BGC Engineering uses a wide spectrum of analytical methods to address geohazards such as landslides, ground subsidence, snow avalanches, avulsions and fluvial scour. Hazard recognition and analysis are the vital steps that feed into any risk assessment.

BGC has advanced and improved existing methods and, through its ongoing research and development program, has created new methods to analyse hazards. Some of the highlights are a 3-dimensional rock avalanche runout program (DAN 3D), developed by Dr. McDougall, a new method to model tailings dam failures with a three dimensional model that includes variable rheologies, a variety of rockfall runout models improved by BGC, and a debris flow remote sensing tool that allows the classification of stream with regard to floods, hyperconcentrated flows or debris flows.

Debris flows are the most frequent and most hazardous landslide process in most mountain ranges on Earth. BGC prides itself in providing a broad range of world-class expertise in full-spectrum debris flow hazard analysis including three-dimensional runout modelling, risk assessment, conceptual and detailed design of mitigation alternatives. BGC staff have carried out well over 100 debris-flow related assignments and has published some 15 peer reviewed papers on aspects of applied debris flow research. BGC staff Dr. Jakob, P.Geo. is also the senior editor of the 2005 Springer book "Debris flows and Related Phenomena".

BGC has staff members that are experts in Quaternary studies and dating methods, we use a variety of methods to date geohazards including air photograph interpretation, radiometric dating of organic materials in test pits, and dendrochronology.