Civil & Structural Engineering

Capabilities

• Structural & Geotechnical Quantitative Risk Assessment

  Risks to buildings and infrastructure come in many forms, from extreme weather, earthquakes, and wildfires to flooding and explosions. Exponent provides innovative, quantitative risk assessments to help clients plan and protect their buildings, infrastructure, and valuable assets.

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• Structural & Geotechnical Design Support

  To achieve safety, durability, and longevity, buildings and structures need to withstand a range of forces — from earthquakes and hurricanes to the ravages of time. Exponent's multidisciplinary design support teams help clients address complex structural health and design challenges and develop effective strategies to mitigate environmental impacts and degradation.

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• Design & Construction Defects

  Exponent provides rigorous assessments of design and construction defects, including building components and standard-of-care evaluations.

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• Testing & Analysis of Construction & Building Materials

  Infrastructure and building safety depends on the strength, performance, and durability of the materials that comprise structures. Exponent delivers cutting-edge technical construction engineering and materials testing, enabling clients to reliably target the required level of structural safety.

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• Construction Accidents

  Exponent investigates construction accidents — including falls, equipment-related incidents, impacts and collapses, and electrocutions — and helps clients apply past lessons to prevent future accidents and failures.

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• Specialty Structures

  From airports to green buildings, Exponent is uniquely qualified to consult on constructing specialty structures that require wide-ranging scientific and engineering expertise to improve safety and performance.

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• Structural Failures

  Exponent's engineers consult with clients to understand why buildings fail, who, if anyone, is at fault, how to repair the damage, and how to prevent similar failures in the future.

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• Emergency Response

  Exponent engineers have investigated the aftermath of a wide variety of natural disasters and accidents. We specialize in rapid, data-driven responses to hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, landslides, and human-made catastrophes, and we are experts in using geographic information system (GIS) tools.

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• Earth Structures

  With decades of experience and a multidisciplinary team of top-tier engineers and scientists, Exponent is uniquely qualified to address the multitude of complex challenges that can arise when earth and engineering meet.

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• Mining

  Mining typically requires large capital investments, energy inputs, landscape alteration, and long-time horizons, making effective environmental and social risk management strategies critical. Exponent provides multidisciplinary technical and regulatory expertise to address complex, time-sensitive environmental management and health challenges in the mining industry. 

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• Remote Sensing Analysis

  Exponent provides remote sensing and geospatial analytics, including geographic information systems (GIS) to help clients better understand their site through data and modeling.

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