SHIRE GEOTECHNICS 

Often when a potential Client calls our consultancy they ask, “Do I need a geotechnical report.” My answer is always a resounding yes, no...

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

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

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 stabilit...