Services
Overview
A thorough site investigation will help you to…
Realise your development– by obtaining planning permission
Mitigate Risks – by quantifying the hazards that may exist beneath your site
Feel assured about your development – by providing information to allow you make decisions
Save time – by having to change technique part way through a job
Increase the return on your investment – by spotting issues before you buy land, to help you adjust your offer price OR: by spotting issues / opportunities at the design stage to allow you to adjust the design to those issues / opportunities
Increase sustainability – by reducing muck away and materials
We do this by providing accurate, interpretive information on ground conditions. This allows you to make decisions at an early stage of the project. We also present all of the information including multiple options, to allow you to choose the most economical foundation, ground stability and ground contamination solutions
Geotechnical Reports
A Geotechnical Report will allow the most efficient foundation design for your development.
This will enable you to have an efficient and the most sustainable foundation. It will reduce waste, excavation time and concrete cost over a non-designed foundation.
Furthermore, if the ground is not suitable for a foundation technique (for example if piles are required instead of trenches) you will know at the earliest possible stage, so that you do not waste time and money with a technique that does not work!
Contaminated Land Services
Determining and mitigating the risks of contaminated land at an early stage can often determine the success of a project.
The best time to do it is at due diligence, when you are negotiating the purchase of the land. One of our ‘due diligence’ contaminated land reports will contain information on the risks posed by the land, and outline the broad costs of remediation, so that you can revise your offer accordingly!
Our expertise in determining and managing environmental risks will ensure that any liabilities are quantified and understood. This will enable you to design with confidence, in the knowledge that end users and the environment are safe, and that your work is completed in accordance with planning policy.
Ground Stability Reports
Geo-Hazards can be difficult to detect without expert investigation and could have significant detrimental consequences on your development.
A Ground Stability Report, carried out at an early stage of your project may allow you to design around the hazards, or will allow you to budget for the costs and timescales associated with remediation.
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Combined Reports
Our Phase 1 Reports combine Ground Contamination and Ground Stability information, at no extra cost, meaning that you get two reports for the price of one!
We can combine site investigation reports, meaning that we can examine ground strength, ground stability and ground contamination from one trial pit / borehole! As a result, you only need to commission one investigation, not three, avoiding duplication and saving you significant expense.
Using Knowledge to save you money
A good geotechnical report will not only pay for its self, but will also result in additional cost savings, through reduced concrete use, reduced muck away and reduced excavation time.
An AGS geotechnical report is backed up with our Professional Indemnity Insurance giving you peace of mind too.
Versatile and Agile
To date, our portfolio has included working from the beach, working on cliffs, failed slopes, landslips, steam railways, ferry terminals, dockyards, and more.
Next time you think that your plot is undevelopable, contact us – we might surprise you!