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Universal Engineering Sciences | 36 <br />E. Qualification Information and Assigned Personnel <br />CIVIL DESIGN SUPPORT SERVICES <br />Quite often, civil engineering design requires <br />special considerations for proper performance and <br />economical construction. A few of the services that <br />UES provides in this area are as follows: <br /> ■Exfiltration/Recovery Analysis and <br />Permeability Evaluations <br /> ■Underdrain Evaluation and Design <br /> ■Pavement Design <br /> ■Borrow Pit Studies <br /> ■Dewatering Permitting <br /> ■Vibration and Noise Monitoring <br /> ■Pile Driving Analysis <br /> ■Structural Failure Analysis <br />DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES <br />The development of a new sites requires several <br />studies to ensure that the site is compatible <br />with the intended use. These studies include <br />characterizing soil and groundwater conditions, <br />evaluating the potential for sinkhole activity on the <br />site, and location of muck on the site that could <br />adversely affect performance and construction <br />costs of structure and pavement areas. <br />DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY SERVICES <br />UES routinely performs soil investigations and <br />geotechnical design services for construction <br />projects where cost-effective design is essential to <br />the successful performance of foundations, walls, <br />dams and other structures that rely upon proper <br />characterization of subsurface soil and groundwater <br />conditions. <br />A list of our capabilities in this area is as follows: <br /> ■Site Feasibility and Due Diligence Studies <br /> ■Soil Mapping and Classification <br /> ■Sinkhole Evaluation <br /> ■Landfill Site Selection and Assessment <br /> ■Muck Probes and Mapping <br /> ■Subsurface Investigations <br /> ■Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) <br /> ■Cone Penetrometer Soundings <br /> ■Shallow and Deep Foundation Recommendations <br />and Design <br /> ■Settlement and Stability Analysis <br /> ■Subsurface Improvement Recommendations <br /> ■Retaining Wall Design <br /> ■Seepage Analysis <br /> ■Sinkhole Remediation Design <br /> ■Value Engineering Analysis <br />GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS <br />As part of the broad range of engineering services <br />provided to clients, UES uses geophysics as a <br />cost-effective, non-intrusive means to rapidly <br />characterize subsurface conditions and man-made <br />structures. Our experience spans from engineering <br />investigations involving pre-design and pre-build <br />geologic characterizations to forensic assessments <br />of distressed property, and “cause of subsidence” <br />evaluations. <br />Geophysical surveys are used to optimize drilling <br />and sampling programs and to measure bulk <br />physical properties that are complementary to <br />conventional engineering sampling methods. <br />WHAT LIES BENEATH <br />Underground utilities can pose a variety of <br />difficulties for construction and facilities <br />management if their locations and depths are not <br />accurately known. Drawings and utility maps are <br />often inaccurate, or in many cases, utilities are not <br />documented at all. In addition to geotechnical <br />applications, geophysical surveys are cost-effective <br />means to map underground utilities in the design <br />phase or prior to start of new and remedial <br />construction activities. <br />UES’ geophysicists, geologists and engineers <br />draw from their experience to provide clients <br />with optimal solutions to the most challenging of <br />engineering problems. UES continually strives to <br />research new techniques and methods which may <br />further increase our ability to provide our clients <br />with the most prompt and up-to-date services.