managing geotechnical risks: landslide at athmenia | feature stories It may be impossible to eliminate geotechnical risk, but managing it is good practice. In hydro-schemes, when ground related work represents a high proportion of the project, assessing the site’s vulnerability and the potential risks it might pose makes responding to geotechnical problems more effective. Unforeseen ground-related accidents are common causes of delays and extra-cost. Avoiding ground-related pitfalls starts with identifying and analyzing geotechnical hazards and risks early in the project. Good communication with the client and the contractor are important, but what winds up to be the most effective way to deal with problems safely and with zero-delays has to be integrating the solution into the on-going project. drawings Latteral drawing (top); Cross section of the micropile retaining screen, and the four stabilizing anchor rows at 44 tons capacity each (bottom) 43