On the 15th September, members of our team who had been involved with the Contaminated Land and Water Resources working groups attended the EIC Parliamentary Networking Reception hosted by Neil Parish MP, Chairman of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. Geo-Environmental have been long standing members of the EIC and at a time when many of the environmental policies, guidance [...]
At the beginning of 2015, we took on a University of Brighton student placement, Luke Stock, through an initiative promoted by the Green Growth Platform. Now we are in 2016, the Green Growth Platform have come back to Geo-Environmental to interview us and Luke, who is now an employee, on the success of the placement and the benefits of undertaking it. The [...]
We are often asked whether we are able to undertake risk assessments for slopes, especially for road and rail projects, at risk of rock falls. We can undertake a rock fall risk assessment and the tool we use to model these is called RocFall. RocFall is a statistical analysis program designed to assist with assessment of slopes at risk for [...]
In our business, we regularly come across derelict land, often in a prime location, with potential for development and not currently in use. Reusing brownfield land must be an essential part of the delivery of new developments across the UK, according to a new report from the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC). The report, Brownfield First: making better use of our land, draws on [...]
Our IRATA trained geotechnical engineers have been trialling out new head mounted torches and cameras on a Network Rail site in Coventry. The work involved investigation of the rock slope, in partnership with SCA Group Limited, who provided vegetation clearance. The new camera will allow us to take video and camera footage of the rock slope and any features that [...]
Congratulations to Katie who was one of 800 ladies took part in the ninth Night to Remember midnight walk for St Barnabas House on Saturday 25 June, who collectively raised a grand total of £126,476.40 for the St Barnabas Hospice. Starting at Worthing Leisure Centre, the walkers had the choice of a seven, 13.1 or 20 mile route, all of [...]
For the second year running Geo-Environmental took part in the Berkeley Foundation ‘Team Endurance’ Go-Karting event at Daytona Sandown Park to support their nominated charity – the Queen Elizabeth Foundation. Last years event raised in excess of £8000 which was then match funded by Berkeley. Whilst we hoped for an improvement on last year, our team finished 24th of 29th - and got [...]
It was a pleasure to meet you when we were at the Ground Engineering Challenges for 2016 and beyond: BIM and development in an urban environment meeting at BDP in Manchester. I hope you enjoyed our presentation and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Preparing for the presentation at BDP's offices Glyn and Mike [...]
It has become much more common for basement extensions to ask for a building damage assessment. In many councils planning guidance and within planning conditions you may find text such as: "...we will need to be satisfied that effective measures will be taken during demolition and construction works to ensure that damage is not caused to the listed building and [...]
Members of our team have recently completed Rope Access Training. We know have IRATA accredited staff which allows Geo-Environmental to deliver a skilled workforce that can reliably employ a proven work-at-height method for geotechnical investigations and railway embankments, road embankments to cliff faces, amongst others. Whilst some people were on a refresher, for others this was their first IRATA course and they found [...]
