Geotechnical Support for Resilient and Sustainable Water Infrastructure

The water industry underpins public health, environmental protection, and long‑term economic resilience. As demand grows and climate pressures increase, maintaining reliable and robust water infrastructure has never been more critical.

North Geotechnics provides specialist geotechnical expertise to help water companies, designers, and asset owners understand ground conditions, manage geotechnical risk, and deliver efficient projects.

Slope Stability and Remediation

Many water assets sit within steep or complex terrain, particularly reservoir embankments, spillways, aqueducts, and pipelines.

North Geotechnics provides advanced slope stability modelling, slope remediation and stabilisation designs. Capabilities range from small‑scale reprofiling to stabilising piles, reinforced soil and high‑capacity ground anchors.

Seepage and Embankment Design

Seepage and porewater pressure behaviour are fundamental to the safety and performance of water‑retaining structures.

Our expertise includes seepage assessments, groundwater modelling and back‑analysis to confirm design parameters. We specify targeted ground investigations and deliver design of new embankments, as well as condition assessments, identification of deterioration mechanisms and remedial design for existing embankments.

Underground Structures

Stormwater and wastewater is increasingly being managed with large underground storage structures.

North Geotechnics can design appropriate Ground Investigation and complete detailed geotechnical design of shafts and nested pipes, as well as buoyancy/uplift assessments.

Earthworks and Monitoring

Properly specified earthworks materials are key to ensuring the longevity and reliability of water retaining embankments and structures.

North Geotechnics can complete compaction and suitability assessments for earthworks materials, including QA/QC and construction support. We can also specify and interpret monitoring equipment such as piezometers, inclinometers, settlement monitoring.