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PSM provides specialised design and investigation services for engineering in rock, soil and water. The company was established in 1993 and brings together substantial experience in the fields of engineering geology, mining, rock mechanics, soil mechanics, hydrology and hydrogeology. The company comprises a group of more than forty
professionals as well as associated support staff operating from offices in Sydney, Perth, in Brisbane, Terrigal on the NSW Central Coast.

PSM has earned a reputation for innovative and practical engineering design and aims to be generally acknowledged amongst clients and peers as eminent in the field of geotechnical engineering and hydrology. Examples of our successful geotechnical investigation and design work include the Thredbo inquest on behalf of the Coroner, support design for the Eastern Distributor road tunnel in Sydney, the remediation work of the Melbourne City Link tunnels, and the Nakan Dam, which is the highest rock-fill dam in Indonesia.

PSM comprises geotechnical engineers, mining engineers, hydrologists and engineering geologists with specialist expertise in the following areas:

• • Slope stability,
  • Open pit and underground mining,
  • Tunnelling,
  • Forensic engineering,
  • Foundations and retaining structures,
  • Waste dumps and haul roads,
  • Hydraulic structures and water management,
  • Catchment and river hydrology,
  • Water supply and tailings dams,
  • Dewatering, depressurisation and grouting.

Our focus is on interpretation, analysis and design using the full range of skills available within the disciplines of geology, hydrology, civil and mining engineering.

Project Sites

Current Projects

Brisbane Airport Link

Brisbane’s $4.8 billion Airport Link, Northern Busway (Windsor... READ MORE

Kapit Pit Geotechnical Investigation

PSM is involved with Lihir Gold’s Kapit Pit, providing geotechnical... READ MORE