Earth Sciences

The Earth Sciences Practice Group provides a comprehensive range of geological, geotechnical and hydrogeological services for industries including power generation, mining, quarries, railways, highways, oil and gas, agricultural and food processing, irrigation, land development, and public works. Clifton teams understand the region’s unique geology, groundwater conditions, and climatic trends critical to developing sustainable engineering solutions.

 

All of our engineers, scientists, and technologists begin their careers in the field to understand how engineering principles interface with our unique and challenging geological terrain.

 

Clifton offers specialty non-invasive and non-destructive geophysical survey methods that can model soil profiles across a site, locate buried objects, map groundwater, delineate environmental contamination, identify aggregate resources and measure physical and engineering soil properties. These methods enhance or replace geotechnical and environmental drilling programs and facilitate exploration and data acquisition in unusual terrain.

Earth Sciences Services

Geotechnical Engineering

  • Baseline and Regional Studies

  • Siting Studies

  • Geological Characterization and Mapping

  • Hydrogeologic Investigations

  • Geotechnical Investigations

  • Slope Stability Analysis and Remediation

  • Geotechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring

  • Infiltration Testing

  • Pile Load Testing

  • Pile Inspection

  • Foundation Design

  • Terrain Analysis

Groundwater

  • Groundwater Supply Development and Management

  • Groundwater Modelling and Seepage Analysis

  • Aquifer Testing and Mapping

  • Dewatering System Design

Surface Water

  • Mine Water Management

  • Stormwater Management

  • River Engineering and Geomorphology

  • Water Crossing Hydraulic Design and Fish Passage

  • Dam Safety Assessments

  • Floodplain Mapping

  • Drought Preparedness

HYDROTECHNICAL

  • Geohazard Risk Assessments

  • Geohazard Investigation and Remediation

  • Landslide Investigation and Remediation

Earth Retaining Structures

  • Dam and Canal Design

  • Geotechnical Dam Safety Reviews

  • Hazardous Waste Management Facilities

  • Deformation Analysis, Instrumentation and Monitoring

Mining Engineering

  • Contamination Migration

  • Mine Surface Facilities

  • Tailings and Waste Disposal Facility Design

  • Geotechnical Core Logging