Geo-Environment
Tetra Tech provides geo-environmental solutions for development sites while identifying potential risks and liabilities. We assist our clients by evaluating the groundwater and geothermal resource potential at each stage of development.
Geo-environmental advice is essential to projects proceeding safely, efficiently, and sustainably. We provide robust and pragmatic technical advice that caters to client’s specific needs.
Tetra Tech puts regulatory and commercial issues at the centre of our solutions. Our ground investigation team supports a range of sectors, including heavily regulated environments such as railways, highways, and operational energy sites.
Our geo-environmental consultants collaborate on multidisciplinary projects that create greater efficiency and value. With specialists throughout the UK and Ireland, we provide local and national insights to public and private sector projects.
Our services in geo-environment
Land Quality
- Remediation and reclamation design, management, and delivery
- Geotechnical and earthworks design
- Contaminated land risk assessment
- Regulatory liaison
- Remediation options appraisals
- Remediation design, management, and supervision
- Remediation tender management and validation
- Liability assessments
- Pollution response management
Groundwater and Geothermal
- Groundwater resource development
- Private water supply
- Source protection zone assessments
- Geothermal feasibility and design (shallow and deep)
- De-watering design
- Quarry impact assessment
- Hydrogeological risk assessments
- Landfill monitoring
- Cemetery assessments
- Design, installation, and operation of local and national groundwater monitoring strategies
- Groundwater flood risk assessments
Ground Investigation
- Tailored intrusive investigations including overwater, and underground rail investigations
- Mine workings and mine shaft investigations
- Emergency spill response investigations
- Installation of all instrumentation and monitoring
- Site supervision by ground investigation specialists
- Geotechnical and chemical laboratory testing
- Factual and interpretative reporting
Geotechnical Design
- Ground investigation design and interpretation
- Earthworks assessment and design
- Slope stability assessments
- Ground improvement
- Soil reinforcement
- Retaining structures
- Foundation and pavement design
- Earthquake engineering assessments including liquefaction
- Temporary works design
- Settlement and ground movement analysis
- Mining risk assessments and design, supervision, and validation of ground stabilisation
- Regulator and stakeholder liaison
- Expert witness
- Dispute resolution
Find out more about our Geo-environment services at Coffey Geotechnics, A Tetra Tech Company.
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