Geo-Environmental have a zero tolerance approach against the use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace and we are happy to be supporting our schools in the fight against drinking, smoking and drug use. The importance of ensuring children appreciate the value of good health is clear.  This cannot be the responsibility of teachers and health workers alone.  We must work as a community to send positive messages which encourage [...]

Sometimes you need a head for heights in this job, our team recently attended a site at Butt's bridge in Alton    . The team undertook a ground investigation to determine the depth to competent chalk strata on site in order to inform pile design for the abutments on this site. As well as this, there was also a requirement for contamination assessment of the railway embankment for presence of PCB’s/Ash [...]

Modern slavery is a crime and a gross violation of fundamental human rights. It takes various forms, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person’s liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain. We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and are fully committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in our corporate activities. We are also committed to ensuring there [...]

Geo-Environmental recently attended the ICE meeting which comprised an engaging and productive discussion on Waste Management and Landfills. The panel of industry experts included members of the Environment Agency, Veolia and Integra. They shared perspectives on current regulations concerning waste and landfill sites across the UK. The discussion focussed on emerging legislation together with the impact of waste on the environment, and resources available to mitigate impact on brown field [...]

Geo-Environmental will be leading a session at the ACE Business Learning Networking event on Wednesday 11 May 2016 on the subject of ‘Ground Investigation Implications of BIM - Beneficial and Problematic’. As the UK construction industry continues to quickly adopt BIM across the disciplines, it is becoming increasingly important for subcontractors to make the right choice when it comes to the best software for their requirements. The Geo-Environmental Services presentation will [...]

As BIM has become more and more widespread, I have seen a lot of diagrams that look a lot this: But where are the ground conditions in this picture? I would argue that long before you produce the above, it would be very useful, particularly for brownfield developments, to get a view on the depths of made ground on the site at various investigation points, identify solution features or identify [...]

Geo-Environmental participated at the annual Infrarail 2016 event in April this year. This well attended show focused on the systems, equipment and skills needed for building, managing and maintaining all elements of the railway’s fixed assets, as well as bringing together companies active in the industry’s key sectors. The event allowed Geo-Environmental to increase its exposure in front of a diverse audience as well as talk to existing customers and leading [...]

Thanks again to everyone who came to see us at CITE  

Many thanks to everyone who visited us on Stand H44. It was a pleasure to speak to all of you.

We will be at stand H44 at CITE: - Tuesday - Mike Brown, Katie Brayne - Wednesday - Mike Brown, Anthony Potter - Thursday - Mike Brown We hope to see you there.

With the news that £1.2bn will be allocated to release brownfield sites in order to build 30,000 Starter Homes across the country, this is a very useful boost to our industry at a time when the economic outlook seems more gloomy. With the other announcements stating an increase in capital investment in the transport network by 50% over this Parliament compared to the last, investing £61 billion, we seem better [...]

Very good news for both the buoyancy of the Highways Sector and any SME's working in the Roads sector http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/feb-2016/highways-industry-boost-smes?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=weekly-email

We will be exhibiting at the CITE conference, we look forward to seeing you there:

The ACE has recently produced its diversity and inclusion paper. At a time when skills shortages are being openly discussed across the industry, the need to need to tap into a complete and diverse talent pool is increasingly important. To read more please click on the following link: http://www.acenet.co.uk/whydiversitymatters/1015

CL:AIRE and The Geological Society are holding a one day conference in Cardiff, Wales on Monday 21 March 2016 focussing on land contamination. We will be there and hope to see you there as well, Glyn Evans, Managing Director