Carl Hamm (uk) - Geoinvestigate

Geoinvestigate provides expertise in engineering geology, geotechnical engineering and geo-environmental engineering

Established in 1997 the company has over 15 years’ experience in the private and public building and civil engineering sectors assisting a wide range of clients, including home owners, architects, housing associations, property developers, project and asset management companies, loss adjustors, insurers, consulting engineers, utility companies and local authorities.

Geoinvestigate will tackle any size of job, from a small house extension, to a large retail park, with the same enthusiasm, dedication and care to ensuring quality and value for money to our clients.

Geo-Services
Our dedicated team of geoscientists offer the following wide range of specialist site investigation services tailored to meet the needs of most types of geo-development. Please contact us for a no-obligation quotation or more information about how we can help your project.

Engineering Geology & Geotechnical Engineering
Foundation design, abandoned mineworkings, mineshafts, gypsum dissolution, building subsidence, slope stability, clay shrinkage, pipelines, roads, earthworks, sinkholes.

Geo-environmental
Land quality, greenfield, brownfield, contamination and contaminated land, pollution, groundwater, risk assessment, remediation, validation, radon gas, landfill gas.

Data Acquisition
Trial pits, boreholes, probing, drilling, soil sampling, in-situ testing, contamination testing, gas surveys, expansive shale and slag testing.

Consultancy
Risk assessment, desk studies, walkover survey, Phase 1 investigation, site investigation, Phase 2 investigation.

Geoinvestigate can provide a fully integrated total-site investigation service, from data acquisition through to consultancy, design and site implementation. Alternatively, depending on the clients’ needs, we are just as happy to limit our role to data acquisition, providing only factual information and records, such as borehole logs, soil samples, site-monitoring records, laboratory test results or factual reports.

Company Aims & Quality Statement
Geoinvestigate will tackle any size project with the same dedication, expertise and care, ensuring the highest quality of service and competitive pricing. From our offices in the north-east and north-west, we offer a fast, competitive, quality nationwide service. Our work is carried out in accordance with the appropriate industry regulations, design codes, guidance and recommended best practice, including:

• CLR11: Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination. DEFRA/EA, 2004
• BS10175: 2011: Code of Practice for the Investigation of Potentially Contaminated Sites
• BS5930: 1999: Code of Practice for Site Investigations
• BS1377: 1990: Methods of Test for Soils for Civil Engineering Purposes
• Eurocode 7 – Geotechnical Design (Part 1: General Rules and; Part 2: Ground Investigation and Testing)

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