Engineering geologists · Ground investigation · Est. 2007
Read the ground before you build.
We design and run site investigations, then write the geotechnical and contaminated-land reports that tell you what the ground will — and will not — carry. Head office in Marple, Stockport; offices in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield and Newcastle.
- Est. 2007thousands of sites
- ISO 9001 · 14001 · 45001fully audited
- AGS · CHAS · RISQSConstructionline, SMAS
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01 — Why the ground matters
Every site has a history.
Most of it is under the surface.
Made ground, old foundations, mine workings, a high water table, a landfill two fields over — none of it shows on a site visit, and all of it changes what you can build.
A site investigation turns that into a document you can design against: what the strata are and where they change, where the groundwater sits, what the samples contain, and what risk remains after the testing. It is the difference between pricing a foundation and guessing at one.
// the report is the deliverable. The drilling is how it gets written.
- Strata & groundwaterLogged against depth, in the order they were met.
- Samples & testingChemical analysis for contamination; geotechnical parameters for design.
- AssessmentA conceptual site model, the risk that remains, and what to do about it.
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02 — The four phases
Four phases. Each one decides
whether the next is needed.
The phased process our reports follow — normally required as a planning condition, and the spine of every project we take on.
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Phase 01
Desk study
Preliminary Risk Assessment
Site history, geology, topography, hydrology, hydrogeology, mining history and nearby landfill, assembled into a conceptual site model.
DeliversPhase 1 report · conceptual site model
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Phase 02
Intrusive investigation
Site Investigation
Targeted and non-targeted intrusive work, chemical sampling and analysis of made ground and soils, with the conceptual site model updated as the picture fills in.
DeliversPhase 2 report · contamination status · recommendations
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Phase 03
Remediation
Remediation strategy
Where a site is contaminated for its intended use, a strategy setting out the method of remedial action. We prepare that strategy — we are not the remediation contractor.
DeliversRemediation strategy / statement
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Phase 04
Validation
Verification
Watching brief, sampling and analysis, records and photographs — evidence that the works were carried out to specification.
DeliversValidation report, for the local authority
// phase 1 is the minimum requirement under the planning process. Some greenfield sites stop there.
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03 — Services
Three groups of work.
One sequence underneath.
Core services, areas of expertise, and the specialist testing around them — everything we can be asked to do on a site.
Core Services
- Site Investigation The whole process, from the first desk study to the report a designer can build from.
- Ground Investigation The geotechnical half: strata, groundwater and engineering parameters for foundations and substructures.
- Coal Mining Risk Assessment Preliminary and intrusive assessments of shallow workings, mine entries and ground gas.
- Soakaway Testing Infiltration rates for sustainable drainage design, tested to current guidance.
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental Consultancy Contaminated land, risk assessment and the environmental side of the investigation.
- Geotechnical Consultancy Engineering parameters for foundation and substructure design.
- Ground Investigation Contractor Factual investigation under a principal designer, to their specification.
- Geological Risk Assessment Mining, stability and the geology that decides how a site is engineered.
Other Services
- CBR Testing
- Plate Load Testing
- Window Sampling
- TRL DCP Testing
- Soil Waste Assessment
- DQRA
- Controlled Water Risk Assessment
- Environmental Monitoring
- Mineral Resource Assessment
- Slope stability Assessment
- Subsidence Assessment
- Flood Risk Assessment
- GPR Survey (PAS 128)
- Topographical Survey
- Concrete Coring
- Drilling Only Services
Some of these are scoped per project and have no page of their own — ask on the phone.
// sixteen other services, from CBR testing to concrete coring.
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04 — Sectors
Seven sectors.
One method.
From a single house plot to a wind farm, a rail line or a flood defence scheme — the same phased method, scaled to the ground under it.
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Residential, commercial & industrial
Phase 1 followed by Phase 2 to establish contamination risk and facilitate foundation design, for all types of property development.
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Due diligence, land sale & acquisition
Phase 1 and Phase 2 before a sale, so the seller knows the value and the buyer knows the concern.
- 03
Infrastructure
Pipelines, electric cables and sewer networks, for utility providers, main contractors and civil engineers.
- 04
Highways, bridges & tunnels
Road improvements, widening schemes, retaining walls and new alignments — including a tunnelling project in Sevenoaks, Kent.
- 05
Rail & tramline network
RISQS approved, working for clients including Network Rail, civil engineers and main contractors.
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Wind farms, turbines & renewables
From a single domestic turbine to an entire wind farm, including difficult terrain and remote locations.
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Flood defence
Ground investigation for flood defence schemes and the Environment Agency. Published schemes include Leeds FAS, Hull and Owston Ferry.
// sector experience as published.
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05 — Client feedback
Client testimonial
“Geocon Site Investigations have been essential for getting my development completed in time, their quick turn around time and precise reporting, support and experience has been a real help, I look forward to working with them on the next project.”
Bill Jones Managing Director, NW Properties
// quoted as published.
- 2007Established. Investigating UK sites since.
- Thousandsof sites across the UK.
- 7offices: London (two), Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle and the Marple head office.
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06 — Accreditations & coverage
Audited, accredited,
and on the approved lists.
Memberships and certifications — the paperwork a principal designer or a local authority asks to see before the rig arrives.
- AGS
- BGA
- Builders Profile
- CHAS & SSIP
- Constructionline
- CSCS Platinum
- RISQS
- Safe Contractor
- SMAS
- ISO 9001
- ISO 14001
- ISO 45001
// memberships and certifications, as published.
Head office
GeoCon Site Investigations LtdArden House, Shepley Lane Industrial Estate
Hawk Green, Marple, Stockport
Greater Manchester SK6 7JW
Regional offices
London (two locations) · Bristol · Birmingham · Sheffield · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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07 — Get in touch
Send the site address.
Get a scope and a price.
Tell us the site, the proposed use and what you already have — a previous report, a planning condition, or nothing at all. If a Phase 1 is all the site needs, that is what gets quoted.
- Call
- 0161 713 0174
- Head office
- Arden House, Shepley Lane Industrial Estate,
Hawk Green, Marple, Stockport SK6 7JW - Quote
- Request a free quote
// the site address is the only thing needed to start.