DETAILED GEOTECHNICAL STUDIES

We specify, manage and provide a range of ground investigation services to aid tendering and detailed design for civil and electrical works. We can carry out all investigation works inhouse or provide clients with a management service depending on the turbine and site requirements.

Our expertise has been optimised through a long association with wind farm construction allowing our engineers to provide up to date services in line with current best practice. These services can be deployed in remote and challenging locations and include the following:

• Intrusive ground investigation via trial pits, boreholes and probes in accordance with British Standard and Eurocode Specification
• In-situ testing of soils and rock to determine geotechnical design parameters (e.g. CPT, Dilatometer, Pressuremeter etc.)
• Specialised peat stability ground investigations
• Geophysical testing for resistivity, down-hole and sub-surface imaging, cross-hole testing
• Provision of UKAS laboratory testing using BS, ASTM and ISRM standards
• Topographical surveying and setting out including forested areas
• Comprehensive factual and interpretative reporting
• Detailed borrow pit design including sections and working methodology to suit geological and site constraints
• Hydrogeology and dewatering
• Investigation of shallow abandoned mine workings
• Contaminated land investigation and monitoring
• Borehole water supplies and monitoring installations
• Geothermal drilling and system design
• Swept path analysis, detailed drawings and bespoke access solutions
• Construction phase geotechnical monitoring, testing and reporting

These services are provided both onshore and offshore.