AlBitar Foundations & Geotechnical Engineering, Shoring and Excavation

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AlBitar Foundations & Geotechnical Engineering, Shoring & Excavation

Albitar Foundations helps clients solve difficult ground conditions with specialist engineering, dedicated equipment and experienced field execution across Lebanon.

Engineering Brief

Retaining & Shoring Systems
For deep excavations, urban constraints and adjacent structures.

Ground Stabilization
Soil nailing, shotcrete and specialist support for unstable cuts.

Foundation & Piling Works
Specialist drilling and below-ground systems for demanding sites.

1982
Established
43
+
Years of specialist experience
1200
+
Projects completed
50
+
Experienced field workers

1982

Built on field experience

Ground Engineering With Fewer Unknowns

Since 1982, Albitar Foundations has focused on the part of construction that is often hardest to predict: the ground. The company combines engineering judgment, specialist crews and purpose-built machinery to support excavations, retaining systems, piling and stabilization work in challenging site conditions.

The objective is practical: understand the constraints early, select a buildable system and execute it with the right equipment and field experience.

AlBitar Foundations & Geotechnical Engineering, Shoring and Excavation

Specialist Services

Nine Specialist Services.
One Ground-Engineering Partner

From excavation support and stabilization to deep foundations, dewatering and testing, each capability has a clear role in solving difficult ground conditions.

Construction Dewatering

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Deep Foundations & Drilled Shafts

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Foundation & Pile Load Testing

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Micropiles & Underpinning

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Rock Anchors & Ground Anchoring

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Secant Pile Walls

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Sheet Piling & Ground Improvement

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Shoring & Excavation Support

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Soil Nail Walls & Ground Stabilization

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Not sure which ground system fits your project?

What You Gain

A Clearer Path From Ground Risk To Execution

Albitar Foundations helps turn complex ground conditions into clear, practical engineering decisions. From early technical assessment to specialist execution, every solution is shaped around site constraints, constructability, safety, equipment access, groundwater, neighboring structures and the realities of working below ground.

Earlier Technical Clarity

Specialist input helps project teams identify realistic support and foundation options before ground risk becomes a site problem.

Buildable Engineering

Solutions are considered against access, sequencing, neighboring properties, utilities, groundwater and actual site logistics.

Specialist Execution

Engineering judgment is paired with field crews and dedicated equipment, reducing the gap between what is proposed and what can be built.

Groundworks Partner

Shoring, stabilization, piling, anchoring and excavation support can be coordinated through a team focused on below-ground work.

Selected Project Experience

A Long Record Of Difficult Ground, Demanding Sites And Real Execution

Albitar’s portfolio includes infrastructure, governmental, residential, commercial and public-building work across Lebanon. The project names below are drawn from the company’s existing project history.

Governmental

Al Hammam Alaskari · Ministry of Culture Library · Military School Feyyadiyyeh

Selected governmental projects demonstrating Albitar Foundations’ experience working on important public-sector developments.

Infrastructure

Tyre Port · Normandy Dewatering · Kuwait Embassy Tunnel · Mathaf Tunnel

Selected infrastructure projects from Albitar’s established project portfolio.

Residential & Commercial

Star · Garden City · Tower Land · Aljazeera Tower · Royal Park 3

Selected residential and commercial projects delivered across Lebanon.

Public & Institutional

LIU · Bank of Kuwait · Bank Beirut · Bank Med · Schools & Mosques

Selected institutional and public-use projects from the company’s project history.

Why Albitar Foundations

Built For The Conditions That Make Projects Difficult

01 / SPECIALIST FOCUS

Ground engineering is the core discipline.

Shoring, stabilization, piling and excavation support are not secondary add-ons.

02 / FIELD JUDGMENT

Experience informs decisions on site.

Decades of execution help the team recognize practical constraints before they become expensive problems.

03 / SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT

Machinery selected for below-ground work.

Piling, drilling, bracing and anchoring equipment support both open and constrained sites.

04 / PRACTICAL DELIVERY

Technical solutions that can actually be built.

Constructability, logistics, safety and project constraints remain part of the engineering decision.

How We Work

From Site Uncertainty To An Executable Ground Solution

01

Understand the Site

Review drawings, excavation depth, access, neighboring conditions and available geotechnical information.

02

Select the System

Identify a suitable retaining, stabilization, shoring or foundation approach for the conditions.

03

Plan the Execution

Coordinate equipment, sequencing, temporary works, site logistics and mobilization requirements.

04

Execute & Adapt

Carry out the work with specialist teams and respond to actual ground and site conditions as required.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions Before Ground Works Begin

Useful answers for project owners, engineers, contractors and consultants evaluating specialist ground works.

Shoring is commonly required when excavations are deep, space is limited, nearby buildings or utilities need protection, or soil conditions cannot safely remain unsupported.

They are different retaining or stabilization systems. The suitable solution depends on excavation depth, soil and groundwater conditions, adjacent structures, available space and project constraints.

Yes. The team can review available drawings, site constraints and geotechnical information to assess which support approach is technically and practically appropriate.

Useful information includes project drawings, excavation depth, site location, neighboring conditions, geotechnical reports when available, groundwater information and known access or logistics constraints.

Albitar’s scope includes specialist shoring, excavation support, retaining systems, piling-related works, anchoring, soil nailing and ground stabilization.

Project experience includes governmental, infrastructure, residential, commercial and public-building work across Lebanon.

Blog

Insights From Below Ground

Explore practical insights, technical knowledge and field perspectives from Albitar Foundations. Our articles cover geotechnical engineering, shoring, deep foundations, ground stabilization, excavation support and the site conditions that influence successful below-ground construction.

Start with the ground conditions

Planning a difficult excavation or foundation project?

Share the site constraints, project requirements and available geotechnical information. Albitar Foundations can review the challenge and help identify a technically suitable and financially practical way forward.

Albitar Foundations

Geotechnical Engineering
Shoring
Excavation

Lebanon