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GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

R&M Engineering, Inc. offers consulting services that include subsurface investigations, foundation studies, pile capacity evaluation, slope stability analysis, settlement analysis with full soil testing capabilities.  Site development investigations including roadways, retaining walls, subdivision, commercial developments are accomplished.  CME-55 rotary truck-mounted drill and skid-mounted CME-45 drill rigs.  Standard exploration testing techniques including hollow and solid stem augers, drilling, standard penetrometer testing and diamond core drilling.

R&M provides a broad range of geotechnical engineering services including, but not limited to the following:

Site investigations	Site investigations
*Foundation alternatives analysis	*Pile driveability and capacity analysis
*Embankment and excavation slope stability evaluation	*Site grading specifications
*Excavation, shoring, and dewatering recommendations	*Liquefaction studies
*Soil improvement recommendations	*Slope stability/landslide evaluations
*Settlement monitoring	*Percolation testing
*Borrow and quarry resource evaluations

GEOLOGY

Area and site geology is an important part of any geotechnical investigation.  Through geologic studies at a project site, subsurface soil and rock materials can be identified that may impact the site.  R&M geologists routinely interpret aerial photographs and geologic maps to provide input to geotechnical feasibility studies, and as input to geotechnical investigations. 

Geologic investigations include evaluating the engineering characteristics of the soil or rock to be excavated; estimate rippability depth; rock mass characteristics (weathering, strength, joint density, joint attitudes, etc.) as they relate to a proposed blasting program; the presence and effect of perched groundwater; existing landslides; and the construction of rock embankments.