Consulting

The rock mechanics, geoengineering, and hydrologic disciplines that comprise the core expertise of Itasca's consulting practice are applicable in a number of fields. Itasca offers internationally recognized consulting services to the Mining, Civil, Petroleum, Waste Isolation, Environmental, and Process Engineering and Material Handling industries. In addition, Itasca maintains a commitment to ongoing research and development, to ensure that the level of expertise provided by the company remains at the forefront of industry practice.

For more than 25 years, Itasca has pioneered the development of numerical modeling tools for engineering analysis, establishing the foundation of discrete element modeling in that area. During the course of this development, Itasca has grown its expertise from an initial core of mining and civil engineering clients to become a dependable provider of consulting services and software tools to clients in the areas of pharmaceutical, chemical, materials processing, oil & gas production, and agricultural engineering.

Itasca is committed to using the most appropriate level and methods of investigation, considering both technical and economic factors. The solution for a given problem could range from a simple analysis based on our collective experience and judgment, to one using state-of-the-art field methods and numerical models, to one that implements cutting edge technologies and our own, ongoing theoretical research.

Itasca maintains a diverse, accomplished staff of engineers in thirteen offices located throughout the world. A broad-based pool of engineering expertise is critical to provide clients with practical, focused results that produce the most advantageous solutions to their particular problems. Itasca staff are thoroughly familiar with typical design and construction issues and also uniquely equipped to attack challenging or non-standard problems, while providing practical solutions.