PROJECTS / CLIENTS

We have built our business and professional reputation on providing quality service to our clients, and have grown primarily as a result of repeat business and referrals, which indicates the high level of satisfaction experienced by our clients. We are proud of the progress and achievements we have made and are committed to ongoing improvements in and diversification of our capabilities. We welcome your next enterprise as our next project.

FEATURED PROJECTS

Bluebird Canyon Landslide, Laguna Beach CA

In June of 2005, a landslide occurred on residential hillside in Laguna Beach destroying a dozen homes and damaging seven others. Geofirm was called to the scene as the landslide was still moving, and the wheels were set in motion to mitigate further movement and damage and repair the hillside for the City of Laguna Beach and the residents left without a place to live. In approximately two years, and with nearly 300 tiebacks, over 100 caissons and nearly 50,000 cubic yards of cement treated soil, the hillside was repaired. Today many of the homes have been rebuilt, and the destroyed infrastructure has been repaired.

North Palm Drive Condominiums, Beverly Hills CA

The North Palm Drive Condominium project involved construction of a five-story condominium building, with a two-story subterranean garage. Basement grades for the subterranean garage resulted from excavations to depths of approximately 30 feet below grade. The foundation system consisted of perimeter caisson shoring/retaining walls with an interior mat slab, and required sub-slab drainage for construction.

Portola Hills Slope Repair, Orange County CA

The heavy rains 2010-2011 caused disastrous mudflows, debris flows, and slope failures throughout Southern California impacting numerous homeowners and Community Associations throughout the Southland. One such hillside community in Portola Hills experienced a number of slope failures and mudflows that encroached on several homes in their community. SMC quickly investigated the cause, mechanism and geometry of the failures to develop a cost effective and time efficient repair solution. The slopes were restored by November of 2011, in time for the oncoming rainy season.

Large Single Family Home, Newport Beach, CA

This private residence in Newport Beach consists of a four level wood and steel frame house with three levels constructed into the bluff slope utilizing retaining walls to a maximum height of 36± feet. The foundation system for the residence utilized a combination of caissons and retaining walls in conjunction with a soldier pile and tieback shoring system.