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Push-in inclinometer and geotechnical monitoring capability
pOur push-in inclinometer capability is a very powerful geotechnical mointoring tool in the right soil conditions. Suitable for materials that are cohesive and/or granular with some fines content with strengths up to firm / medium-strength / medium dense, our push-in inclinometer casing, installed using CPT technology have a number of significant advantages over traditional borehole […]
August 2021 – Cone Penetration Testing Update
pA busy second quarter at GES has seen us complete over a dozen projects ranging from routine field testing to inform major UK consultants to bespoke investigations with substantive follow-on design involvement covering the fields of ground improvement & soil mixing, slope stability and traditional bearing capacity assessment. Again, the ability to collect high-quality geotechnical […]
April 2021 – Cone Penetration Testing Update
pThe first quarter has been incredibly busy at GES for CPT testing. We’ve been working continuously on a series of CPT-consulting operations ranging from a detailed plot-by-plot foundation zoning plan for one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders to verification of deep soil mixing work (which we hope to write up in a technical paper) and culminating […]
Scottish Construction Now coverage
pWhitburn-based GE Solutions Consulting Ltd (GES) has invested in a state-of-the-art Geomil Panther testing rig to offer cone penetration testing services to the UK & Ireland markets. GES worked with manufacturer Geomil Equipment B.V. to design its bespoke CPT testing rig equipped with the latest & best piezocone technology, sampling apparatus and an innovative plate load testing facility all wrapped […]
Cone Penetration Testing Service Launch
pIt was a long process and a big risk to take in 2020 but we’ve done it! Our new cone penetration testing rig has been just commissioned and is off to its first commercial project next week. We worked with Geomil Equipment B.V. to design our bespoke new CPT testing rig, equipped with the latest […]
Superpile ’20 – A new kind of conference experience
pWe attended SuperPIle ’20 virtually this year. Congratulations to the DFI for persevering and making a good show in difficult circumstances. Some terrific talks. We’d point in particular to Steve Saye for an outstanding talk on the topic of Pipe Piles in Plastic Soils: Effect of installation Activities on Side Resistance. Pleasure to attend virtually […]
DM2020 Cancelled
pReally disappointed that the Deep Foundations Institute’s DM2020 was postponed. Strange times indeed. However, we look forward to seeing everybody in Gdansk next July to present our paper “Some insights into wet soil mixed properties from a database developed through routine project work”. The paper summarises a collection of data we’ve gathered in the last […]
Project Profile – N21 Culvert Crossing, Limerick
pWorking to develop the Technical Approval Report on behalf of NRS Group in Ireland, we designed a system of temporary works in order to facilitate a crossing. Click for further details
Project Profile – Bothwellbank, Glasgow
pWorking with specialist geotechnical contractor Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) and on behalf of Miller Homes, we undertook the design, supervision & verification of a series of geotechnical components that enabled a site that had been deemed undevelopable by others. Click for further details
Displacement augur piling in Glasgow
pDisplacement augur piling in Glasgow designed by GES. Less than 1.2mm residual settlement at static load up to 1.5DVL.
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