Start a ProjectBEVERLY HILLS & SURROUNDING HILLSIDE COMMUNITIES
Building locations, swimming pools, retaining walls and slope improvements need recommendations that reflect the ground beneath them. Integrated Geo Consultants coordinates engineering geology and soils consulting around your property, proposed work and design team's questions.
Discuss your hillside projectEric Larson's professional experience includes projects inside Beverly Hills and in surrounding hillside communities, including Bel Air. His work has involved landslides, new construction, new and reconstructed swimming pools, retaining walls and selected forensic consulting assignments.
This experience includes serving as geologist on a complex Bel Air swimming-pool project and work involving reconstruction after pool and retaining-wall failures. These examples describe career experience, including work predating IGC, rather than a list of projects contracted through the company.
A hillside investigation should address the proposed building footprint, grading, excavations and supporting improvements. IGC reviews available reports and plans to define the geology and soils questions that need resolution.
Bring the current design early. Changes to the layout or proposed improvements may change the investigation and recommendations needed by the civil and structural engineers.
A new pool, reconstructed pool or retaining wall needs evaluation in the context of its location and surrounding slope. IGC's scope can include geology and soils input for the proposed work, coordinated with the structural design.
For a failed wall or pool, begin with existing plans, prior reports and records of distress or repairs. The evaluation should establish the relevant conditions before recommending a replacement approach.
IGC provides landslide and slope-stability evaluation services. Field observations, historical records and investigation are selected to address the concern and the proposed response.
For a forensic assignment, define the questions and available evidence at the outset. A photograph or visible crack alone is not a basis for promising a cause or repair method.
A Beverly Hills mailing address should not be used alone to determine the permitting agency. Confirm whether the parcel is within the City of Beverly Hills or a surrounding jurisdiction; Bel Air projects follow the applicable Los Angeles process.
Within Beverly Hills, the City's single-family area map distinguishes Central, Hillside and Trousdale Estates areas. Use the parcel location and proposed work to establish the relevant review path. City zoning and area maps →
Beverly Hills publishes hillside grading guidance and site-specific seismic fault investigation requirements. Where a fault investigation is required, the City describes a work-plan review and approval process before testing, followed by report review. Requirements must be checked for the specific parcel and proposal; not every hillside project has the same investigation scope.
IGC can review agency correspondence with your plans and technical record so the proposed scope addresses the questions under review.
Beverly Hills forms and hillside guidance → · City fault investigation process →
Send the address or parcel number, proposed plans, existing reports, agency comments and any records of movement or previous repairs. Tell us whether you are planning new construction, adding a pool or wall, evaluating a slope, or investigating existing distress.
IGC will use that information to define the consulting scope and next steps. Investigation needs and fees depend on the project; this page does not establish parcel-specific hazards or guarantee permit approval.