 20,000 geotechnical engineering projects pertaining to all types of foundations, roads, bridges, highways, railroads, airports, development, slopes, soils, dams, tunnels, underground utilities/transmission, retaining walls, dewatering systems, and more.

We offer a full range of geotechnical engineering services including investigations, planning, design and oversight, in-house laboratory testing, analysis, and design. We offer geotechnical testing services to our A/E partners and public and private clients from our fully equipped 10,000 square foot AASHTO certified soil mechanics testing laboratory.  Our client-first mindset, experience and judgement developed over so many projects and so many years – supported by our in-place project quality control procedures – alleviates partner and client concerns related to cost overruns, claims, failures, safety, or other project surprises.

Foundations

United Consulting has experience in the design of all types of foundations including:

  • Shallow and Mat Foundations
  • Drilled Shafts
  • Auger Cast Piles
  • Driven Wood, Steel & Precast/Prestressed Piles
  • Rammed Aggregate Piers
  • Micropiles
  • Helical Piers

Roads and Bridges

United Consulting has years of experience in geotechnical studies for roads and bridges including numerous projects for Georgia Department of Transportation and Alabama Department of Transportation. Services we provide include:

  • Wall Foundation Investigations
  • Bridge Foundation Investigations
  • Soil Surveys
  • Slope Stability
  • Soil Stabilization
  • Pavement Evaluation
  • Flexible and Rigid Pavement Design
  • Laboratory Testing
  • Quality Assurance Testing

Slope Stability

United Consulting offers a variety of expert services supporting stabilization of slopes, including:

  • Geosynthetics/Geotextiles
  • Inspection Control Requirements
  • Reinforcement of Weak Soils
  • Lime Addition
  • Lateral Containment
  • Portland Cement Addition
  • Embankment Reinforcement
  • Surge Stone with Crusher Run Addition
  • Improve Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations
  • Matting
  • French Drains
  • Settlement Plates and Monitoring
  • Soil Nailing & Tie-Backs
  • Grouting
  • In-place Soil Reinforcement Technique Design
  • Karst/Sinkhole Evaluation and Remediation

Soil Stabilization

United Consulting offers a variety of expert services supporting stabilization of soils, including:

  • Geosynthetics/Geotextiles
  • Inspection Control Requirements
  • Reinforcement of Weak Soils
  • Lime Addition
  • Lateral Containment
  • Portland Cement Addition
  • Embankment Reinforcement
  • Surge Stone with Crusher Run Addition
  • Diminish Creep in Soil Slopes
  • Matting
  • Improve Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations
  • Settlement Plates and Monitoring
  • French Drains
  • Grouting
  • In-place Soil Reinforcement Technique Design
  • Karst/Sinkhole Evaluation and Remediation
  • Construction Plans and Specifications

Earth Dams – Georgia Safe Dam

United Consulting routinely provides the following  comprehensive dam engineering services, including: dam rehabilitations and new dam designs; annual, 3-year and 5-year inspections; emergency action plans (EAPs); field explorations, condition surveys and dam break analyses; geotechnical evaluations; environmental considerations (e.g., wetlands, endangered species, sensitive habitats); earthwork; construction testing and monitoring; key construction and seepage holes; internal drains, and instrumentation.

To discuss your dam issues please contact Mr. Santanu Sinharoy, P.E., Senior Geotechnical Engineer who is a registered engineer in the state of Georgia qualified as ‘Engineer of Record’ for the Environmental Protection Division’s Safe Dams Program.

Tunneling

United Consulting offers a variety of Tunnel engineering services:

  • Geotechnical Evaluations
  • Discussion of Tunneling Methods
  • Geological Setting
  • Dewatering, Groundwater Control
  • Identification of Utilities
  • Laboratory Testing
  • Exploratory Test Borings/Soil and Rock
  • Stability Analysis
  • Hydraulic Conductivity Tests
  • Settlement Analysis
  • Estimates of “Stand Up” Time
  • Geotechnical Reports
  • Surface Effects
  • Pressuremeter Tests – Soil strength and modulus of deformation estimates
  • Provide Specific Rock or Soil Design Parameters

Retaining Walls

United Consulting provides comprehensive retaining wall construction testing and special inspection services including geotechnical evaluations, laboratory tests, and documentation for a variety of soil characteristics: Compaction, Shear Strength, Cohesion, Angle of Internal Friction, Stability Analysis, Sliding, Overturning, Bearing Capacity, Reinforcement Length, and Layout. Our analytical programs and laboratory testing are supported by Quality Assurance testing and quality controls.

Dewatering Systems

United Consulting offers a variety of design, testing and other support services for site dewatering systems including investigation methods, borings, grain size distribution (Sieve Analysis), test pits, hydraulic conductivity tests, and pump tests covering a variety of dewatering systems including but not limited to Ditches and Trenches, French Drains, Sumps, Under Slab Drainage Systems, Wick Drains, and Well Points.

Soil Mechanics Laboratory – Soil Testing Lab

Our fully equipped geotechnical and soil mechanics testing laboratory offers comprehensive services including Consolidometers with Computerized Data Capture and Plotting; Triaxial Shear Tests with Automatic Load Application and Computerized Data Capture and Plotting. We offer Hydraulic Conductivity (Permeability) tests; Constant and Falling Head tests; Atterberg Limits Tests; Swell Tests (Expansive Soils); Grain Size Distribution (Sieve Analysis), and more.