SPLA Port
Santa Marta, Colombia · Ports & Harbors
Project details
Geotechnical and structural support services for the SPLA Port development.

Multi-discipline geotechnical, structural, and environmental engineering services
Edifica USA is a multi-discipline engineering practice headquartered in Southern California, offering geotechnical, structural, hydraulic, mechanical, mining, geomatics, geoenvironmental, and petroleum engineering services. Its engineers serve projects spanning ports and harbors, roadways, oil and gas fields, energy infrastructure, and real estate development. It delivers project management, design/build solutions, environmental management, subsurface exploration, geophysical testing, forensic engineering, and QA/QC across industrial and infrastructure sectors.
Provides comprehensive subsurface analysis, field testing, and foundation engineering to support heavy civil infrastructure and mining developments.
Development of foundation designs, slope stability analyses, and earth retention structures based on soil behavior and site data.
In-situ testing and soil boring campaigns to characterize geologic hazards and soil properties for transport and utility assets.
Specialized deep soil and rock investigations tailored to support extraction operations and mining infrastructure stability.
Material classification and strength testing of soil and rock specimens in a controlled testing environment.
Non-destructive surface and borehole methods to determine shear wave velocity and subsurface profiling.
Overwater seismic and sub-bottom profiling surveys designed to evaluate marine sediments for ports and nearshore infrastructure.
Dynamic and static load testing of deep foundations to verify capacity and load transfer mechanism compliance.
Continuous monitoring of ground movement, water pressure, and environmental parameters using automated field sensors.
Delivers structural design and structural integrity analysis for buildings, bridges, ports, and marine infrastructure.
Engineering of safe load-bearing frameworks using steel, concrete, wood, and composite systems.
Detailed monitoring and geometric measurement of built assets to evaluate structural movement and health over time.
Develops management strategies and compliance reports to mitigate environmental impacts of construction and industrial operations.
Formulation of actionable operational protocols to monitor and minimize ecological damage on construction sites.
Comprehensive assessments evaluating the potential ecological and community impacts of proposed developmental works.
Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.
Support includes Investigates structural distress.
Support includes foundation movement.
Support includes analyzing construction defects to determine root causes of engineering failures.
Oversees execution from planning through quality control, ensuring compliance, scheduling accuracy, and seamless delivery.
Coordination of multi-disciplinary teams, timeline control, and administrative delivery of engineering works.
Development of critical path schedules and resource allocation matrices to manage project phases.
Administration of engineering agreements and modification tracking to limit risk exposure during delivery.
Field inspections, material audits, and process reviews to verify built-environment compliance with specifications.
Advanced computational modeling and finite element analyses to simulate complex stress and environmental scenarios.
Spatial mapping and database integration to support land planning and utility layout decisions.
Unmanned aerial system surveys for topographic mapping, remote visual assessments, and structural monitoring.
Integrated single-source delivery combining design phases and physical construction execution for streamlined deployment.
Ports & Harbors · Highways & Roads · Oil & Gas · Mining · Infrastructure · Residential · Commercial · Industrial · Marine · Environmental & Remediation
Santa Marta, Colombia · Ports & Harbors
Geotechnical and structural support services for the SPLA Port development.