Geotechnical Engineering is a field of civil engineering associated with the engineering behaviors of the Earth’s geology and materials with specific regard to design and construction on or within the ground. Common areas are subsurface exploration, design and construction of foundations, and various earth structures.

• Retaining Earth Structures

  Retaining Earth Structures are used to hold back earth or fill to maintain a difference in the elevation of ground surfaces.

• Foundation Design & Inspection

  A foundation is the lowest supporting layer of a structure. The design is dependent on the applied loads as well as the bearing soils. Inspections can be done to insure the foundation was designed properly and has not been damaged or compromised.

• Subsurface Exploration & Testing

  Subsurface exploration and testing is typically conducted to investigate underlying geologic conditions existing below the ground surface. The investigation includes the collection and interpretation of samples from the shallow and deep subsurface by various techniques such as drilling or direct-push.

• Dewatering Systems Design

  Dewatering systems remove water from soils by separation processes such as centrifugation, filtration, etc.

• Monitoring Services

  At FGE, we offer our customers geotechnical engineering monitoring and inspection services. These testing/monitoring services help our clients verify results and ensure that acceptable progress and results are being obtained, as well as the safety and stability of the project. We typically perform these services for individuals, insurance companies, attorneys, consultants, and engineers.

• Earth Structures

  Earth structures are simply structures constructed of earth. Examples include slopes for transportation, stormwater runoff design, and shoring systems.

• Geological Hazard Evaluations

  Geologic Hazards are natural forces or conditions that exist or could possibly exist that threaten your property or building.

• Expert Witness

  FGE provides expert services to our clients to help address liabilities and recover costs for construction, insurance, water resources, and environmentally related issues. Our services include expert testimony, preparation of expert reports, affidavits, trial exhibits, forensic analyses, cost allocation analyses, trial strategy development, deposition preparation for opposing experts and settlement negotiations.

• Peer Review

  A peer review is a service of reviewing and analyzing findings and conclusions of other engineers and geologists.

• Forensic Investigation

  Forensic engineering involves the investigation of materials, products, structures or components that fail or do not operate or function as intended, causing personal injury or damage to property.

• Drilling Services

  Drilling services include direct push soil borings and sampling, SPT’s, shelby tube sampling, CPT’s, and field permeability testing. A review of these methods and purposes is provided within this section.

Structural engineering involves the design, inspection, or evaluation or components to support structures. Through our industry partnerships, FGE offers complete structural design and inspection services throughout Florida.

• Residential Design

  Residential design includes structural designs and engineering services for residential homes.

• Commercial Design

  Commercial design includes structural designs and engineering services for commercial structures.

• Industrial Design

  Industrial design includes structural designs and engineering services for industrial structures.

• Retaining Earth Structures

  Retaining Earth Structures are used to hold back earth or fill to maintain a difference in the elevation of ground surfaces.

• Forensic Investigation

  Forensic engineering involves the investigation of materials, products, structures or components that fail or do not operate or function as intended, causing personal injury or damage to property.

• Peer Review

  A peer review is a service of reviewing and analyzing findings and conclusions of other engineers.

• Expert Witness

  FGE provides expert services to our clients to help address liabilities and recover costs for construction, insurance, water resources, and environmentally related issues. Our services include expert testimony, preparation of expert reports, affidavits, trial exhibits, forensic analyses, cost allocation analyses, trial strategy development, deposition preparation for opposing experts and settlement negotiations.

• Monitoring Services

  At FGE, we offer our customers geotechnical engineering monitoring and inspection services. These testing/monitoring services help our clients verify results and ensure that acceptable progress and results are being obtained, as well as the safety and stability of the project. We typically perform these services for individuals, insurance companies, attorneys, consultants, and engineers.

• Structural Sinkhole Investigation

  A structural sinkhole investigation is a statutorily compliant investigation to determine if a building has been damaged per the current Florida Statutes (e.g. FS 627.706, with updates from SB408). Pending structural damage, this investigation will include or exclude sinkhole activity as a contributing factor to the structural damage.

Environmental Engineering is a branch of engineering that involves the assessment and cleanup of environmental impacts to the air, soil, and groundwater. FGE offers a complete suite of soil and groundwater environmental engineering services.

• Phase I Site Assessment

  Phase I Environmental Site Assessments are investigations to identify and evaluate potential or existing environmental liabilities on a property.

• Phase II Site Assessment

  Phase II Environmental Site Assessments are investigations to determine if contamination exists and to what extent.

• Soil & Groundwater Remediation

  FGE provides consulting and construction services for the cleanup of petroleum, dry-cleaning, pesticide or other industrial contaminants in soil and groundwater. Our experienced professional engineers provide a thorough review of the site, geologic and hydro-geologic characteristics, and design and implement both traditional and innovative technologies to provide an effective and cost-efficient cleanup system.

• Forensic Investigation

  Forensic engineering involves the investigation of materials, products, structures or components that fail or do not operate or function as intended, causing personal injury or damage to property.

• Soil & Groundwater Sampling

  Sampling services are FGE personnel collecting in-field services for analysis.

• Property Research

  FGE can perform preliminary research of the environmental history of a subject property that includes research of online local and State databases, free of charge for our clients or potential clients that may be interested in purchasing a subject property.

• Discharge Spill Reporting

  Discharge/spill reporting includes several processes to be implemented and paperwork to be filed to prevent Warning Notices and/or fines with Local and/or State Regulatory Agencies.

• Stormwater Design & Inspection

  Stormwater is the water that originates during precipitation events. The water that is not infiltrated becomes surface run-off. Stormwater design includes site planning for optimum infiltration, as well as proper direction of surface run-off.

• Expert Witness

  FGE provides expert services to our clients to help address liabilities and recover costs for construction, insurance, water resources, and environmentally related issues. Our services include expert testimony, preparation of expert reports, affidavits, trial exhibits, forensic analyses, cost allocation analyses, trial strategy development, deposition preparation for opposing experts and settlement negotiations.

• Peer Review

  A peer review is a service of reviewing and analyzing findings and conclusions of other engineers and geologists.

• Monitoring Services

  At FGE, we offer our customers geotechnical engineering monitoring and inspection services. These testing/monitoring services help our clients verify results and ensure that acceptable progress and results are being obtained, as well as the safety and stability of the project. We typically perform these services for individuals, insurance companies, attorneys, consultants, and engineers.

• Wastewater

• Structural Inspection
• Home Inspections

Soil & Materials testing is done through a laboratory to determine engineering properties of soils and/or other materials. A list of soils and other materials testing is provided within this section.

• Drilling & Testing
• Construction & Materials Testing

Legal & Insurance Support are services tailored to support the requirements of the litigation process and insurance industry. FGE’s professionals have extensive experience serving as expert witnesses, conducting reviews of other professional’s reports/work products, performing forensic investigations, and monitoring field activities.

• Expert Witness

  FGE provides expert services to our clients to help address liabilities and recover costs for construction, insurance, water resources, and environmentally related issues. Our services include expert testimony, preparation of expert reports, affidavits, trial exhibits, forensic analyses, cost allocation analyses, trial strategy development, deposition preparation for opposing experts and settlement negotiations.

• Peer Review

  A peer review is a service of reviewing and analyzing findings and conclusions of other engineers.

• Monitoring Services

  At FGE, we offer our customers geotechnical engineering monitoring and inspection services. These testing/monitoring services help our clients verify results and ensure that acceptable progress and results are being obtained, as well as the safety and stability of the project. We typically perform these services for individuals, insurance companies, attorneys, consultants, and engineers.

• Forensic Investigation

  Forensic engineering involves the investigation of materials, products, structures or components that fail or do not operate or function as intended, causing personal injury or damage to property.

Subsidence, often referred to in Florida as Sinkholes, is a special discipline that combines geology and geotechnical engineering. It involves the investigation and analysis of land movement or collapse as a result of karst activity. FGE’s professional engineers and geologists have preformed thousands of subsidence investigations at residential, commercial, and industrial properties throughout Florida.

• Structural Sinkhole Investigation

  A structural sinkhole investigation is a statutorily compliant investigation to determine if a building has been damaged per the current Florida Statutes (e.g. FS 627.706, with updates from SB408). Pending structural damage, this investigation will include or exclude sinkhole activity as a contributing factor to the structural damage.

• Subsidence Inspection

  A subsidence inspection determines the reasonable cause of differential settlement and includes a cost effective remediation plan.

• Subsidence Investigation

  A subsidence investigation determines the reasonable cause of differential settlement including or excluding sinkhole activity.

• Subsurface & Foundation Stabilization Design

  Subsurface/foundation stabilization is required when there has been damage to a foundation or when sinkhole activity is present with the potential of damage to come to the overlying structure. A list of the latest methods and technologies is provided within this section.

• Monitoring Services

  At FGE, we offer our customers geotechnical engineering monitoring and inspection services. These testing/monitoring services help our clients verify results and ensure that acceptable progress and results are being obtained, as well as the safety and stability of the project. We typically perform these services for individuals, insurance companies, attorneys, consultants, and engineers.

• Peer Review

  A peer review is a service of reviewing and analyzing findings and conclusions of other engineers.

• Expert Witness

  FGE provides expert services to our clients to help address liabilities and recover costs for construction, insurance, water resources, and environmentally related issues. Our services include expert testimony, preparation of expert reports, affidavits, trial exhibits, forensic analyses, cost allocation analyses, trial strategy development, deposition preparation for opposing experts and settlement negotiations.