Risk management specialist Lucion Services has created a new division to provide a range of groundworks, remediation and civil engineering services to the utilities, infrastructure and highways sectors.

Lucion Civils will operate UK-wide and provide sub-contract support on smaller civils contracts, providing a range of controlled excavation, surveying and ground investigation works. These will include all groundwork requirements associated with cable laying, lamp column preparation, duct proofing, DCP testing, trial pits and exploratory investigations and CCTV drainage surveys.


Headed by Director Ross Perratt, the company's specialist expertise will involve the capability to carry out asbestos surveys across the complete infrastructure network.

Mr Perratt said: "The asbestos and hazardous materials management services provided by Lucion Environmental means we already have a nationally recognised brand and a strong existing client base in the utilities and highways infrastructure sector.

"The creation of a specialist civils and ground investigations unit will complement this work and represents a natural expansion of our group business, bringing new opportunities to broaden our service provision to existing and new clients.

"We already have experienced staff for highways working which provides a good foundation to build on and initially we will be focusing on basic groundworks support for smaller contracts, with the aim of growing our business and investigative services as we develop."

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