Overview
Borehole investigation services
Drilling, logging and sampling to find out what is below the surface, ground conditions, groundwater levels and whether contamination is present and how far it extends.
Borehole drilling and logging
Soil and groundwater sampling
Monitoring well installation
Laboratory analysis
Contamination extent delineation
Factual and interpretative reporting
1. ScopeAgreed in writing before fieldwork
2. SurveyField work to stated methods
3. AnalyseLaboratory and data validation
4. ReportIn the reviewer’s format
The requirement
What the regulator asks for
Authority To be confirmed
Usually neededInvestigation plan, factual report, interpretative report
Typical durationDepends on borehole count and depth, agreed at scoping
Common hold-upInvestigation sized before the ground risk is understood
Our approach
How we run it
Desk study and site history first, then a borehole programme sized to the actual risk, sampling under chain of custody, and reporting that separates what was found from what it means.
Free consultationDesign the remediation before the extent is known and you will pay for it twice.
Free consultationApplicability
Who this is for
Contaminated land
Delineation determines the scale of the problem and therefore the cost of solving it.
Development sites
Ground conditions and groundwater shape foundation design as much as any survey.
Landfill and waste sites
Monitoring wells are often a standing condition rather than a one-off investigation.
Questions
Common questions
How many boreholes do we need?
It depends on the site history and the question being asked. We size the programme after the desk study, not before.
Do you install monitoring wells?
Yes, where readings are needed over time rather than on a single date.
What do we get at the end?
A factual report of what was found and an interpretative report on what it means, kept separate.
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Free consultation
Tell us the site and what is planned, and we will scope the work.