Ground Engineering News

Keep up to date with our current activities in ground engineering but also, check out our blog for longer form articles / opinion pieces on all things related to cone penetration testing (CPT), geotechnical design and temporary works design.

Push-in inclinometer and geotechnical monitoring capability

October 12 2021

Our 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...

August 2021 – Cone Penetration Testing Update

August 16 2021

A 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...

April 2021 – Cone Penetration Testing Update

April 7 2021

The 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...

Scottish Construction Now coverage

February 11 2021

Whitburn-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...

Cone penetration testing rig in Scotland

Cone Penetration Testing Service Launch

October 17 2020

It 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...

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Just came across this amazing simulation of the last British and Irish ice sheet by @NiallGandy & @BRITICECHRONO - lots of detail in there, which can be helpful in explaining why the glacial sediments are so wonderfully complicated! Open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.quas… pic.twitter.com/dhhJJdAWch

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The AGS is pleased to announce that in 2021, nine member organisations, one affiliate organisation and three practitioner members were accepted by the Membership Panel and approved by the Executive. For more information, please visit bit.ly/33dkr78 pic.twitter.com/MA7u4Vz3Tp

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Have you booked your FREE place to join @britishdrilling webinar on 19/01/22, presented by Daniele Fornelli of Geotechnical Observations, who will discuss "Instrumentation and Monitoring: A Critical Link in Ground Engineering". Email: BDAJooce@britishdrillingassociation.co.uk pic.twitter.com/vp3ksApEg8

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Zhiren Zhu

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#DailyMechanician Known as "father of soil mechanics", Karl von Terzaghi laid groundwork for modern methods in geotech analysis & testing. Notably, he introduced the now ubiquitous concept of effective stress—total stress minus pore pressure—to link applied load to soil movement. pic.twitter.com/YyTZWDs7Af

1:37 pm · December 31, 2021 ·

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