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My industrial placement with GEA
My name is Olivia Houghton and I am currently a one-year placement student at GEA, based in their head office in Ware, Hertfordshire. The placement...
New guidance for bored piles in London Clay
The London District Surveyors Association (LDSA) has announced publication of a new version of its design document for piles in London Clay which is...
Geotechnical and Environmental Associates – the first 15 years
At the start of 2003, Tony Blair was Prime Minister and was yet to have his Iraq problem, Girls Aloud had the No 1 single, London had no congestion...
What makes a good Geotechnical Engineer / Engineering Geologist?
As we start another year and consider recruitment options I starting wondering whether we could put in a nutshell what the qualities are that we...
Wyvil Road, Vauxhall, London SW8
The proposed development for this site comprised the demolition of the existing buildings and the subsequent construction of a 36-storey residential...
Development of Ten Lock Flight Public House, Runcorn
Development of Ten Lock Flight Public House, RuncornA complex remediation problem solved by GEA In mid-2104 Wildgoose Construction asked GEA to...
The Trouble with Groundwater
The biggest problem with groundwater, particularly in the sort of mixed soils that characterise much of the southern half of the UK, is how...
What is Construction Waste?
What is Waste? “Waste” is defined in Article 1(a) of the European Waste Framework Directive (WFD) as ‘any substance or object … which the holder...
Buried Services – A Ground Investigation Problem?
You arrive on site with detailed plans of the buried services. The electricity and telecommunications can be readily confirmed with your Cable...








