Geotechnical
KCB has delivered comprehensive geotechnical services for projects in Canada and internationally for over 60 years. Our teams of project managers, engineers and geoscientists has a comprehensive range of analytical, design and construction experience on hundreds of projects having complex and challenging geotechnical problems. Our skills and experience enable us to offer our clients practical and cost effective design and construction solutions that are integrated with the civil engineering and environmental components.
Projects
- Trans Canada Highway – Cache Creek to the Rockies
KCB provided geotechnical investigation and design services along a 22 km corridor of the Trans Canada Highway. The work included mapping terrain a...
- Mayo and Wareham Dams Seismic Review
Klohn Crippen Berger performed a dam safety review of Mayo and Wareham dams for Yukon Energy in 2005. That review identified a potential deficiency...
- Seymour Falls Dam Seismic Upgrade
KCB performed investigations, static and seismic design including dynamic analyses, designed explosive and dynamic compaction to improve the founda...
- Lion’s Gate Bridge Seismic Retrofit
KCB was retained by American Bridge/Surespan JV to provide design-build engineering for the seismic retrofit of the North Approach Viaduct. Th...
- Deltaport Container Terminal and Wharf
In the early 1990s when the Vancouver Port Corporation (VPC) wanted to double their container handling capability to meet anticipated growth, they ...
Services
- Site Investigations & Laboratory Testing
- Dynamic Measurements & Instrumentation
- Seismic Hazard Assessment
- Geohazard Assessment
- Foundation Engineering
- Embankment, Tunnel and Cavern Engineering
- Construction Support, and Monitoring