Who We Are

We build the tunnels cities depend on.

For more than 25 years we have worked below ground — designing, analysing and managing tunnels, shafts and caverns for the clients who keep a modern city functioning.

Our engineers are tunnel people. Geotechnical specialists, structural designers, constructors, claims consultants and computational modellers sit in the same teams and speak the same language: what will the ground do, and what will we do about it?

That means fewer surprises below ground, faster decisions above it, and infrastructure that keeps performing for the decades it was built to serve.

Hoffman Tunnels engineers reviewing a tunnel alignment

25+

Years Underground

1,200+

Projects Delivered

1

Head Office

2005

Founded in Seattle

Featured Markets

Deep expertise, where it counts.

What We Do

Services built around the ground.

From the first feasibility question to the final claim, we provide the engineering, the management, and the independent judgement that underground projects need.

All services

Tunnel design, underground structures, shafts and caverns for transit, water and utility programmes.

Bored tunnelling, cut-and-cover, shaft sinking, caverns, cross passages, TBM and drill-and-blast design, and specialist underground architecture.

Learn about Tunnels & Underground Engineering

Horizontal microtunnelling, pipe bursting and Direct Pipe installation with minimal surface disruption.

Microtunnelling, auger boring, horizontal directional drilling, pipe bursting and Direct Pipe — specified, designed and delivered.

Learn about Trenchless Engineering

Condition assessment, roped access, mapping and permanent repair of existing tunnels and shafts.

Roped access, high-definition mapping, structural repair, lining rehabilitation, shaft rehabilitation and emergency stabilisation.

Learn about Tunnel Inspection & Rehabilitation

Independent technical advice for owners, from feasibility and selection through to claims and disputes.

Feasibility studies, procurement strategy, design review, constructability advice, expert witness and dispute support.

Learn about Advisory Consulting

Multi-disciplinary design, analysis and digital engineering for complex underground assets.

Structural, geotechnical, civil and computational analysis, BIM coordination, and digital twin development.

Learn about Engineering Consulting

Staff augmentation, resident engineering, inspection and testing, and project controls on live sites.

CM, CM/GC and owner’s engineer services, inspection and testing, schedule and cost control, and site supervision.

Learn about Construction Management

Contractual clarity from notice to resolution, supported by forensic engineering.

Claims analysis, change and delay entitlement, negotiation support, mediation and expert determination.

Learn about Construction Claims Services

Featured Projects

Proof, underground.

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Have a project that goes underground?

Tell us about your site, your ground, and your programme. We will tell you honestly what is possible, what it will take, and how quickly we can get you moving.