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Michael W. West & Associates, Inc. is a geological and geotechnical consulting firm that supports projects in areas of difficult terrain (steep, mountainous, complex); projects that have experienced failures (engineering or geological); or projects that require advanced levels of technical expertise. MWW&AI also provides a broad range of standard professional consulting services in the applied earth sciences.
Our Mission
To provide professional consulting services in engineering and the applied earth sciences that:
empower the visions and financial objectives of our clients;
enrich the practice of engineering and science;
contribute to societal well-being; and
provide an environment for individual professional growth, innovation, and prosperity.
Principle Areas of Practice Include:
Dams:
Siting
Safety Analysis
Rehabilitation Evaluations
Retaining Walls and Shoring Systems:
Design
Evaluation of Alternate Solutions
Repair strategies
Failure analysis
Slope Stability:
Landslide mapping
Evaluation
Mitigation recommendations
Foundations:
Recommendations for difficult or specialized foundations
Exploration and analysis of failing foundations
Geologic Hazards Evaluation and Risk Assessment:
Debris flows
Landslides
Rockfall
Subsidence
Soil collapse
Expansive soil
Ground Water:
Evaluations for changing land-use
Subsurface investigation of aquifers
Earthquake Risk Assessment:
For high-risk structures such as power plants and dams
Geological Analyses:
Mapping of faults, fractures, hazards
Subsurface exploration of soil, rock, or fluids
Evaluation of swelling or collapsible soil conditions
Forensic Analyses:
Exploration of failed natural and constructed slopes
Evaluation of geotechnical issues associated with construction defects
Company Profile
MWW&AI was formed in February 1982 and is in its twenty-seventh year as a professional engineering and geological consulting firm. During the past two and a half decades, MWW&AI has provided technical consulting services on a large number of projects. Please click on the Projects link to view a brief description of some of them.
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