Services
Specialist earthworks and geotechnical support, when and where you need it.
Practical, responsive and targeted support for difficult earthworks decisions, testing requirements, material assessment, compliance and validation.
Earthworks Technical Review
Review ground conditions, material suitability and specification risk before you commit.
Testing and Compliance Support
Translate the consultant's specification into a practical testing framework your team can follow.
Field and Laboratory Services
Trial holes, field investigation, source approval and laboratory coordination.
Materials Sourcing
Find, test and approve donor sites, tip locations and imported aggregates.
Completion and Validation
Confirm compliance, close out records and deliver a clean handover package.
Service 01
Earthworks Technical Review
We review the available ground investigation and specification information, assess ground risk and material suitability, and set out a clear, practical earthworks strategy your team can deliver against — reducing risk, protecting the programme and maximising value from tender through to delivery.
What We Provide
- Site investigation and specification review
- Ground-risk evaluation
- Site-won material suitability
- Modification and stabilisation requirements
- Value-engineering opportunities
- Tender assumptions and allowances
- Earthworks strategy
Real-World Examples
Producing a moisture vs OMC report that tells the team exactly how much material can be placed as-dug, what needs water addition or air-drying, and where binder stabilisation may be required.
Evaluating earthworks specifications to identify testing requirements and potential compliance risks before tender.
Advising on modification or stabilisation options where material moisture content is likely to exceed acceptance criteria.
Service 02
Testing and Compliance Support
We work from the earthworks consultant's specification and translate it into a clear, practical testing framework for the contractor. We do not write the specification — we interpret it, simplify it and produce the drawings, plans and tools your site team needs to comply with it. Using cut/fill volumes, programme duration and the earthworks specification, we also present a total price for insitu and laboratory testing.
What We Provide
- Inspection and Testing Plans
- Site-specific testing grids
- Layer plans for area tracking
- Technical drawings — build-up plans, cut/fill isopachytes, cut/fill maps, testing grid and layer plans, and OGL drawings
- Testing trackers (ready to use on site)
- Testing regime summary documents
- Laboratory briefing and liaison
- Total insitu and laboratory testing price from cut/fill volumes, duration and spec
- Test-result review
- Moisture-trend monitoring
- Non-conformance management
- Area sign-off
Real-World Examples
Translating a complex earthworks specification into a clear testing grid and frequency summary that the site team can follow without ambiguity.
Producing layer plans and area-tracking tools so the team knows exactly where testing is required, what has passed and what is outstanding.
Managing a non-conformance: reviewing failed test results, advising on remedial action and documenting the resolution for the consultant.
Service 03
Field and Laboratory Services
Quality field investigation and laboratory coordination, delivered by specialists with over 25 years of direct earthworks experience.
What We Provide
- Trial-hole completion
- Trial-hole logging
- Trial-hole reporting
- Field investigation support
- Source approval testing
- HEIC trials
- Stabilisation bench trials
- Modification mix design
- Material sampling
- Laboratory coordination
Real-World Examples
Completing and logging trial holes across a site to confirm strata boundaries and collect representative samples.
Running HEIC and stabilisation bench trials to determine the optimum binder and moisture content for reuse.
Coordinating with the laboratory to ensure test results are returned quickly enough to keep the programme moving.
Service 04
Materials Sourcing
We help you source suitable and approved materials, manage source approvals and consider material movement requirements.
What We Provide
- Donor-site searches
- Tip-location searches
- Aggregate import searches
- Initial material-suitability review
- Source testing
- Source approval coordination
- Material movement considerations
Real-World Examples
Identifying and testing a donor site to confirm imported material meets specification before it arrives on site.
Searching for suitable tip locations to manage excess material and reduce haulage costs.
Coordinating source approval testing and documentation so imported aggregate is accepted by the client or checker.
Service 05
Completion and Validation
We confirm that earthworks meet specification requirements and that all records are closed out correctly for handover.
What We Provide
- Review of testing records
- Identification of missing records
- Compliance assessment
- Area verification
- Sign-off support
- Client handover documentation
- Completion reporting
- Validation reporting
Real-World Examples
Compiling and reviewing all testing records to confirm specification compliance before final sign-off.
Identifying gaps in the testing trail and arranging targeted re-testing to close them out.
Producing a verification and completion report that gives the client confidence the earthworks are compliant.
Guidance
Typical questions we help answer.
The kind of technical and commercial questions contractors face across the life of an earthworks project — and that we help resolve quickly and clearly.
Is the site-won material suitable for reuse?
What modification or stabilisation may be required?
How do we translate the earthworks specification into a practical testing framework?
Is the proposed donor or imported material suitable?
How should a failed test or non-conformance be handled?
Are the earthworks records sufficient for sign-off?
What information will be required for completion and handover?
What can be done quickly to keep the programme moving?
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