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GTA Associates, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte projects often move fast and involve tight schedules, deep foundations, roadway improvements, and large commercial footprints. GTA provides geotechnical engineering services in Charlotte, North Carolina with work that includes soil testing, subsurface investigation, construction materials testing, and environmental consulting across the metro area and surrounding Carolinas.
Our Services
Construction Observations and Material Testing
- Engineering Consultation and construction consulting services
- Mass Grading – Subgrade Soil Evaluations and Structural Fill Testing, including soil stabilization
- Utilities – Trench Backfill Observations and Testing
- Retaining Wall Testing, Inspections, and Certifications (retaining wall inspection)
- Bituminous Concrete and Asphalt Inspection
- North Carolina and South Carolina DOT-Certified Personnel
- Foundations – Soil Bearing Capacity of Footings (foundation inspection)
- Chapter 17 Special Inspections with certified special inspectors
- Laboratory Services including construction materials testing
- Concrete Sampling (concrete inspection, compressive strength testing)
Geotechnical Services
- Geotechnical Feasibility Studies
- Subsurface Investigation
- Shallow and Deep Foundation Analysis and Design for apartment building and commercial projects
- Retaining Wall Design/Recommendations (retaining wall design)
- Slope Stability Analysis/Design (slope stability analysis)
- Ground Improvement Design/Recommendations, including soil stabilization
- Seismic Analysis and seismic site class evaluation
- Subsidence Mitigation
- Karst Geology Analysis and geologic study
- Geologic Hazard Mapping for soil erosion and site risks
- Groundwater Control Design for high water table conditions
- Geotechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring
- Seepage Analysis
- Flexible and Rigid Pavement Analysis/Design for roadways and parking lot applications
Environmental Consulting Services
- Phase I and II environmental site assessments
- Brownfields Program and brownfield redevelopment
- Subsurface Evaluations and groundwater monitoring
- Remedial Design and Implementation for soil and groundwater remediation
- Vapor Mitigation System Designs (vapor intrusion mitigation)
- Property Condition Assessments (property condition assessment)
- Storage Tank Closures, including underground storage tank removal
- Risk Based Closure and environmental remediation services
- Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Materials Management
- Natural Resource Inventory and forestry consulting support
- Forest Stand Delineation and Conservation Plans
- Wetland Evaluations, Delineations, Mitigation, and Permitting (wetland delineation, wetland permitting)
- Stream Restoration and Stream Buffer Enhancement (stream mitigation)
- FERC 7(c) Applications
- NEPA Evaluations and environmental impact studies
- Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species Surveys and Consultation (endangered species survey)
- Historic Resource/SHPO Evaluations
- Aquifer Testing and Analysis
- Water Supply and Wastewater Permitting Services
- On-Site Wastewater Disposal Feasibility Evaluations
- Nutrient and Hydraulic Loading Analysis
- Groundwater Dewatering, Mounding, and Flow Analysis
Natural Resources Services
- Wetland delineation and wetland permitting
- Wetland mitigation design and monitoring
- Threatened and Endangered Species Surveys, Assessment, and Permitting, including endangered species and rare species surveys
- Biological and Ecological Assessments / environmental impact studies
- Tree Survey and Condition Assessments, including tree survey, tree inventory, and tree condition assessment (ISA Certified Arborist On Staff)
- Wetland Restoration and Enhancement, including wetland mitigation and restoration and stream mitigation
GTA provided geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, and construction observation and testing services for this award winning, 16-story, 165,000-SF, 195-key hotel. Services included overseeing installation of support piles, compaction testing, identification and removal of petroleum impacted soils found during initial construction, as well as concrete testing, and steel inspection on 0.3 acres in an urban setting bound by light rail and trolley tracks.
Featured Projects
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2100 S. Tryon Street, Mecklenburg County, NC
Mecklenburg County, NC
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Wastewater Treatment Plant Equalization Basin
City of Monroe, North Carolina
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Highway 274 Force Main Replacement
York County, SC
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5815 Westpark Drive
Charlotte, NC
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Abbey Place Medical Office Building
Charlotte, NC
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SpringHill Suites Uptown Hotel
Charlotte, NC
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I-77 Commerce Center, Flex Building
Mecklenburg County, NC
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