Structural engineering for difficult ground conditions

Cefali & Associates

Structural engineers focused on deep excavations, temporary earth shoring, specialty foundations, and complex underground construction conditions.

Core services

Buildable design for excavation and foundation challenges.

The current site centers on earth retention systems, specialty foundations, and structural design coordination. This rebuild keeps that content static, crawlable, and ready for future expansion.

Earth retention systems

Earth retention systems

Temporary and permanent shoring systems for deep excavations, constrained sites, and below-grade construction.

Specialty foundations

Specialty foundations

Micropiles, underpinning, slope stabilization, and foundation upgrades for new and existing construction.

Structural design and coordination

Structural design and coordination

Buildable structural engineering support including retaining walls, tunnel and shaft design, modeling, reviews, and construction-phase coordination.

About

Structural engineering focused on deep excavations and specialty foundations.

Cefali & Associates is a structural engineering firm specializing in deep excavations, specialty foundations, temporary earth shoring, foundation and basement excavation, slope failure repair, pipeline excavation, and tunnel construction.

The firm is recognized as an industry authority in these fields, with an innovative approach to solving unique engineering problems and producing cost-effective, buildable designs.

The firm supports soldier piles, tiebacks, soil nails, internal bracing, rock and soil anchors, cantilever soldier piles, micropiles, underpinning, slope stabilization, retaining walls, tunnel and shaft design, 3D modeling, peer reviews, expert witness support, shop drawings, and inspections.

Selected projects

Priority proof points from the current site.

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Wilshire Grand Center

Wilshire Grand Center is a priority proof point for deep excavation support, urban shoring coordination, and transit-adjacent constraints.

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Vista Monterey Soil Nails

Vista Monterey Soil Nails supports Cefali & Associates service content around soil nail walls and specialty stabilization.

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Quintas Press Micropiles

Quintas Press Micropiles is a priority proof point for micropile and specialty foundation engineering.

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Intuit Dome

Intuit Dome is a strong venue project proof point for temporary and permanent shoring, below-grade construction, and heavy construction access constraints.

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Metro BLOC Tunnel

Metro BLOC Tunnel supports Cefali & Associates positioning around transit-adjacent work, constrained underground construction, and constructability.