ENERGY - HYDROPOWER

WE PROVIDE CONSULTING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR SMALL TO LARGE HYDROPOWER PROJECTS. WE BRING INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO THE TABLE AND JOIN OUR STRENGTHS IN THE FIELDS OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, GEOLOGY, GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND DAM DESIGN, DAM CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION, STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AS WELL AS NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION.    

GEOTECHNICS - DAM ENGINEERING

OUR SERVICES RANGE FROM NEW DESIGN PROJECTS TO THE ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING STRUCTURES WITH NON-LINEAR STATIC AND SEISMIC FE STABILITY ANALYSES OR GROUTING PROJECTS FOR THE UPDATE OF EXISTING STRUCTURES. 
OUR GEOTECHNICAL TEAM HAS OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH COMPLEX SLOPE STABILIZATION PROJECTS, EMBANKMENT DAM AND ARCH DAM PROJECTS AS WELL AS WITH COMPLEX DEEP FOUNDATION ENGINEERING TASKS. 
WE RELY ON STATE-OF-THE-ART 2D AND 3D FINITE ELEMENT ASSESSMENT FOR SEISMIC ASSESSMENTS AND SEISMIC DESIGN TASKS AS WELL AS ON CLASSIC ANALYTICAL APPROACHES.

HYDROENGINEERING

ALPINFRA PROVIDES ALL SERVICES FOR THE CONCEPTION, REQUIRED DESIGN STAGES AND DURING CONSTRUCTION OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING PROJECTS TO PROVIDE FLOOD MITIGATION AND HYDROPOWER FACILITIES. WE BUILD ON EXPERIENCE FROM SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS.   

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

ALPINFRA PROVIDES SERVICES FOR PROCUREMENT, SITE INSPECTION AND ALPINFRA PROVIDES ALL REQUIRED SERVICES DURING THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
- PROCUREMENT
- CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT 
- CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
- SITE SUPERVISION
OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY BACKGROUND BENEFITS THE PROJECT OWNERS TO CREATE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC HIGH-LEVEL PROJECTS.

INFRASTRUCTURE

WE PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE CONCEPTUALIZATION, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FOR ROADS, RAILWAYS, WATER, AND ENERGY.
ALPINFRAs STRONG BACKGROUND FROM FIELD WORK AND GEOLOGY HELPS TO CREATE LONG-TERM, RELIABLE AND STABLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT.  

HYDROLOGY AND 
SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT

- BASIC DATA COLLECTION, PMP AND PNF ANALYSES
- HYDROLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS
- 2D INUNDATION ANALYSES
- 3D-DAM BREACHING COMPUTATIONS   
- SEIDMENT ASSESSMENTS FOR HAZARD MITIGATION 
- SEDIMENT ASSESSMENTS FOR HYDROPOWER FACILITIES
- ABRASION ASSESSMENTS FOR BYPASS STRUCTURES
- DESIGN OF SEDIMENT BYPASS FACILITIES

GEOLOGY

COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS REQUIRE THE COMPETENT ASSESSMENT OF GROUND CONDITIONS. OUR GEOLOGISTS WORK HAND IN HAND WITH DESIGN ENGINEERS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS TO PROVIDE A PROFOUND BASIS FOR ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN CHALLENGING GROUND.

HAZARD MITIGATION

WE IDENTIFY AND MANAGE NATURAL HAZARDS 
- STEEP CREEK HAZARDS (DEBRIS FLOWS, DEBRIS-FLOODS)
- FLOODING
- ROCKFALL
- AVALANCHES
- SEISMIC HAZARDS
WE DEVELOP AND USE ADVANCED HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND MODELLING SOFTWARE TOOLS TO PROVIDE RELIABLE DESIGN BASES FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MITIGATION MEASURES. OUR EXPERTS ARE LEADING MEMBERS OF THE MOST RELEVANT COMMITTEES FOR HAZARD MITIGATION STANDARDS AND DAM SAFETY (ICOLD).

INSTRUMENTATION - MONITORING  

OUR EXPERTS ARE EQUIPPED WITH UAVs FOR SURVEYING, INCLUDING IR AND MULTISPECTRAL SENSORS. OUR LONG-RANGE LASER SCANNER CAPTURES SNOW DATA AND SLOPE MOVEMENTS OVER A DISTANCE OF 5 KM. WE DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYING TECHNOLOGY WITH OUR MECHATRONICS LABORATORY TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM INFORMATION ABOUT CRITICAL SITUATIONS.

COMPUTATIONAL DYNAMICS 

OUR COMPUTATIONAL DYNAMICS EXPERTS SUPPORT HYDROPOWER AND HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS WITH HIGH-LEVEL COMPUTATIONS 
- COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (WATER, AIR, MIXES)
- 3D FREE-FLOW PROBLEMS AND FLOW HAZARD MODELLING
- 3D DAM BREACHING AND INUNDATION ANALYSES
- 3D SNOW AND ROCK AVALANCHE MODELING
- OPTIMIZATION OF HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES 
- SPH MODELLING