Marino Engineering Associates, Inc.

Marino Engineering Associates provides the full range of geotechnical engineering services for foundation and earth retaining systems, slope stability, dams, levees, canals, groundwater seepage, landfills, and underground openings. MEA operates an in-house laboratory and is licensed in 29 states.

• Shallow & Deep Foundations
• Earth Retaining Systems
• Dams, Levees, Canals & Seepage
• Landfills
• Underground Excavations

MEA is a leading expert in subsidence engineering from underground mining and karst terrain. Services span site subsidence studies, mine stability design, failure analyses, prediction of subsidence displacement and damage potential, subsidence damage evaluation, foundation and repair recommendations, and grout stabilization design and monitoring. MEA has serviced over 100 major mining projects across U.S. coal fields and has developed proprietary cross-hole radar and TDR systems for mine void and incipient-subsidence detection.

• Subsidence Risk Analysis
• Mitigation Analysis & Design
• Grout Stabilization Design and Monitoring
• Mine Stability Design
• Failure Analyses

MEA provides forensic and litigation support services to clients and their attorneys, including failure analysis, code compliance, trial exhibit preparation, and expert witness testimony. Clients include insurance companies, government agencies, and public and private businesses facing complex geotechnical and geological issues.

• Expert Witness Testimony
• Mine Subsidence Damage Investigations
• Mine Failure Investigations
• Sinkhole Subsidence Investigations
• Slope Failure Investigations
• Earth Retaining System Investigations
• Foundation Failure Investigations
• Damage Evaluation to Structures From Ground Movement
• Pavement Failure Evaluation
• Earthquake and Ground Vibration Damage Evaluation

MEA staff have authored over 100 publications on geotechnical and subsidence topics and provide research and technical training services.