Geotechnical services including site investigations and mapping for dams and civil structures.
Damwatch provides services for the geological review and assessment of existing and new structures
Organising site investigations including procurement of relevant contractors, and management of site investigations for new and existing structures.
Forensic investigation is a methodology that investigates failures in order to learn lessons and improve practices in the design, management, and operation of structures, materials, components, or infrastructure.
This in turn determines the causes of those failures.
Geo database logging and 3D modelling
Geotechnical instrumentation is a vital indicator of a dam's condition. Information from instrumentation is used to identify dam deterioration, developing incidents and give ongoing assurance of dam performance. Long term maintenance, refurbishment and replacement is part of managing these valuable dam safety assets.
Earthworks supervision and testing
Damwatch can manage, supervise and perform in-situ testing programmes to characterise site conditions. We provide geophysical seismic refraction, downhole and surface shearwave velocity testing, borehole geophysics, resistivity surveys and high resolution temperature profiling.
Geophysical investigation including downhole shearwave, seismic survey and downhole density (gamma-gamma)
Downhole televiewers, also known as drillhole televiewers, wireline logging or drillhole imaging tools, are valuable instruments increasingly used across all industries, including geotechnical engineering, construction, mining, research and groundwater exploration.
Televiewer Scanning offers direct logging of a drillhole or well casing wall as it sits in-situ, generating 3D images of the drillhole, offering numerous advantages in terms of improving subsurface characterization, drilling efficiency, and overall cost-effectiveness. Their ability to provide detailed visual and structural information about the drillhole wall makes them indispensable tools for understanding subsurface conditions.
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Professional advice can be provided by Damwatch's team of professional dam designers, specialising in fields of: