Braun Intertec has been providing geotechnical evaluations, environmental site assessments, construction materials testing and quality assurance inspection for Wal-Mart stores, Inc., the world’s leading retail chain.

Challenges

Wal-Mart needed a firm that could provide a wide spectrum of services and technical resources for the company’s many distribution center projects.

Solutions

We have been the lead geotechnical engineers and quality control testing agency for approximately 400 stores and 20 Wal-Mart Distribution Center projects located through the United States. Our services on the stores and distribution centers include all or some of the following:

• Geotechnical evaluations
• Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments
• Regulatory liaison services
• Preparation of construction contingency plans
• Peer review of other consultants’ reports
• Consultation on complex design or construction issues
• Pavement evaluation services
• Earthwork observations and compaction testing
• Concrete slump, air and temperature
• Concrete batch plant inspection
• Reinforcement observations
• Structural steel bolting and welding observations
• Materials engineering

We continue our strong relationship with Wal-Mart, offering them quality service and expertise on the building and maintenance of their stores and distribution centers.