Where we work

London-based. Wherever the site is.

We work across London, the South East and the Home Counties, with recent projects from Kent to South Yorkshire, and we’re set up for site work anywhere in England, Scotland and Wales.

London

Kensington & Chelsea

Croydon

Bromley

Heathrow

Central London

Kent

Sevenoaks

Maidstone & West Kent

Ashford & East Kent

Thames Gateway

Hollingbourne

Surrey & Sussex

Guildford

Woking

Elmbridge

Epsom

Crawley & Gatwick

Brighton & Hove

Thames Valley

Reading

Slough

Bracknell & Wokingham

Oxford

Didcot & Science Vale

Milton Keynes

Aylesbury & High Wycombe

Hampshire & Wessex

Southampton

Portsmouth

Basingstoke & Farnborough

Christchurch

Wiltshire

Midlands, West & North

Birmingham

Walsall

Bristol

Gloucester

Cheltenham

Cambridgeshire

Manchester

South Yorkshire

Why local knowledge matters

Same guidance, different ground.

National guidance sets the framework. The ground, the site’s history and the local authority decide what it means in practice.

Local geology

From London Clay and river terrace gravels to Chalk, Weald Clay and the Coal Measures, ground conditions shape investigation, foundations and drainage.

Local land use history

Gasworks, tanneries, foundries, fuel stations, infilled pits and wartime bomb damage all leave different fingerprints.

Local authority policy

Boroughs and districts differ in their contaminated land, ground gas, basement and SuDS expectations. We write to them.

Recent projects

Across the map.

Residential

Gardens only

Clean-up was limited to gardens and landscaping, not the whole site.

Tilbrook, Cambridgeshire

Stopping a localised finding from dictating site-wide remediation

Supplementary investigation showed site-wide remediation was not justified; measures were focused on gardens and soft landscaping.

Mining investigation was planned only where it could affect the new school.

Mexborough, South Yorkshire

Targeting mining investigation where it could affect the scheme

A CMRA that separated localised higher-risk areas from the rest of the site, avoiding a site-wide drilling programme.

Coal mining

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Site walkover for a Phase 1 Environmental Assessment in London

Residential

Cleared at desk study

Contamination risk was closed out without a site investigation.

London

Closing out contamination risk at the desk-study stage

The desk study showed no further contaminated land work or remediation was needed, avoiding an additional Phase 2.

Phase 1 desk study

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Geotechnical site investigation fieldwork in Sevenoaks, Kent

Commercial

Deeper foundations needed

Standard footings wouldn’t work, so this was settled before structural design.

Sevenoaks, Kent

Proving the foundations before the design depended on them

Investigation showed conventional shallow foundations were not appropriate, giving the team a basis for piling or ground improvement before detailed design.

Geotechnical

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