Marino Engineering Associates, Inc.

St. Louis, MO

Advanced Geotechnical, Subsidence, and Forensic Engineering

Services: 31
Offices: 3
Leaders: 1

Overview

Marino Engineering Associates (MEA) is a leading specialist in advanced subsidence and geotechnical engineering, with over 40 years of experience across the continental United States. MEA focuses on mine and karst subsidence, geotechnical engineering, forensic engineering, pipeline services, and petroleum engineering, and is licensed to practice in 29 states. MEA joined Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) in January 2025, expanding its subsidence and geoforensic capabilities within a national engineering platform.

Services

Geotechnical Engineering

Marino Engineering Associates provides the full range of geotechnical engineering services for foundation and earth retaining systems, slope stability, dams, levees, canals, groundwater seepage, landfills, and underground openings. MEA operates an in-house laboratory and is licensed in 29 states.

Shallow & Deep Foundations Earth Retaining Systems Dams, Levees, Canals & Seepage Landfills Underground Excavations

Mine & Karst Subsidence

MEA is a leading expert in subsidence engineering from underground mining and karst terrain. Services span site subsidence studies, mine stability design, failure analyses, prediction of subsidence displacement and damage potential, subsidence damage evaluation, foundation and repair recommendations, and grout stabilization design and monitoring. MEA has serviced over 100 major mining projects across U.S. coal fields and has developed proprietary cross-hole radar and TDR systems for mine void and incipient-subsidence detection.

Subsidence Risk Analysis Mitigation Analysis & Design Grout Stabilization Design and Monitoring Mine Stability Design Failure Analyses

Forensic Engineering

MEA provides forensic and litigation support services to clients and their attorneys, including failure analysis, code compliance, trial exhibit preparation, and expert witness testimony. Clients include insurance companies, government agencies, and public and private businesses facing complex geotechnical and geological issues.

Expert Witness Testimony Mine Subsidence Damage Investigations Mine Failure Investigations Sinkhole Subsidence Investigations Slope Failure Investigations Earth Retaining System Investigations Foundation Failure Investigations Damage Evaluation to Structures From Ground Movement Pavement Failure Evaluation Earthquake and Ground Vibration Damage Evaluation