Geotechnical & Materials Engineering
It’s all material to us.
Harbourside Geotechnical Consultants
Harbourside Geotechnical Consultants (HGC) are your engineering and construction specialists! We support transportation and civil engineering projects throughout Atlantic Canada and beyond. Our team of geotechnical and materials engineering professionals assess the properties of soil, rock, and more.
Specializing in highways, bridges, and marine structures, Harbourside Geotechnical Consultants are often the first team to arrive on a construction site. Whether it's drilling or taking core samples, we look at every angle. This makes our ground engineering an essential part of any site investigation. We provide quality control, materials testing, and inspection programs all throughout the Maritimes. Because of this, our work has become the foundation for countless projects. Sometimes we design those foundations, too!
WS Langley Concrete-Materials.
Welcome to the newest member of our engineering family! Harbourside Geotechnical Consultants have acquired WS Langley Concrete-Materials. They are authorities in materials engineering and the advancement of concrete technology. As THE concrete specialists, WS Langley has allowed Harbourside to offer even greater construction support. In addition to their consultation expertise, the inclusion of WS Langley has expanded our services to include concrete infrastructure evaluations, advanced concrete testing, concrete mix designs, and more.
Geotechnical Investigations & Design
Geotechnical Investigations
Geotechnical investigations are complex and rewarding. Every day, our engineers have to contend with the active conditions of different job sites. We could be doing marine drilling for a new wharf one day or examining slopes for retaining walls the next. Harbourside's aim is to tailor each investigative program to our clients’ specific needs. That’s how we provide our world-class ground engineering and construction support.
When it comes to soil and bedrock, we gather data from every angle. Harbourside leaves no stone unturned during our investigations! Our findings help us to establish site-specific design parameters that are used in both site development and foundation design. From embankments over soft soils, to shallow foundations, we’re experienced in all manner of geotechnical design. Construction support for marine structures is one of our specialities. HGC also excels in bridges, buildings, and retaining structures of every kind. Our experience with complex projects gives us the tools to create practical solutions on any job site.
Geotechnical investigations and assessment services
Our geotechnical investigations and assessment services cover a wide range of conditions. We cater each investigation to the specific environment and project, meaning your data will always be thorough and detailed. We also provide materials testing of every kind. Whether it's soil consolidation, settlement, or slope creep. From bearing resistance to materials performance testing, we analyze it all. Some of this work can be done remotely, but just as often we are on site. Using our mobile CCIL-certified labs, Harbourside can go where the action is.
Geotechnical Investigation Service Offerings
Slope stability analysis.
Bearing resistance and settlement analysis.
Site and soil improvement techniques.
Rockfall analyses and stabilization.
Pyritic slate and acid rock drainage management. Assessments of borrow pits and quarries.
Lab testing.
Site-specific design parameters.
Geotechnical designs for shallow and deep foundations.
Excavations and shoring designs.
Recommendations for retaining walls.
MSE Wall Reinforcement designs.
Geosynthetic design.
Containment cells design.
Advanced modelling and analysis.
Construction Support
Construction Support
Harbourside provides construction support to all manner of heavy civil engineering and transportation projects. Our firm conducts pre-construction inspections, post-construction inspections, and everything between. We also develop quality plans and inspection and testing programs for our clients. We are responsive and provide expert support during every step of a project. That’s how Harbourside ensures that our projects run smoothly.
Construction Support and Instrumentation Services
Our construction support services cover an impressive range of projects and structures. We work closely with our structural and transportation divisions on a regular basis in order to provide our clients with efficient and practical solutions.
Construction Support Service Offerings
Construction inspections.
Pile driving analyzer (PDA) testing.
Compaction testing.
Materials testing and classification.
HDPE liner inspections.
Footing inspections.
Soil and rock slope monitoring.
Geotechnical instrumentation.
Structural monitoring.
Automated data acquisition and remote monitoring.
Concrete and Materials
Concrete and Materials
When it Comes to Concrete, We’re the Best in the Business.
Harbourside Geotechnical Consultants and WS Langley Concrete-Materials is your one-stop shop for materials engineering needs. We do all forms of materials engineering, testing and inspection. Whether in a lab or on site, we’re at the heart of many major construction projects across Atlantic Canada.
The need for materials engineering is always growing, and our firm is rising to meet that demand. HGC is equipped with a full-service CCIL certified laboratory, as well as seven CCIL-certified mobile labs. With these, we can support asphalt quality-testing in even the most remote locations. We can conduct soil and aggregate testing, as well as bedrock, asphalt, and other bituminous materials.
When it comes to concrete, we’re the best in the business.
Materials Engineering and Testing services
With WS Langley part of the Harbourside team, you’re now working with the leaders of the concrete industry. Materials engineering was already our specialty, and we've now taken it to the next level. We provide the most detailed concrete services there are in Atlantic Canada. More than concrete mix designs, we also offer concrete testing, and concrete consulting services to the construction industry as a whole.
Materials Engineering and Testing Services
All forms of material testing. This includes the testing of asphalt, soil, aggregates, bedrock, and concrete.
Pavement design for roadways and airfields.
Hot mix asphalt mixture designs
Cold in-place reclamation foamed asphalt mixture designs
Micro-surfacing mixtures design
Portland cement concrete mixture designs.
Thermal modelling of mass concrete elements.
Concrete thermal control plans.
Concrete Condition Assessment.
Concrete service life predictions.
Concrete consultation services.
Construction specifications.
Concrete mixture proportion development.
Repair scenarios for extending service life.
