Reliable ground starts with reliable analysis.
SayE Geostructure is a Navi Mumbai based geotechnical, geosynthetics research and consultancy practice — foundation design, soft ground improvement and slope stabilisation for highways, ports, airports, railways and marine works since 2016.
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A research-led geotechnical practice, built on-site.
SayE Geostructure was formed in 2016 as a Mumbai based consulting and research firm spanning Civil, Geotechnical and Geosynthetic Engineering. The practice concentrates on foundation analysis and design, geosynthetic structures, deep excavation and soft-ground improvement — a team of engineers working as one to raise confidence and reliability across the industry it serves.
The core team carries more than 20 years of combined field experience, working fluently across Indian codes and modelling in Plaxis 2D, GeoStudio, FINE, MSEW and Pile-Wall, alongside standards developed in-house.
- Works forMega highways, marine structures, railways, buildings, metro railways, airports, oil tank farms, hydro power stations and mining.
- Deals withSilty clay, alluvial soil, sand, rock, conglomerate rock and pavement.
- Reasons aboutShear strength, cohesion, Bishop's method, compressibility, compaction, angle of repose, Rankine and Coulomb earth pressure, slope stability, void ratio, bearing capacity and settlement.
- CertifiedISO 9001:2015 quality management system.
Why clients bring SayE onto a project early.
From desk study through to construction review, the same team stays on the project — so specifications, tenders and site instructions all trace back to one consistent technical read of the ground.
Desk study, data management & analysis
Collating existing borehole, survey and site history before a single rig mobilises.
Planning and specifications
Investigation scopes and technical specifications matched to the ground risk.
Geotechnical / geophysical investigation
Boring, sampling, in-situ testing and geophysical survey across the site.
Review of design
Independent technical review of foundation and earth-retaining designs.
Soft ground treatment / geosynthetic application
Stone columns, PVD, geocell and geogrid systems specified to the strata.
Tender preparation
BOQs and technical tender packages ready for contractor pricing.
Rehabilitation measures
Remedial design for distressed slopes, foundations and retaining structures.
Project management consultancy
Site-side technical oversight through construction and commissioning.
Numerical analysis
Finite-element and limit-equilibrium modelling of staged construction.
Forensic investigation / topographical survey
Root-cause investigation of failures, backed by ground survey.
Six ground problems, worked from site.
Photographs below are from SayE's own projects — not stock imagery.
Slope / cut stabilisation
Open-pit and highway cuts stabilised with engineered slopes, shotcrete and soil nailing.
Reinforced soil structures
MSE walls and reinforced embankments for highway and rail corridors.
Soft ground improvement
Stone columns, vibrocompaction and PVD-vacuum preloading beneath ports and yards.
Drilling & grouting
Jet grouting, compaction grouting and cement columns to strengthen weak strata in place.
Deep excavation
Soldier-pile, anchor and sheet-pile protection for excavations beneath live infrastructure.
Soil & rock nailing
Nailing systems for metro-depot cuttings and highway rock faces.
Geotechnical & geosynthetic analysis capability
The technical register the team designs and reports against, project after project.
- 01Interpretative reports / geotechnical investigation / foundation remedial measures
- 02Shallow / deep foundation design analysis (pile / well)
- 03Ground improvement — vibro stone column, vibrocompaction
- 04PVD – vacuum consolidation
- 05Dynamic compaction, jet grouting
- 06Excavation protection — sheet piles, soldier pile-anchors, diaphragm walls
- 07Geosynthetics — geocell reinforced soil walls, slopes, gabion walls
- 08Instrumentation for monitoring — inclinometer, piezometer
- 09Cofferdam, dam stability, drilling & grouting
- 10Landslide mitigation
- 11Slope stability analysis
- 12Landfill design
- 13Pavement design
- 14Geophysical testing
- 15Pile load test
A working log of major ground engineering projects.
Ground improvement of 20 m deep soft clay by vacuum preload
PVD with vacuum preloading treated 1,00,000 sqm of soft clay, monitored throughout with inclinometers, vibrating-wire piezometers and CPTu testing.
Marine clay improvement for the container terminal and NHAI highway
20 m of soft marine clay treated with conventional preload and PVD for the ICTT back-up yard, with a further 1,00,000 sqm improved using vibro stone columns along the Vallarpadam–NH corridor.
Gabion-faced embankment and a geocell–geogrid retaining wall
A 6 m high gabion-faced reinforced-earth embankment along the Amlakhadi at Ankleshwar, Bharuch district, and a geocell–geogrid faced retaining wall built near Nashik.
Geotechnical design for refinery tank-farm foundations
Foundation design for storage tank farms, including the bunded and pipe-rack ground works around each tank.
CBR / modulus enhancement using chemical & geosynthetic stabilisation
Runway end safety area ground stabilised with a combination of chemical treatment and geosynthetic cellular confinement.
Soil and rock nailing for excavation and highway cut support
Soil-nailed excavation support at a metro car-shed site, and combined soil-and-rock nailing on highway cuttings for NHAI Aurangabad.
The engineers behind the sign-off.
Dr. Sandeep Bhosle
Ph.D., M.Tech (Geotech), IIT Bombay · LMIGSHeads SayE Geostructures and carries responsibility for technical excellence, project quality, technical review and client service. 25+ years in the consulting industry and author of several published papers.
Pallavi Bhosle
M.Tech (Offshore), IIT Bombay · LMIGSAlso heads SayE Geostructures, responsible for geotechnical services, technical review, project delivery and business development. 20+ years in the consulting industry.
Santosh Gosavi
B.E. Civil, Mumbai UniversityCivil / geotechnical engineer with 25+ years across site investigation, site management, slope-stabilisation execution, construction and earthworks.
Worked alongside authorities and infrastructure majors.
Authorities
Consultants & infrastructure companies
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