Engineering Services

MEA's focus is to provide the highest standard of service and response to complex, challenging and unique projects. Our highly qualified scientific and technical staff work together seamlessly to produce superior, on-time results for each client regardless of the project size.

How can MEA help you? Contact us and let us know!

Email: info@meacorporation.com

Contact us via Telephone

Office: 217.384.2288
Toll-Free: 888.384.2209


Contact us via Mail

Marino Engineering Associates, Inc.
1101 East Colorado Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801

About MEA

MEA serves projects throughout the United States, recent projects include:

  • Heave investigation of a paper mill foundation
  • High pressure pipeline/gas/petro subsidence and mitigation investigation
  • Mine grouting stabilization projects, including design and on-site supervision.
  • Coal mine design including in-house sample testing
  • Stabilization study of a limestone mine
  • Investigation of a failed floodwall following a natural disaster

Geotechnical Analysis

Geotechnical Analysis
  • Mine Subsidence
  • Grouting
  • Grout Mix Design
  • Earth Slopes
  • Underground Openings
  • Structural Response to Ground Movement
  • Complex or Unanticipated Foundation Conditions
  • Earth Retention Structures
  • Water Retention Structures
  • Ground Water Sepage
  • Troubleshooting

Expert Witness

Expert Witness
  • Deposition and Courtroom Testimony
  • Graphic and Computer Animated Presentations

Field Services

Field Services
  • Field Inspection
  • Subsurface Exploration
  • Damage Inspection
  • Foundation Construction
  • Ground Movement Monitoring
  • Grouting
  • Manometer Surveys

Exploration Services

Exploration Services
  • Borehole Cameras
  • Borehole Resistivity
  • Borehole Radar
  • Ground Penetrating Radar
  • Well Casing Inspection
  • Borehole Inspection of Fractures and Lithologic Conditions
  • Detect in-coal mine voids
  • Sandstone Washouts, Faults, and other such Anomalies
  • Underground Storage Tank (UST) Detection
  • Underground Injection Well Detection
  • Utility, rebar, and void location
  • Buried Construction and Demolition Debris Location
  • Roadway Inspections
  • Bedrock Location

Pavement Testing

Pavement Testing
  • Falling Weight Deflectometer
  • Heavy Weight Deflectometer
  • Ground Penetrating Radar testing of pavements, railroad track, structures and bridges
  • Pavement Coring, Sample Collection, and Laboratory Testing
  • FWD/HWD Deflection Basin Data
  • Detect Voids and Assess Load Transfer in Jointed Concrete Slabs
  • Back-Calculate Pavement Layer Properties Using GPR Predicted Pavement Layer Thicknesses
  • Evaluate Pavement Structural Conditions

Lab Testing

Lab Testing
  • Soil and Rock Mechanics
  • Moisture Content
  • Atterberg Limits
  • Clay Mineralogy
  • Petrographic Analysis
  • Mechanical Grain-Size Analysis
  • Hydrometer Analysis
  • Modified/Standard Proctor Compaction
  • CBR
  • Unconfined Compression
  • Low to High Pressure Triaxial
  • One-Dimensional Consolidation or Swell
  • Slake Durability
  • Pinhole
  • Concrete/Grout Testing
  • Asphalt Testing
  • Rock Uniaxial Compression Tests

Forensic Investigation of Structures

Forensic Investigation of Failed or Damaged Structures
  • Damage due to:
  • Construction Defects
  • Design Defects
  • Dam Failure (earth and concrete)
  • Settlement
  • Heave
  • Subsidence
  • Vibration
  • Earthquake
  • Fill

Engineering Research & Development

Engineering Development and Research
  • Development of Underground Radar Systems
  • Research into Earthquake Damage

Training Course Development

Training Course Development
  • Development of Specialized Technical Training Courses
  • Training and Implementation of Technical Programs