The last few years have seen a massive increase in the speed of desk top computers and the quality of software available to geotechnical engineers. Royal Haskoning seeks to keep up with all the latest developments in this field.
Royal Haskoning's engineers are mindful of the natural variability of the ground and the need to avoid using a level of sophistication that does not match the needs of a particular project, the quality of the input data or the real levels of risk and uncertainty.
To avoid unnecessary and potentially dangerous over-complication, we endevour to use the simplest design or analytical methodology appropriate to any given problem.
The computing programs currently used by the firm include:
- geotechnical data management and ground modelling system (HoleBase)
- geographical information systems (GIS)
- slope stability analysis programs (SLOPE/W, MStab and TALREN)
- retaining wall design programs (WALLAP and MSheet)
- pile design and driving programs (REPUTE and GRLWeap)
- settlement analysis (MSettle)
- seepage analysis programs (PLAXFLOW and SEEP)
- advanced numerical analysis and modelling by finite element techniques (PLAXIS, FLAC and SageCRISP)
- in-house programs and spreadsheets for pile design, and foundation settlement