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The launch of the third edition of the UK Specification for Ground Investigation – also known as ‘Yellow Book’ – has been announced. This latest edition of Yellow Book has been revised by an ind …

UK Specification for Ground Investigation (third edition) – Now Available Read More »

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 of the historic city centre. Currently, repair work …

Harrison Contributes to Renovation of King’s College, Cambridge Read More »

Harrison Group has been involved in an ambitious project to restore Norwich Castle Keep back to the original layout that existed in the 12th century. To read more about the scope of work, challe …

Restoration of Norwich Castle Keep Read More »

Taking on the challenge of mobilising to a remote Norfolk beach location to carry out investigation for major offshore windfarm, Harrison Group used a landing craft to transport all the plant an …

Harrison Contributes to Major Offshore Windfarm Read More »

After a year of absence due to coronavirus restrictions in 2020, the Norfolk Constructing Excellence Club (NCEC) Awards ceremony went ahead this year on 20th April as an online event. Constructi …

Norfolk Constructing Excellence Awards 2021 for Harrison Group Read More »

With increasing usage of digital data in recent times, particularly for interpretation and analysis of ground investigations, there have been associated changes to the methods by which we work. …

Harrison Contributes to the Big Borehole Dig Read More »

Harrison Group were contracted by Campbell Reith Hill LLP to undertake a site investigation in the eastern car park of the ExCeL Exhibition Centre, London, in order to provide information on gro …

COVID-19 Compliant Investigation at ExCeL Exhibition Centre Read More »

Under strict COVID-19 restrictions, Harrison Group has recently undertaken the annual UKAS Accreditation Remote Surveillance Audit for its independent soil testing laboratory. This was carried o …

UKAS Accreditation by Remote Surveillance Read More »

Harrison Group has been awarded ‘Perfect Delivery’ by Morgan Sindall for the work carried out  at the West Suffolk Operational Hub. Delivered through the Suffolk County Council framework, this i …

Perfect Delivery Achieved by Harrison Group Read More »

The Light Weight Deflectometer (LWD) apparatus is used to provide in-situ measurement of the foundation surface modulus (E) of the subgrade for use in pavement design. It is also useful in compa …

Light Weight Deflectometer Capability for Harrison Group Read More »

BS 5930 Code of Practice for Ground Investigations has been amended. BS 5930:2015 +A1:2020 has just been published. The amendment contains the following main changes from BS 5930:2015.  Upd …

Information. BSI – Latest Updates: 29.06.2020 Read More »

Harrison Group is very pleased to announce that, on 5th May, its soil testing laboratory achieved certification to the latest UKAS standards.  Between them, Henry Chapman, General Manager-T …

Harrison Achieves Latest UKAS Certification of Accreditation During Lockdown Read More »

After receiving a commendation in 2018 for it’s application of data management to real-world ground investigation interpretation, Harrison Group went one better a year later. On 25th November 20 …

Harrison wins Keynetix Data Management Award Read More »

The continued success of our Cambridge office has led to the growth of our team and the need to move to bigger premises; from 1 August we will be based at Fen Ditton, on the edge of Cambridge. “ …

Harrison Cambridge is Moving! Read More »

Asbestos can be a serious issue for developers, particularly of brownfield sites, with contamination occurring on the surface or more deeply in the ground. Assessing the type and amount of asbes …

Investigating Asbestos Contamination in Soils Read More »

Our in-house soils and materials testing laboratory UKAS accreditation has been renewed for another four years, following a successful audit in March 2019.   “The two-day audit is carried o …

Harrison’s Laboratory Renews UKAS Accreditation Read More »

    As part of its’ Environmental Management System, Harrison Group is always working to minimise the use of single-use plastics and follows a comprehensive program of recycling materi …

Harrison Recycle Old Mobile Phones Read More »

We are celebrating 30 years of helping Maltese clients solve complex engineering challenges. “Our relationship with Malta began in 1989, when we worked on the site investigation of a new quay in …

30 Not-out in Malta Read More »

Our approach to modelling archived site investigation data on a site with a history of chalk mining was highly commended at this year’s Keynetix Data Management Awards.  “We had a large amo …

Harrison’s Advanced Data Management Recognised Read More »

We have updated our sampling and testing procedures, following a number of changes to geotechnical industry standards in 2018.  “While standards are revised all the time, there have been a …

Keeping Up Standards Read More »

We have been delighted to welcome four graduate geotechnical engineers to Harrison Group over the past few months. Sam Hedges and Joe Sparks have joined our London office, after both completing …

New Graduates Join Harrison Group Read More »

Improving Efficiency by Data Validation Our Project Inputting Tool (PIT) is transforming the way we validate and manage ground investigation data, saving time and money for our clients, says Har …

Breakthroughs in Data Handling Read More »

As part of providing the highest levels of quality of service to our clients, Harrison Group Environmental has now raised the bar as a Gold member of Constructionline. Previously a Silver member …

Constructionline Gold for Harrison Group Read More »

Harrison Group Environmental places great emphasis on the safety of staff when working for the company, whether it be on-site or in an office environment. As part of this ongoing commitment, the …

AGS Commendation Presented to Henry Chapman Read More »

The long history of sinkholes appearing in Norwich is well documented, with the double-decker bus incident of 1988 making headlines around the world. The latest one opened up on Tuesday 13th Mar …

New Sinkhole in Norwich City Centre Read More »

Harrison Group Environmental was part of the specialist team carrying out major ground investigations for the Boston Barrier flood defence scheme in Lincolnshire. The Boston Barrier is designed …

Support for Boston Barrier Project Read More »

We are pleased to welcome Jamie Austin to the staff at Harrison Group.  He is a Chartered Geologist with over 18 years of experience running investigations and undertaking detailed analyses …

New Management for Cambridge Team Read More »

Harrison Group Environmental Limited is building on its reputation for providing quality geotechnical and geoenvironmental services for clients in Essex by opening a new office in Colchester. …

Harrison Moves into Colchester Read More »

The Keynetix ‘Geotechnical Data Highly Commended 2017 Management Awards’ ceremony was held at Jurys Inn, Oxford on 27th November 2017 and was attended by over 100 delegates.  Harrison Group …

Harrison Gains Keynetix Highly Commended Award Read More »

A number of staff from Harrison Group participated in Stoptober 2017. Food luxuries were given up, and, despite a couple of forfeit days during the month, the abstaining was an overall success. …

Harrison Raises Money During Stoptober 2017 Read More »

We were delighted to sponsor the Norfolk Constructing Excellence Club’s AGM this year. It was great to hear from Doug Field, the new Chair of New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership, and to meet …

Norwich Constructing Excellence Club 2017 AGM Read More »

  As part of the 40th year anniversary activities carried out by the Harrison Group, a number of staff volunteered to help Norfolk Wildlife Trust.  On an August day that started out gr …

Volunteering for Norfolk Wildlife Trust Read More »

We are delighted to be supporting the great work of the Norfolk Wildlife Trust by becoming a Silver Investor in Wildlife. We are already planning a volunteers’ day later in the year, where staff …

Harrison Supports Norfolk Wildlife Trust Read More »

A number of staff at Harrison Group kicked off the firm’s 40th anniversary celebrations on 2 April by running the ‘Only the Brave’ obstacle mud race in Elveden, Suffolk to raise money for the Ea …

Harrison Gets Muddy For Charity Read More »

I am delighted to be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the company I set up as a ‘one-man-band’ in 1977 and which has grown to become a highly-respected business operating throughout the UK an …

Chairman David Harrison Reflects Read More »

Harrison Group Environmental operates to Building Information Modelling (BIM) level 2. – an overview of our capabilities follows.

Run Norwich is a 10-kilometre road race, organised by Norwich City FC Community Sports Foundation (CSF). This year’s run on Sunday 7th August saw over 4,200 runners take to the city centre stree …

Harrison Involvement in Run Norwich Read More »

CL:AIRE has recently published the Joint Industry Working Group Asbestos in Soil and Construction & Demolition (C&D) Materials guidance titled “Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012: Inte …

CL:AIRE – Latest Asbestos Guidance Read More »

Designers of soakaways should take a more holistic approach to site investigation, including consideration of contamination and ground risk, according to the 2016 update of BRE Digest DG365 Soak …

BRE Soakaway Guidance Updated Read More »

Harrison Group were very pleased to have sponsored this event entitled Risk & Reward held on 17 May by the Norfolk Constructing Excellence Club.  The session looked at how to identify u …

Harrison Group Sponsor Risk & Reward Event Read More »

Harrison Group Environmental co-hosted a visit of representatives from Malta’s construction industry to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) in Norfolk last month, as part of its work …

Harrison Group Co-hosts Maltese Construction Visit to CITB Read More »

Harrison Group are pleased to announce that our recent work for Morgan Sindall at RAF Mildenhall – Building 582 contributed to them receiving ‘Perfect Delivery’ for the overall project.  It …

Harrison Group ‘Perfect Delivery’ for Morgan Sindall Read More »

Harrison Group Environmental is building on its reputation for providing quality geotechnical and geoenvironmental services for clients in the Cambridge area by opening a new office in the city. …

Harrison moves into Cambridge from 4th January, 2016 Read More »

We are very pleased to announce that the independent Harrison Group soil testing laboratory has once again been re-accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO/IEC 17025: …

UKAS Reaccredits Harrison Soil Testing Laboratory Read More »

A Revised version of BS 5930 (BS 5930: 2015, “Code of Practice for Ground Investigations”) has been published in August 2015 which replaces the previous 1999 version.  BS 5930 has underpinn …

BS 5930: 2015 – Code of Practice for Ground Investigations Read More »

This is important information for the slaughterhouse and meat processing industries.   You may well be affected by the following information   Environmental permitting   What is e …

Environmental Permitting – food processing industry Read More »

We are pleased to announce that on 26th February 2015, the London office of Harrison Group Environmental Limited will be relocating to larger premises. Our new contact details from this date wil …

Relocation of London office – Harrison Group Read More »