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GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING

GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING

GEOTECHNICAL EXPERTISE

MC Squared offers practical and cost-effective geotechnical and foundation design recommendations backed by the extensive experience of our staff. Our team employs advanced data gathering techniques alongside practical engineering principles to deliver value-added services that support the design team in making projects successful. Our principals have worked on thousands of engineering projects across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and the surrounding region, ensuring that their design recommendations lead to successful construction.

SERVICES

  • Pre-development and siting.
  • Feasibility studies.
  • Development of scope of services.
  • Field exploration and data gathering.
  • Laboratory analysis and data validation.
  • Alternate foundation analysis and economic study.
  • Foundation construction recommendation.
  • Value-engineering and post design services.
  • Lake Restorations and Enhancements.
  • Seismic analysis.
  • Geologic hazards analysis and design.
  • Geophysical explorations and analysis.
  • Earth slope stability and retaining structures.
  • Earth and Rock tunnel analysis and design.
  • Earth instrumentations.
  • Pile driving analysis and failure analysis.
  • Drilled shafts design and inspection.
  • Effluent disposal and Hydrological modeling.
  • Ground water monitoring plan and modeling.
  • Rock mechanics.
  • Soil dynamics.
  • Sediment Studies.

GEOTECHNICAL PROJECTS

GEOTECHNICAL
PROJECTS

We have successfully completed a variety of projects, ranging from simple to complex, in the following areas:

  • Commercial and vertical development
  • Roadway and bridges
  • Watershed studies
  • Water & wastewater plants and pipelines
  • Solid Waste & Landfill projects
  • Power generation and utility corridors
  • Dams and impoundment analysis
  • Waterways and Port Dredging
  • Tunnels

I-85, SR 53 US 129/SR 11, Jackson County, Georgia

Provided pavement evaluations and recommendation services on Interstate I-85, SR 53 & US 129/SR 11 in Jackson County, Georgia. The total length of the study is Eight (8) miles in each direction. The scope of services included providing pavement condition surveys and pavement design evaluations along with Geotechnical Engineering Recommendations along I-85 main line north and south bounds and for the ramps at the interchange of SR 53 and interchange at SR 11.

St. Petersburg Northwest Water Reclamation Facility

MC Squared provided Quality Control (QC) services for concrete testing as part of the St. Petersburg Northwest Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) Improvements project. Our team conducted field and laboratory testing to assess concrete strength, composition, and durability, ensuring compliance with project specifications. By delivering accurate and timely test reports, we supported construction progress and upheld the integrity of critical infrastructure.

Georgia Power Project – Bridge Foundation Investigation, Bartow County, Georgia

The project consisted of the design of two (2) new bridges over Euharlee Creek in Bartow County, Georgia, which is known to be prone to sinkhole development. We performed geotechnical investigations and foundation engineering recommendations for the deep foundation system for the project. We performed Geophysical study including Electrical Resistivity Survey at the site which confirmed that several Karst anomalies existed. We provided remediation plan consisting of grout injection. Our foundation recommendations included H-piles. Geophysical testing, minimum pile tip elevation based on compression/tension and pile installation criteria. We provided quality control inspection and testing for the entire duration of the project.

Custer Avenue CSO Relief Storage Vault City of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

Provided comprehensive geotechnical engineering services for the Custer Avenue CSO Relief Storage Vault project which were performed in two Phases. We evaluated the soil conditions and groundwater levels at the site, and provided recommendations concerning site development and foundation design and construction recommendations for the proposed storage vault. The proposed vault is a new five (5) million gallon buried underground stormwater vault retention consisting of cast-in-place concrete with side walls, overflow weir and box culvert by-pass to storage vault. The foot print of the vault is 58,000 square feet, City of Atlanta, Georgia.

Caloosahatchee River West Basin Storage Reservoir (C-43 WBSR)

Developed by C-43 Water Management Builders for the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir is a 170,000-acre-foot infrastructure project designed to store excess freshwater from the Caloosahatchee River, stabilize salinity levels, and prevent algal blooms. MC Squared provided critical laboratory management, construction materials testing, and quality control, ensuring compliance with USACE standards. Our contributions—including testing 22 million cubic yards of embankment, 110,000 tons of soil-cement armoring, and 19 miles of soil-bentonite cutoff wall—have helped ensure the reservoir’s durability, reliability, and long-term impact on Florida’s water resources and communities.