Underpinning & Basement Design

Beta Structural Engineers have extensive experience in the design and construction supervision of shallow and deep foundations. We provide a comprehensive range of Underpinning, foundations and Basement Design services. We can offer our clients economic and safe designs including the following:

• Strip, trench and shallow pad footings design. This includes foundations of residential buildings, commercial buildings, warehouses and industrial facilities.
• Foundations with close proximity to trees and subject to shrinkage and heave.
• Raft foundations where ground conditions are poor, where a differential settlement could be excessive, where there is a high risk of heave shrinkage, and where there are pockets of poor soil.
• Piled foundations (CFA Piles, Secant Piles, Contiguous Piles, Driven Piles, Sheet Piles, Mini Auger Piles and Screw/Helical Piles).
• Retaining walls in reinforced concrete (cast in situ or precast), sheet piles, masonry or gravity/solid concrete.
• Underpinning design and subsidence solutions.
• Basement structural design includes construction method statements, temporary works design and basement impact assessments.
• Design of foundations for equipment such as pumps foundations, motors foundations, turbine foundations, compressor foundations, and skid foundations including the design of foundations for dynamic loading.