How to Use geotechnical in a Sentence

geotechnical

adjective
  • Pruhs said that money would be spent on such things as geotechnical drilling.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2019
  • There is some surveying and geotechnical work that will be done in the next few weeks.
    — John Sharp | [email protected], al, 30 July 2023
  • A number of years ago, a geotechnical study was performed of the slopes above the road.
    — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2017
  • Bischoff said geotechnical crews will evaluate the situation and make a plan for repair.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • To Marsh, geotechnical studies didn’t capture the essence of Beacon’s.
    — Paul Kvinta, Outside Online, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The city won’t issue a permit to start foundation work until further geotechnical reports are complete.
    — Tim Logan, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
  • That design process kicked off in April with topographic surveys and geotechnical field work at hundreds of damage sites around the county.
    — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Crews were using jackhammers and other heavy equipment to break up the rocks, while geotechnical personnel were on site to scale and survey the slide area to make sure the road was safe.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Engineers and geotechnical experts will monitor the slope next to the tracks throughout construction.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Friedman said that the new geotechnical studies show that in order to save the building, the port would have to spend $5 million to install a mid-slope retaining wall.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The company would be responsible for designing the plant, geotechnical reviews of the site and other services.
    — oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The construction crew will break down two interior walls to allow for geotechnical testing equipment to be brought in to test the structure and ground under the building.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Once the warehouse is demolished, workers will perform geotechnical studies to design the foundation of the buildings.
    — Lee Roop, AL.com, 10 Aug. 2017
  • City and county staff tracked down geotechnical reports and other possibly useful records that had been archived in various (and often siloed) departments.
    — Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The city had approved a permit for a study to identify geotechnical hazards on the property, which sits on a high bluff, and the state commission had upheld that approval on appeal.
    — Brooke Park, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2026
  • In their own reports filed with the city, geotechnical engineers acknowledged the miscalculations.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Geotechnical engineers are also looking at a slide on Cleves Warsaw east of Van Blaricum.
    — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 11 May 2017
  • The city consulted with geotechnical and civil engineers to formulate a plan and stabilize the loose boulders, the release stated.
    — Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2025
  • If an engineer recommends, there could be geotechnical analysis to look for the potential for structural or foundation issues.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Alamo experts soon plan to ask the commission for a permit to conduct geotechnical boring to determine what needs to be done to the foundations of the buildings to support the new structure.
    — Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Extensive geotechnical research was done of the hill before construction started, Radar said, and none of the caves found elsewhere in town were located under the site.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The association said geotechnical engineers are working to prevent more slippage and reinforce the hill.
    — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 29 July 2024
  • The district commissioned a structural evaluation as well as a geotechnical report of the 20-acre property.
    — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2019
  • The geotechnical studies may shed light on whether the remedial work successfully stabilized the underground.
    — Andrew Maykuth, Philly.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Friedman said Thursday that new geotechnical studies show that in order to save the building, the port would have to spend $5 million to install a mid-slope retaining wall below it.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The overall development was approved many years ago by the city and appropriate geotechnical studies conducted at the time, Neyer said.
    — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 18 June 2019
  • The Padres are, however, still working through geotechnical analysis of the property’s fault lines, according to a staff report prepared for the meeting.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021
  • In final design, however, after soil and geotechnical studies, it was determined that the bowl design would cost about $13 million, Ells said.
    — Mark Lawton, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2017
  • During this phase, Harris County residents may see workers out along the bayous and channels with survey and geotechnical boring equipment.
    — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 27 Apr. 2018
  • This talk will explore robotic grippers that enable missions to these extreme terrains through their ability to grip a wide variety of surfaces (shapes, sizes, and geotechnical properties).
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2019

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