Phase 1 Desk Studies

 

• Due diligence for pre-acquisition

and sale

 

• Planning

 

• Feasibility assessments

Phase 2 Ground

Investigation

 

• Geo-Environmental investigations

for planning

 

• Contaminated land risk

assessments

 

• Ground gas risk assessments

 

• Geotechnical ground

investigations for foundation

design

 

• Soil sampling

 

• Groundwater and surface

water sampling

 

• Accredited laboratory

geotechnical and analytical

testing

 

• Soil testing for waste

classification

Cave Probing

(Nottingham city

centre)

 

• Rotary drilling including

restricted access techniques

 

• Preliminary cave probing

investigations

 

• Probe drilling of foundation pad

bases / strip foundation runs /

retaining walls and crane bases

to determine the presence

/ absence of voids / man-made

caves within the sandstone

bedrock

Soakaway / Infiltration

Testing

 

• Soakaway testing in trial pits

 

• Infiltration / falling head testing

in boreholes

Ground Investigation

Methods

 

• Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

 

• Diamond / concrete coring

 

• Windowless sample boreholes

 

• Rotary percussive boreholes

 

• Restricted access rotary

open-hole drilling

 

• Percussive hand-held window

sampler boreholes

 

• Dynamic probing

 

• Trial pitting

 

• Hand excavated foundation

inspection pits

 

• CBR testing including TRL DCP