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We have extensive experience in geotechnical investigations

On average we carry out around 115 jobs a year, ranging in price from £500 to £60,000.

We are pleased to have provided geotechnical and geo-environmental investigation services for recent redevelopment at Gloucester RFC Kingsholm stadium and Worcester RFC Sixways.

Each year we carry out desk studies, ground investigation and reporting, extending to plot specific foundation recommendations for upward of £200 million  for developers on a local to national basis. We are also experienced in assessment of construction failures for loss adjusters. We have designed and supervised the stabilisation of numerous landslips, mostly around the Cotswold Valleys.

Our vast area of expertise includes:

  • Foundation design on all soils and pile design
  • Shrinkable soils and the effects of tree roots
  • Slope failures in soil and rocks
  • Foundation and retaining wall failures
  • Groundwater problems
  • River and coastal erosion
  • Ground contamination risk assessment
  • Contamination remediation and validation reporting
  • Landfill gas risk assessment
  • Consolidation on soft soils
  • Slope stability analysis
  • Civil engineering works in difficult ground conditions
  • Subsidence from mine workings
  • Stability of fills

    Our client base includes:

    • Consulting structural engineers
    • Architects
    • Building developers
    • Industrial clients
    • English Heritage
    • National House-Building Council
    • Consulting civil engineers
    • Local authorities
    • Housing associations
    • Insurance companies and loss adjusters
    • National Trust

      Recent projects include the following former industrial 'brownfield' sites:

      • Petrol stations
      • Car repair garages
      • Gas works
      • Foundries
      • Tanneries
      • Abattoir
      • Sewage works
      • Engineering works
      • Railway & track side land
      • Historic landfill sites
      • In filled marl and gravel pits
      • Timber treatments works
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      For more information on our services please call us on 01452 422 843

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