Transportation

Accurate geotechnical and geological site characterization informs safe and cost-effective design decisions. Our services include:

• Geological Mapping: Desktop reviews and geologic field mapping to close data gaps.
• Subsurface Exploration: Drilling, borehole logging, cone penetrometer testing, in-situ monitoring, and geophysical surveys.
• Advanced Laboratory Testing: BGC’s state-of-the-art soil and rock mechanics laboratory develops custom test methods to address complex site conditions.

BGC provides geotechnical and hydrotechnical design solutions tailored to transportation infrastructure projects in challenging environments:

• Comprehensive Capabilities: Slope stability, earth retaining systems, shallow and deep foundations, cold regions engineering, and geothermal conditions.
• Adaptable Design Models: From 2D and 3D models to reliability-based and time-dependent analyses.
• Resilient Designs: Engineered to account for changes in geological and hydrotechnical conditions over time.
• Fit-for-Purpose Solutions: Designs aligned with site conditions, lifecycle goals, and construction constraints.

BGC supports transportation construction projects with quality assurance and adaptive engineering to ensure long-term reliability:

• Quality Assurance (QA): Development of practical QA programs and contract administration support.
• Field Reviews: Continuous review of QC documentation and adaptive recommendations for design changes.
• Construction Issue Resolution: Technical oversight and solutions for constructability challenges.

BGC designs and implements geotechnical monitoring systems that provide real-time data to safeguard infrastructure exposed to geohazards, severe weather, and hydrotechnical processes.

• Instrumentation & Monitoring: Installation of inclinometers, piezometers, ShapeAccel arrays, and other advanced systems in challenging terrain.
• Digital Data Management: Live data integration, custom algorithms, and automated threshold alerts.
• Trigger Action Response Plans (TARP): Action-oriented frameworks for safe operations, construction monitoring, and emergency response.
• Cambio Earth Software: Integration of real-time and historical instrumentation data within the Cambio Earth platform, trusted by over 90 infrastructure owners across the Americas and Australia.

Our expertise extends to remote sensing technologies such as LiDAR, InSAR, and photogrammetry, combined with local monitoring data for robust decision support.

BGC helps clients build resilience and reduce operational, economic, and safety risks across transportation networks intersecting with geohazards such as landslides, floods, permafrost degradation, and seismic activity.

• Risk Measurement & Assessment: Quantitative risk frameworks for all project phases, from planning to long-term operations.
• Geotechnical Asset Inventory: LiDAR-based algorithms for remote identification and risk assessment of rock cuts, embankments, and retaining walls across entire transportation corridors.
• Mitigation Solutions: Terrain hazard analysis and design of effective mitigation strategies to deliver measurable risk reduction.
• Data-Driven Decision Support: Integration of specialized expertise and quantitative models to inform operational decisions and emergency planning.