Company Projects


In our 35 years of service we have worked on the islands of Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, US and British Virgin Islands, Cuba and the Lesser Antilles, in the Republic of Niger, India and Greenland. As geotechnical engineers, GeoConsult has performed numerous subsurface investigations and analyses for buildings, roadways, dams and levees. We have conducted numerous extensive subsurface investigations for varied infrastructure projects using auger borings with SPT, cone penetrometer tests (CPT), seismic refraction and 3D soil resistivity, and cross-hole seismic analyses. Solutions have included deep and shallow foundations, soil improvement, micropiles and tiebacks. GeoConsult has designed several deep excavations where dewatering was a major concern. We have reviewed ground conditions that required improvement using various inclusion techniques. Site specific seismic analyses have been performed for various clients and situations. Most importantly, GeoConsult has demonstrated an ability to meet demanding schedules. We were the designers of record for the Santa Isabel Wind Farm, 44 wind turbines at 2.3 MW per turbine. This page presents a brief description of some of our relevant projects.

2000-2001

Geotechnical characterization, design peer review and field supervision for Fajardo Offstream Dam (H=31m)

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2000-2002

Geotechnical characterization, design peer review and field supervision for Rio Blanco Offstream Dam (H=18m)

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2005-2007

Investigation, design, and engineering and quality assurance services during construction for Rio Blanco Offstream Dam (Fill volume: 1.3Mm³)

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2001-2002

Evaluation of the status of the foundation and geological risk assessment for Rio La Plata Concrete Dam.

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2016

Danish Embassy in New Delhi, drilling 60 cm piles through deep miscellaneous fill.

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2002

View of 60-inch drilled shafts tested to 3,200 kips with Osterberg cells for 2,250 kips of ultimate load. L=100 feet

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2002

42-inch drilled shafts at PR-123 tested at 1,480 kips using Osterberg load cells (595 kips working load) L=78 feet

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2000

Offshore geotechnical characterization for the San Juan Bar Range system

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2000

Tren Urbano, Section 6; drilled shafts (96" Diam) for 8,700 kips ultimate load

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2000

Improvements on PR-172, bridge over Lake Cidra San Lorenzo.

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2001-2002

Tren Urbano, dynamic testing of piles using Pile Driving Analyzer

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1995

Parque de Loyola Condominium in alluvial deposits, founded on 100-ton precast piles .

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1995-1996

Western Plaza, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico: Prefabricated vertical drains into 80' of compressible soils and horizontal drains under 15' permanent fill plus 15' surcharge, settlements on the order of 6 feet.

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1994

Westin Rio Mar Hotel - Spread footings near loose sands and organic deposits.

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2001

Slope stability remediation using pin piles and 150-kip anchors, Barranquitas.

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1999

Load test for 120-kip postgrouted tiebacks at Tren Urbano.

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1994

Steepened soil slope with welded wire mats using residual soils at apartment complex in Cupey, Puerto Rico.

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1994

Soil nails and Type "A" wall being installed at historic monument (Porta Coeli Church at San Germ?n, Puerto Rico).

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1992

Prison complex with fills and cuts on deep residual soil cover, El Zarzal Detention Center, El Yunque, Puerto Rico.

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2002

Bridge over PR-18 in San Juan. Vertical cut (11.5 meters, 38 feet) using soil nails along existing bridge for construction of new bridge abutment.

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2000

View of 15-foot excavation within highly congested treatment plant, dewatered using single interior sump pump and gravel mat with H-piles and wood lagging.

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1999

Geotechnical characterization and design recommendations for the San Antonio Tunnel.

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1990

Excavation next to Atlantic Ocean in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico - dewatered using combination trench drain and wellpoint system. Note wood lagging retention system.

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1986

Dewatering and excavation designed by GeoConsult for 12'-deep excavation in sand with lower clay basement, San Juan, P.R.

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1984

48-foot-deep excavation in soft alluvial soils - excavation considered possibility of blowup due to artesian pressures in lower calcareous deposits.

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