Services Provided

Groundesign specialises in a range of design services for various aspects of geotechnical engineering, including strip, pad, raft and piled foundations, ground improvement, anchors, basements and retaining walls.

Basement Design

I will handle the design including waterproofing measures, reinforcement, temporary works, drainage and structural design.

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Foundation Design

I can design trench, strip, pad foundations, piled foundations & reinforced concrete rafts designed with finite element software.

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Structural Engineering

Design of concrete as per BS8110, structural steel as per BS5950, design of walls as per BS5628 and timber design as per BS5268.

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Bearing Pile Design

I carry out the design for a range of pile types from concrete CFA to bottom driven steel tubular piles, inc. analysis of laterally loaded piles & piles groups.

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Retaining Wall Design

Designs for contiguous, secant, king-post, reinforced concrete, sheet piled and mass gravity walls are available.

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I aim to deliver high quality work as recommended by others and have professional indemnity insurance.

Fixed quotes are available for design work. Quality controls are employed at every stage of the design process. A design document along with drawings are completed and delivered within an agreed time-frame.

Geotechnical design consultant.

Graduated with BEng Civil Engineering 2003 (Queen’s University Belfast). Completed PhD in Geophysics in 2006 (Queen’s University Belfast).

Many years of experience in engineering with practical design experience in geotechnical engineering for various projects including strip, pad, raft and piled foundations, ground improvement, anchors, basements and retaining walls.

Professional Indemnity Insurance Cover

A lot of care is taken to ensure that designs issued are of a high quality. This is achieved by carrying out a careful review of the site investigation, geotechnical design parameters, loading cases and design options.

Quality controls are employed at every stage of the design process to ensure calculations are always carefully checked before the release of any design document. In the unlikely event of a negligence claim the design services offered here are covered by professional indemnity cover.

A copy of the insurance cover can be read here: Verification of Insurance

If you need designs or calculations for your project, please get in touch.

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Past Projects

See below examples of past design work I have carried out to get a better idea of what I am able to achieve for you. Click on a project to see more photos.