Any engineered scheme will rely at some point on support from the ground for foundations, retaining walls or pavements. Other geotechnical issues may relate to slope stability, groundwater, potential soil & water contamination or reuse of excavated materials. An appropriate site investigation is therefore needed to characterise the ground conditions at a site and to ascertain geotechnical parameters such as soil strength and permeability.

Dig-Geotech Ltd can advise Clients on a suitable ground investigation. Boreholes, Soil Sampling, Laboratory Testing and Reporting can be undertaken in-house for small and medium sized projects. For larger schemes Dig-Geotech Ltd often act as a specialist Geotechnical Consultant to prepare Tender documentation, supervise site works and prepare interpretative reports.

Dig-Geotech Ltd can undertake or arrange procurement of :-

• Cable Percussion Boreholes
• Rotary Cored Boreholes
• Windowless Sampling & Dynamic Probing (DPSH)
• TRL style Dynamic Cone Penetrometer Testing (to give CBR)
• In-situ Plate Bearing Tests
• Machine Excavated Trial Pits & Trenches
• Hand Excavated Inspection Pits
• BRE Digest 365 Soakaway Assessments
• Laboratory Geotechnical Testing
• Laboratory Contamination Testing
• Factual Reporting
• Interpretative Reporting