Geotechnics and Contaminated Land
The former uses of many industrial sites require careful research, from historic maps and anecdotal evidence to ground investigation. Often, the impact of other land uses beyond the boundaries of a site can have a significant bearing on the strategy devised for mitigation and remediation prior to re-development.
We adopt a whole-life approach to such development opportunities, from initial site appraisal through to eventual site re-development, to suit client needs. Characterisation of strata and groundwater conditions is a prerequisite to the solution of all geotechnical and contaminated land problems.
We provide a full range of services from due diligence and desk studies to contamination risk assessments and groundwater resource management. Our geotechnical specialists work closely with environmental, structural and civil engineering colleagues to produce holistic, buildable and cost effective solutions. We were integral in developing enhanced national databases of natural cavities/solutions/features and non coal mine workings, a database that are regularly used by insurers, developers, NHBC, the Environment Agency and solicitors for contamination and subsidence studies.
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Contact
Richard Puttock
Partner
T: +44(0)118 950 0761
F: +44(0)118 959 7498
E: rputtock@peterbrett.com
Services
- Pre-acquisition and due diligence audits
- Tiered risk assessments
- Environmental audits
- Contamination and geotechnical testing
- Foundation design
- Remediation design and management
- Unexploded ordnance (UXO) mitigation advice
- Ground investigations
- Ground improvement
- Ground stability solutions
- Cavities occurrence databases for UK
- Hazard mapping
- Coastal protection measures
- Seismic design
- Hydrogeology
- Groundwater resource management
- Groundwater control and construction dewatering
Articles and Papers
An Update on CIRIA Report RP732 Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) – a construction industry guide, Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists, Andy O’Dea, September 2008.
Improved Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping for the Karstic Chalk Aquifer of South East England, Proceedings of Natural and Authropogenic Hazards in Karst Areas, Engineering Geology, Clive Edmonds, 2008.
Current Status of Soil Guidance, Geoscientist, Darren Wilcox, March 2008.
Expert Witness: Lessons for the Profession, Conference proceedings from the University of Portsmouth, David Atherton, 2007.