competencies
Natural hazards
Various natural processes can pose a threat to settlement areas, railways, roads and other infrastructures.
Whether the problem concerns floods, debris flows, landslides, collapses, avalanches, earthquakes, or hazards resulting from thawing glaciers and permafrost, such as flood waves and glacial lake outbursts (GLOF): we specialise in assessing, analysing and quantifying the hazards and risks.
Our services include:
Incident response
Hazard management
Incident documentation
Incident analysis
Risk analysis for any kind of natural process
Hazard maps for local planning
Seismic microzonation (earthquakes)
Risk analysis:
Risk calculation
Benefit/cost calculation
Resilience toolboxPlanning of protective measures and infrastructure protection:
Rockface stabilisation
Rock removal / safety detonations
Building measures / Protective structures
Stabilisation of subsidence and landslidesConstruction management and supervision
Planning and support for surveillance and alarm systems
Alarm, early-warning and monitoring concepts
Emergency planning
Occupational safety concepts
Work on hanging ropes