: : Transportation Engineering Services

Gale-Tec Engineering Inc. is a specialist to the transportation industry. We provide geotechnical and geosynthetic engineering for Municipal, County, State and Federal projects. We serve on the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC-MN) transportation committee and on the national Transportation Research Board committee AFS-70-Geosynthetics. GTE conducts subsurface explorations, testing and instrumentation, geotechnical studies and prepare plans/ specifications for specialty portions of projects.

GTE is also a specialist to the railroad industry. Our experience is directed toward the activities of Committee 1 of the American Railway, Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA).

Our experience is in the following areas:

Subgrade and Drainage Systems

• Road/ Ballast Systems over Soft and Wet Ground
• Geosynthetic Inclusions to Reduce Mud Pumping
• Geogrid, Geotextile, Geocell, and Stone Mattress Systems to Support Embankments Over Soft Ground
• Geogrid Reinforced Aggregate Rafts
• Structural Plate, Low Profile Arch and Plastic Pipe Alternatives for Drainage Conveyance Beneath Road and Track
• Riprap Systems
• Lime Injection

Embankment Stability

• Side Slope/Landslide Repair Employing Geosynthetic Reinforcement
• Wall Construction, Including Earth and Rock Anchor Tie-Back Walls
• Temporary Geotextile Wrapped, Segmental Block, Sheet Pile or other Walls Next to Live Road/ Track
• Floating Road/ Track Over Muskeg Areas Employing Geotextile Reinforcement
• Stone Columns, Buttress Piling and Soil Nailing for Land Movement Repair
• Rock Slope Hazards