Geotechnical Design
Optimize your project with a clear vision and expert geotechnical design.
Effective geotechnical design that involves optimizing designs for the range of geotechnical, hydrogeological, and structural conditions at your site. Equilibrium brings specialized expertise to understand the unique conditions of your site and plan accordingly.
Open Pit and Mine Waste Storage
Slope Stability Assessment and Design
We integrate geological, structural, hydrogeological, and geotechnical data to identify potential failure mechanisms and recommend practical, site-specific support and mitigation measures.
As-Built Slope Performance Review
We assess constructed slopes to verify performance, identify deviations, and ensure long-term stability in line with design intent.
Instrumentation and Monitoring
We provide guidance on implementing monitoring systems that track ground movement, delivering real-time data to ensure slope integrity and safety.
Assessment of Geotechnical Hazards
We evaluate potential geotechnical risks to inform proactive mitigation and safeguard people, infrastructure, and operations.
Soil And rock characterization
We characterize soil and rock conditions to define reliable geotechnical parameters that support safe, practical, and risk-informed design.
Soil storage and waste rock facility design
We support facility design, run-out assessment, and development sequencing to improve stability, reduce geotechnical risk, and support efficient mine planning.
Underground
Underground Mining Method Selection, Geotechnical Design Criteria and Sequencing
We identify optimal mining methods and develop efficient extraction sequences, prioritizing geological conditions, safety, and economic factors to maximize productivity and minimize risks.
Backfill Design
We apply geotechnical expertise to backfill design for underground mines, optimizing material properties, placement strategies, and strength performance to ensure ground stability and safe, efficient operations.
Ground Support Design and Rehabilitation Forecasting
We design effective ground support systems tailored to local geological and stress conditions. Our team forecasts rehabilitation needs by analyzing performance trends and ground behavior over time, helping clients plan maintenance, manage risk, and extend the life of underground excavations.
Design of Mine Infrastructure (Vertical Raises, Portals, Shafts, Declines)
We provide geotechnical design for large excavations and mine accesses, incorporating stress analysis, numerical modelling, and ground control strategies to ensure excavation stability and long-term performance.
Surface Subsidence/Open Pit–Cave Interaction/Fragmentation Prediction
We assess surface subsidence, open pit–cave interactions, and fragmentation prediction using advanced numerical modelling, helping to forecast ground response and manage stability and operational risks.
Numerical Modelling
Open Pit And Waste Dump Assessments
We use numerical modelling to back-analyze performance, calibrate geotechnical parameters, and predict future stability conditions for open pits and waste dumps.
Underground excavation modelling
We model underground excavations to inform stope and pillar design, sequencing, backfill behaviour, infrastructure stability, and interaction between adjacent excavations.
Caving Analysis
We assess caving behaviour (block, panel, and SLC) to evaluate initiation, propagation, breakthrough, subsidence, and interactions with geology, structures, and mine sequencing.
Gravity flow and draw control
We simulate draw strategies, material recovery, dilution, fines migration, and multi-lift performance.
Mine-scale infrastructure and seismic response
We assess stress redistribution, damage potential, rehabilitation needs, and seismic hazard associated with cave advance.
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