About

Ueblacker Associates is a consulting engineering firm in Lakewood, Colorado. We have been serving clients around the world since 1969. During the past 42 years the firm has been professional advisor and consultant to various clients amongst government agencies and private industry on all aspects of geological engineering. Project locales range from across the United States to abroad.

Ueblacker Associates can demonstrate continued involvement in major engineering projects. We specialize in geotechnical engineering, rock engineering, and natural hazard assessment and mitigation. We provide geological and geotechnical investigation services, design services and construction consultation for dams, tunnels, highways, and mountain resort development projects.

Project locales span from State Highway 82, Snowmass Canyon, Colorado to the Kali Gandaki “A” Hydroelectric Power Project, Nepal and Salcca Hydroelectric Power Project, Peru.

Ueblacker Associates takes pride in their work and keeps abreast of the latest developments in their fields both here and abroad. The firm’s services may be engaged independently or in conjunction with other firms. Either way Ueblacker Associates is committed to give their clients their best.

In recent years Ueblacker Associates has engaged in design-build projects of a specialized nature. These assignments included Vail-Beaver Creek rock fall, avalanche and debris flow mitigation projects – first of its kind in the United States, avalanche hazard analysis and protection of outlet facilities for Homestake Dam, Eagle County, CO. Other projects recently completed by Ueblacker Associates include wall design projects with earth anchor and soil nailing applications for segments of I-10, Phoenix, AZ, I-70, Glenwood Canyon, CO and transportation projects in California, as well as feasibility, design, and cost studies for two 100-meter-high Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) gravity dams in Germany and Peru, as well as the proposed 575-ft -high Union Park Dam (RCC gravity dam) in Gunnison County, Colorado.

CAPABILITIES

  • Feasibility Studies, Design and Construction Consultation for Water Resources Development and Hydroelectric Power Projects
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Earthquakes and Ground Motions
  • Soil Dynamics and Liquefaction
  • Geological and Geotechnical Investigations
  • Hydrology and Hydraulics
  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Stability Evaluation and Design of Concrete Dams
  • Stability Evaluation and Design of Embankment Dams
  • Dam Foundation Design
  • Drilling and Grouting
  • Reservoir Slope Stability Analysis
  • Underground Cavern and Tunnel Design
  • Pressure Tunnel Design
  • Highway Planning and Engineering
  • Avalanche Hazard Analysis and Mitigation
  • Rockfall Hazard Analysis and Mitigation
  • Slope Stability Analysis and Landslide Mitigation
  • Tiebacks and Retaining Walls
  • Bridges and Protective Structures
  • Soil Nailing
  • Rock Anchors
  • Construction/Project Cost Estimates
  • Construction Management