Specialized geotechnical engineering services

Davies Geotechnical Inc. provide cost effective and practical geotechnical design solutions

SOLO District

Burnaby, BC

Solo District is a premium master planned neighbour hood developed by Appia Developments. Consisting of four high rise towers with parking extending up to 90 feet below grade and near the Skytrain and City of Burnaby infrastructure this multi-phase project had significant geotechnical design components. Working in close collaboration with Appia and the design team, Davies Geotechnical Inc. deployed advanced geotechnical investigation processes including down hole seismic shear wave testing and borehole pressure meter testing to optimize the design of the heavily loaded building foundations and the deep excavation.

Whistler 2010 Infrastructure

Burnaby, BC

Davies Geotechnical Inc. partnered with Nilex to design a number of reinforced earth retaining wall system to support the Whistler 20210 bobsled runs, bridge abutments and other infrastructure elements. These retaining walls ranged in height from 6 feet to 50 feet. Davies Geotechnical Inc also supplied support to the contractor during the construction process to assist with a problem free installation process.

Evergreen Skytrain Line

Burnaby, BC

Davies Geotechnical Inc. partnered with the SSJV to bring our experience and expertise in the design of deep excavations to provide design and review services for the temporary excavations required to construct the Evergreen Line extension in Port Moody. These include the tunnel boring machine (TBM) entrance and exit locations as well as several other locations.

With our due diligence and care and attention, Davies Geotechnical has helped all our clients come up with reliable, cost-effective solutions to their geotechnical challenges.

Ground Improvement Liquefaction Mitigation
8120 Lansdowne Rd Richmond

What We Do

Our Services

We promote technical excellence and has an established continual professional development program for its engineers and technical staff.

  • Geotechnical Site Assessment
  • Feasibility and Costing Studies
  • Foundation Design
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Design of Deep Excavations
  • Design of Retaining Wall Systems
  • Landslide Assessment
  • Preloading and Ground Improvement
  • Soil Testing
  • Coin Penetrating Testing (CPT)
  • Landslide Assessment
  • Stormwater Management
Parq Casino

High Rise Project
Parq Casino – 39 Smythe Street

Projects We Do

  • Civil Infrastructure – bridges, roadways, retaining walls
  • Institutional – schools, hospitals, recreation centers
  • Hi Rise Developments,
  • Multifamily Developments Subdivisions
  • Single Family Development
  • Peer Review and Forensic Failure Analysis
South Portal Evergreen Line - Infrastructure Projects
Infrastructure Projects
South Portal Evergreen Line
Solo District - 
DEEP EXCAVATIONS AND SHORING SYSTEMS


Deep Excavations and Shoring Systems
Solo District

Who We Are

Our Team

We guarantee that we will meet or exceed your expectations with respect to service levels and the value of our designs!

Paul Davies

Principal

Paul has been practicing in this field since 1989 and researches and reviews technical information weekly to keep practices at Davies Geotechnical Inc. at the state of the art. “I guarantee that we will meet or exceed your expectations with respect to responsiveness and client servicing, as well as the value of our engineering designs.”

Ben Davies

P Eng

Bio coming soon!

We are always looking for talented technicians and engineers to join our team. We want to make this an employee-owned engineering firm within the next 5 years.

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Let’s get started!

For more info on how we can assist you with your project, email us and we’ll be happy to review your project and provide you a proposal