About Us
Phil Styles & Associates Pty Ltd (PSA) is a small cosulting engineering group specialising in the geotechnical aspects of civil engineereing, construction and development projects.
PSA's senior personnel and founding partner is Philip Styles, a Principal Engineering Geologist with more than 35 years'experience incuding 10 years with Melbourne Water's former Geotechnical Services Section (where he became Manager) and 18 years with Coffey Geotechnics.
Geotechnical Services
Sub Surface Investigations
Investigation techniques include geological mapping, test pitting, drilling and static cone testing for -
- domestic, commercial and industrial structures
- pipelines, tanks and other buried infrastructure
- bridges, retaining structures and marine facilities
- embankments, dams, retarding basins and storage tanks
- roads, airfields, container terminals and railways
- sub-divisional developments
- development of landfill and quarry backfill sites
- land stability assessments
- borrow source evaluations
- mining infrastructure development
Peliminary Contamination Assessments
Investigation and assessment of sites using documented protocols and techniques to evaluate -
- potential or existence of contamination
Foundation Analysis and Design
The subsurface data may be utilised to provide -
- geotechnical design for buildings and structures
- evaluation of settlement characteristics
- assessment of the causes of foundation movements in expansive soils
- analysis for retaining structures