Sustainability and resilience are the new imperatives for the design of retaining structures. Conventional massive wall structures are abandoned in favor of greener earthworks, that are more respectful of the environment, use eco-friendly materials and apply socially acceptable practices. But what about longevity and safety? Can we guarantee reduced carbon footprint without compromising operational and life-safety targets?
Our expertise
Our team knows what it takes to endow green attributes into geo-structures. Over the last decade we have been working along three parallel streams:
- Exploring the use of local soils or recycled demolition material as a backfill for common retaining structures
- Optimizing the design of mechanically stabilized walls as a means to reduce their carbon footprint
- Exploiting green soil reinforcement concepts as an alternative to conventional steel grids.
Empowered by our deep understanding of vulnerabilities, we use highly technical performance-based methodologies to assess the damage potential and resilience of any type of retaining or underground structure to exceptional climatic stressors and geohazards.
What we offer
Relevant projects
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Climate and Natural Disasters Risk
Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Resilience Investments
Road Transportation
Resilience and Disaster Risk Assessment of Olympia Odos Highway PPP project
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Buildings
Design and Optimization of a pile-supported foundation on an unstable slope in Greece
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Buildings
Slope Stabilization at the vicinity of waste-treatment facility in Lesvos
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Road Transportation
Aktion-Amvrakia highway:
Bored Pile Retaining Wall to stabilize excavation cutRead -
Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Road Transportation
Long-term Stability Analysis of a remediated Open Cut at Derveni Area
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Energy & Renewables
Seismic performance of the Mitigation Measures of a failed Slope in Pissouri, Cyprus
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Road Transportation
Consolidation of thawing permafrost embankments
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Ports
Thessaloniki Port – Container Terminal: Seismic performance of new piers
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Road Transportation
Egnatia Odos highway: Design of the retaining structures
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Ports
Hassyan project: Preliminary seismic design of the temporary cofferdam
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Road Transportation
Elefsina-Corinth-Patras-Pyrgos-Tsakona new highway
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Road Transportation
Design optimization of reinforced road embankments
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Road Transportation
Geogrid reinforced embankment at Ionia Odos seismic assessment
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Road Transportation
Seismic assessment of twin tunnel crossing Tempi valley
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Road Transportation
Performance of concrete linings under repeated dynamic loading
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Ports
New Ikonion Container Terminal at Piraeus Port Concession, Greece: Enhancing the Climate and Disaster Resilience
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Road Transportation
Promoting the Use of Resilient Retaining Systems
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Foundations and Geotechnical Design
Energy & Renewables
Risk Assessment of Messochora Village
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