• Forensic Investigations, Expert Witnesses & Damage Causation Reports for Insurance Companies

• Numerical Modeling

• Seismicity Studies

• Construction Services

• Subsurface Exploration & Field Instrumentation/Monitoring

• Laboratory Testing

• Mitigation Engineering of Soil Related Distress

• Geologic Field Mapping and Fault Studies

• Design and Analyses of Earth Retaining Structures and Foundations

We provide engineering analyses, including soil settlement and expansion, seepage, and slope stability. Praad Geotechnical has performed analyses for the design of deep and shallow foundations, pavement, engineered fills, buttress fills, shoring and tie-back systems, earth retaining structures, concrete dams, caissons, underpinning systems, anchors, shear pins, and subsurface drainage and dewatering systems.

Praad Geotechnical provides mitigation engineering of soil-related distress, such as soil settlement due to static and dynamic loads, expansion of soils, and slope failures. Our mitigation services include the identification of soil issues with preliminary site investigations, including a review of technical reports, maps, plans, aerial photography, specifications and other relevant documents regarding the grading and development of a site. If required, we conduct a subsurface investigation with laboratory testing of earth materials. We then perform geotechnical engineering and geologic analyses of the results to evaluate the probable cause(s) of distress. We develop repair recommendations, provide assistance to attorneys in responding to, and the preparation of, interrogatories, and participate in mediation proceedings, depositions and court cases as expert witnesses.

We also have extensive experience in the investigation of, and analysis and design of landslide stabilization systems. Praad Geotechnical personnel were committee members for the State of California that resulted in the publication, “Recommended Procedures for Implementation of DMF Special Publication 117, Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Landslide Hazards in California.”

Praad Geotechnical personnel consist of dedicated registered professionals with advanced degrees, and support staff. Our personnel are actively involved in various engineering societies and committees and have published numerous technical papers for geotechnical journals and conferences. We also have provided review of technical criteria documents for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of their peer review program.

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