Aterra Solutions

Dams, Levees, Severe Flooding, and Geotechnical Services

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About the firm

Aterra Solutions provides geotechnical investigations, geostructural engineering, water resource engineering, and severe flooding analysis with an emphasis on safety and technical excellence. Recognizing that understanding subsurface conditions is critical to construction success, the practice delivers a comprehensive suite of site investigation and engineering analysis services. It provides custom designs for foundations, earth retention systems, dams, and levees, alongside advanced flood hazard modeling for critical infrastructure.

Firm type
Geotechnical Engineering · Water / Wastewater Engineering · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Transportation Engineering

People

Joe BelliniSubject Matter Expert (SME)

Capabilities

Dam Engineering & Hydropower

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Comprehensive engineering services supporting dam safety and performance standards. Capabilities span dam safety assessments, rehabilitation analysis, and full design under the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Watershed Rehabilitation Program.

Flooding Support for Nuclear Industry

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Sophisticated flood hazard re-evaluations, flood protection assessments, and mitigation strategies for nuclear facilities. Services include Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessments at low annual exceedance probabilities and specialized deterministic modeling.

Levee Engineering & Certification

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Technical evaluation and documentation in compliance with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA guidelines. Evaluations cover stability and seepage, freeboard, management of interior drainage, and operations and maintenance components.

Severe Flood Modeling & Assessments

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Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.

  • High-accuracy Hydrologic

    Support includes High-accuracy hydrologic.

  • Hydraulic Modeling Using State-of-the-practice Techniques To Evaluate Severe Flood Hazards

    Support includes hydraulic modeling using state-of-the-practice techniques to evaluate severe flood hazards.

  • Mapping

    Support includes mapping.

  • Mitigation Requirements

    Support includes mitigation requirements.

  • Work In This Area Is Organized Into Supported Delivery Tasks

    Support includes Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.

Stormwater Management, E&S Control, NPDES Permitting

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Design and permitting services for stormwater systems, including erosion and sediment control planning and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System compliance.

Transportation Design Support

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Civil and geostructural design support tailored for transportation infrastructure, including pavement and slab-on-grade design.

Geotechnical & Geostructural Engineering

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Integrated geotechnical and structural services combining disciplines to ensure projects rest on strong foundations, are structurally sound, and are cost-effective to construct.

  • Subsurface Investigations & Site Characterization

    Techniques including drilling, test borings, rock coring, groundwater wells, in situ testing, air track probes, test pits, and geophysical testing.

  • Geotechnical Analysis

    Analysis of earthwork, subgrade preparation, slope stability, lateral earth pressure, bearing capacity, settlement, and rockfall hazard mitigation.

  • Geostructural Design & Retaining Structures

    Design of deep and shallow foundations, micropiles, augercast piles, drilled shafts, driven piles, support of excavation (SOE), sheet pile walls, soil nail walls, and mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls.

Industries

Nuclear · Water Resources · Stormwater & Flood Control · Infrastructure · Transportation

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