28. April 2021

Here at Geo-Integrity Ltd. we recently undertook a Phase I Desk Study at Anderton, located north-west of Northwich in the county of Cheshire. The Northwich area is well known for its extraction of salt since the Roman times. The salt in question belongs to the Northwich Halite Member which was deposited 220 million years ago during the Triassic Period. Similar to chalk, evaporates (natural salt deposits) are prone to both natural and artificial dissolution producing karstic landforms and...

11. March 2021

We have recently undertaken a combination of modular window-sample boreholes, dynamic probing at a beachfront landslip in Weymouth in Dorset. The south coast and in particular the Jurassic coastline present many geotechnical hazards when undertaking a ground investigation, due to the wide variety of interbedded soils and rock encountered. Modern drilling techniques such as modular borehole rigs, allowed us to undertake testing along an active land slip, in extremely uneven and steep terrain...

30. January 2020

We have recently completed a job, near Matlock in the Derbyshire Dales, where we were asked to provide a ground profile and soil & rock properties for a large retaining wall design in a farmyard. The decision to use sonic drilling techniques proved to be the way forward..

28. November 2019

RPS 211 (or regulatory position statement 211) has applied to businesses who deal with excavated waste from unplanned utilities installation and repair works, but it is being withdrawn next year on 30th April 2020. The document has allowed companies producing a small amount of waste (<10m3) from the above activities to dispose of that waste as non-hazardous by default, without having to test and classify it beforehand. The kinds of waste types that have been covered include (but are not...

08. November 2019

Here at Geo-Integrity Ltd. we have undertaken many basement impact assessment covering underground car parks to hotels to private homes from Oxfordshire to Surrey to Central London

18. October 2019

We are happy at Geo-Integrity to announce our renewed sponsorship of Buckingham RFC for another year; up to level 6 and rockin' it, C'mon you Rangers!!

08. October 2019

Here at Geo-Integrity we have undertaken many piling risk assessments across Oxfordshire, The Cotswolds, The West Midlands and East Anglia. We have to assess the proposed piling or ground improvement methodology in conjunction with the site geology and the type of contamination encountered

20. September 2019

We recently undertook a combination of plate load tests and boreholes at a Government facility between Abingdon and Oxford, in Oxfordshire. This was to check the ground bearing capacity to ensure that a planned crane lift had competent strata to work off. The point loads on the crane legs were a maximum of 60T, giving a pressure of 100kN/m2 beneath the spreader plates. We carried out plate bearing tests at the location of each crane foot and a borehole in each location to ensure that no soft...

17. September 2019

With the Rugby World Cup just round the corner, we are proud to announce our continued sponsorship of Buckingham Rugby Clubs U15 girls team this year. Rugby is such a great game to teach kids discipline, will, teamwork, respect and self-confidence - all in a safe and enjoyable environment.

09. September 2019

BS8485:2015 is the British Standard that covers the design and installation of gas protection membranes within new buildings. These guard against carbon dioxide, methane and other gases entering buildings, collecting in poorly ventilated areas and either causing an explosive, toxic or asphyxiation risk. Ground gases can be caused by a wide range of sources; include natural soils, brownfield site contamination or nearby landfill sites or buried waste. Their possible existence is likely to be...