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Pre-bid Analysis | Feasibility Studies | Value Engineering | Design
Design-Build Services | Construction Support Services
Forensic Engineering, Claims and Dispute Resolution
Brierley Associates has real world
experience and knowledge to help Contractors evaluate a
project through technical review of the contract documents,
risk determination, constructibility assessment, and
identification of alternate design concepts to reduce
contractor costs. Our geotechnical interpretive reports
predict ground behavior as opposed to preparing an overly
conservative report designed to avoid litigation. Through
this approach we can help you identify the most efficient,
reliable and cost effective means and methods for
constructing your project.
Services include:
Technical Review of Drawings,
Specifications, and Reports
Interpretation of Subsurface
Conditions
Means, Methods, and
Constructibility Assessments
Risk Identification and
Evaluation
Conceptual Support of Excavation
Designs for Costing Purposes
Conceptual Design for Costing
Purposes
Cost Estimates
Design of Dewatering Systems
Design of Ground Improvement
Techniques
Instrumentation and Performance
Monitoring
Our underground engineers and
geologists have seen a lot of different subsurface
conditions and many underground technologies. We can help
evaluate alignments and construction alternatives to
determine the options that best suit the work from our
client’s perspective.
Services include:
Search and evaluation of
existing geological information
Identification of successful
local underground construction practices
Reviewing possible third party
impacts
Geological Investigations
GDRs and GBRs
Conceptual Designs
Contract Drawings and
Specifications
Cost Estimates and Schedules
Risk Assessment
Value engineering (VE) is defined as
a systematic method to improve the “value” of goods or
products and services by using an examination of function.
Value, as defined, is the ratio of function to cost. Value
can therefore be increased by either improving the function
or by reducing cost. Brierley Associates has been a
contributor and team member for VE efforts since our
company’s inception. We help designers and contractors by
integrating the VE process during the early stages of a
project so that maximum benefits can be realized.
Brierley Associates is a leader in
the implementation of subsurface Design-Build projects. Our
Founder and our Partners have written numerous papers and
texts on the subject of Design-Build for subsurface
construction projects. When implemented correctly,
Design-Build offers many advantages over conventional
Design-Bid-Build projects such as, single point
responsibility, increased cooperation between engineer and
contractor, and potentially the reduction in project cost
and schedule.
Services include:
Subsurface Exploration and
Reporting
Geotechnical and Geological
Engineering
Analysis and Design
Preparation of Drawings and
Specifications
Preparation of Submittals
Construction Management
Brierley Associates underground
engineering staff understands the importance of anticipating
ground behavior through comprehensive geotechnical
investigations geared specifically toward design of
underground structures. We also understand how critical it is to
communicate this information through appropriate
construction contract documents including Geotechnical Data
Reports (GDRs), Geotechnical Baseline Reports (GBRs),
drawings, and specifications. Correct geotechnical
investigations, design, and contracting methods will help to
fairly allocate risk between parties, and thereby, generate
good quality bids for owners and minimize the risk of
differing site conditions and cost overruns.
Brierley Associates is positioned to
support you on your construction project whether it is a
large public infrastructure or a small private project. We
work with Contractors before, during, and after
construction. The key to success for any
underground construction project is understanding ground
behavior, if you can properly predict how the ground will
behave and how it will interact with the construction
methods chosen, then you are on your way to a successful
project. Brierley Associates can provide a wide range of
technical support to a specific project, drawing from a
talent pool of engineers, geologists and construction
personnel to tackle the most challenging underground
projects.
Services include:
Submittal Review
Construction Monitoring
Differing Site Conditions
Evaluation
Costs and Schedules
Contract Documentation
Instrumentation Installation and
Monitoring
Forensic Engineering, Claims, and Dispute Resolution
Brierley Associates provides forensic engineering services requiring expertise in geotechnical engineering, heavy construction, tunneling, and trenchless pipeline construction. We offer the ethics and integrity of the firm’s founders and senior staff with their combined experience of over 300 years in heavy civil construction. We adhere to the principle that a good forensic engineering expert is a detective, one who patiently searches for evidence and reconstructs events in order to reach unbiased conclusions that will stand the scrutiny of peers and cross-examination by attorneys. We follow a disciplined approach; determining an absence of conflicts of interest, hearing the nature of the assignment, accepting the assignment, careful assembly and active review of pertinent information, proactive analysis, and development of conclusions and opinions.