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Subject: Geotechnical
Major Supermarket Appoints Subadra
We have recently been awarded a contract to complete environmental site investigations at a portfolio of retail filling station sites being purchased by a major supermarket chain. Their acquisition of the portfolio is dependent on a “clean bill of health” … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, Geotechnical, Laboratory
Subadra Upgrade Geoprobe
Following an extremely busy few months our hard-working Geoprobe drill rig has had a week off the road for its annual overhaul and re-spray. We took the opportunity to add a diamond coring facility to the rig for coring concrete … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, Geotechnical
Tagged Borehole, Coring, Drilling, Environmental, Geotechnical
Subadra Plays Key Role in Development of Award-Winning Filling Station
Subadra are delighted to be part of the consultancy team that helped the Fraser Group navigate through the complexities of the planning system, enabling them to redevelop an old filling station in Yarnton, Oxfordshire. The site had been operating for … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Environmental, Geotechnical
Subadra Brave the Elements
We’re not usually one to complain about the weather, but last week’s road trip around Scotland pushed our site engineers to the limit. We were completing a series of geo-environmental ground investigations using our GeoProbe drilling system, prior to the sites’ redevelopment early … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, Geotechnical
A Pig Ate Our Drill Rig Keys. Seriously!
It’s not every day we are asked to carry out a geotechnical investigation in a field full of 250lbs pigs. Initially inquisitive the pigs soon got bored and left us in peace to carry out our SPT testing using our … Continue reading
Posted in Geotechnical
Return to the South Atlantic
Subadra have been appointed to construct a series of groundwater abstraction wells on St Helena island. The trip, planned for early 2012, will be our third to the island, one of the remotest spots on Earth. We will be mobilising … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, Geotechnical
CBR Testing for Highways
Our geotechnical site teams have been kept busy this month carrying out in situ CBR testing for a major road development project in Essex. We have tested the density of the sub-base along the length of the highway extension, with … Continue reading
Posted in Geotechnical
Listed Georgian Vault Reconstructed
Subadra have completed the reconstruction of a Grade II Listed coal vault in Marylebone, London. The vault, which supported the pavement above, had partially collapsed and was unsafe. Working from pavement level, we removed the damaged masonry and replaced it … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Geotechnical
St Helena Revisited
We have successfully completed our second project on St Helena. Located in the South Atlantic and accessible only by ship, St Helena is one of the remotest spots on earth. At the start of April, we mobilised a two man … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, Geotechnical