Business activities

• Site investigation and geotechnical services;
• environmental services;
• mining reports and subsidence investigation;
• structural engineering and foundation services;
• infrastructure design; and
• geophysical and topographical surveying services.

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Environmental services

• Ground hazard and feasibility reports;
• environmental audits, EMS, waste audits and ISO 14001;
• assessment and remediation of contaminated or derelict land;
• evaluation and investigation of landfill sites;
• interpreting analytical data;
• monitoring of landfill gas, ground water and leechate;
• remediation and preventative recommendations;
• second opinions and assessments of existing information;
• project management of reclamation schemes;
• risk analysis and assessments;
• waste minimisation audits; and
• site waste management plans for construction sites.

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Geophysical and topographical surveying services

• Geophysical profiling to gain information on depth to bedrock and other geological variations;
• detection of voids and cavities including mine workings, sink holes, natural caverns, etc.;
• detection of buried objects including pipelines, underground tanks old building foundations, etc.;
• groundwater exploration including aquifer assessment and pollution monitoring;
• site and land surveys; and
• development and foundation setting out.

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Mining searches and reports

• Independent reports for properties or land that are difficult to sell or develop owing to surveys suggesting adverse ground conditions, clarifying the situation with regard to ground related problems and make recommendations for dealing with them;
• mining reports that include remedies to problems associated with areas that are underlain by abandoned mine workings;
• risk management reports that illustrate the financial uncertainty inherent in the treatment of underground hazards and contain specific procedures to reduce unforeseen cost; and
• contract documentation that allows both quality and cost to be controlled.

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Site investigation and geotechnical services

• Desk studies involving the review of readily available information and walkovers for initial site assessments;
• planning and supervision of ground investigations;
• review and comment on geotechnical reports prepared by others;
• ground investigations incorporating boreholes, trial pits, in situ testing, etc.;
• monitoring of groundwater and landfill gases;
• description and preparation of logs by qualified geologists to the BS5930 standard;
• implementation and specification of soil, rock and chemical testing programmes using in house laboratory; and
• geotechnical advice and design.

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Structural engineering and foundation services

• Foundation advice and designs to complement geotechnical investigations;
• inspections for all types of buildings including residential and industrial;
• structural reports for sale or purchase, regular condition appraisals, reports for insurance purposes, etc.;
• investigations of structures affected by geotechnical problems, fire, decay or other building defects;
• structural design of all types of structures to comply with all relevant standards and prepared for building regulation submission;
• drawings and details using traditional or CAD techniques; and
• supervision and inspection of all work.

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If you are interested in finding out more about any of the above services please contact nicole@mk50club.co.uk

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