SHIRE GEOTECHNICS 

An engineering failure may be defined as an unforeseen, substandard, performance of an engineered element, ranging in catastrophic...

Stormwater Management: The change from natural landforms and vegetative cover to impervious surfaces has two major effects on stormwater:...

Geotechnical Engineering Geotechnics is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behaviour of earth materials. ...

Often when a potential Client calls our consultancy they ask, “Do I need a geotechnical report.” My answer is always a resounding yes,...

Expansive soils are soils which experience volume change when soil moisture changes. All clay soils experience some volume changes from...

I often see inadequately built retaining walls which should have been designed by an engineer and I see these walls fail. ​ It isn’t...

What exactly does a geotechnical engineer do? Every structure, be it a bridge, building or retaining wall is tide to the earth. By nature...

Introduction Councils require applications for building consent to provide sufficient information to enable Council to make a decision on...

A steep building site generally has gradients exceeding 20 degrees, however even a 1V:4H, (14 ) slope should assessed for ground...