Case Studies
For more than 35 years we have been operating throughout the United Kingdom and overseas to deliver a total solution to clients’ geotechnical and environmental problems against ever more demanding standards and legislation. Examples of our work are provided in the following small selection of case studies:
PV Solar Farm InvestigationsProject Type: Geotechnical site investigations, pile testingValue: £1.2M  The renewable energy industry is rapidly expanding within the United Kingdom, with many photovoltaic array developments being undertaken to meet growing sustainable energy demands. Harrison … |
King’s College, CambridgeProject Type: Geotechnical site investigationValue: £7K  King’s College Chapel is a Grade 1 listed collegiate chapel of the University of Cambridge, built in the 16th century and located in the heart … |
HappisburghProject Type: Geotechnical site investigationValue: £100K  Harrison Group was contracted by Vattenfall to undertake a site investigation over a section of Happisburgh beach to provide information on ground conditions for the … |
Fen Drayton RoadProject Type: Geoenvironmental investigationValue: £13K  Land developers, as part of their due diligence, need to check, before construction commences, for the presence of ground gas such as methane and carbon … |
Former Whittingham HospitalProject Type: Geotechnical site investigationValue: £150K  Whittingham Hospital, near Preston in Lancashire, treated thousands of psychiatric patients every year and had its own railway, brewery and sewage works. The main hospital … |
SnOasisProject Type: Geotechnical site investigationValue: £45K  SnOasis is a proposed indoor winter sports resort, a project that will be unique in the UK. Location of SnOasis is the 123ha former chalk … |
Trinity College, CambridgeProject Type: Geotechnical site investigationValue: £2,000  Harrison Group has carried out the ground investigation for installation of new Antony Gormley sculpture at Trinity College, Cambridge. Tim Waters, Capital Projects Manager at … |
Stratford, East LondonProject Type: Ground investigation - red siteValue: £260K  Redevelopment plans for this 10 hectare site located in Stratford, East London, include for open streets with new shops, cafés, hotels, over 1,200 residential units … |
Crossrail – LondonProject Type: Ground investigation with installation of instrumentationValue: £130K  Crossrail represents one of the largest infrastructure projects undertaken in the UK and runs 118 km from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west, through new … |
Lincs OSWF – LincolnshireProject Type: Ground investigationValue: £140K  The ‘Lincs’ Off-Shore Wind Farm (OSWF) project is just one of 5 wind farms projects which are in various stages of development in the Lincolnshire … |
Olen – BelgiumProject Type: Radioactive stockpile characterisationValue: £25K  The site was originally occupied by a materials technology plant. Activities carried out there included production and extraction of precious metals products and catalysts. The … |
WembleyProject Type: Ground investigationValue: £130K  Harrison Group are very pleased to be involved with this prestigious project in London, having been awarded the ground investigation contract for the site to … |