Category Archives: slope stability

NEW HIGHWAY AND EARTHWORKS COMMISSION

We are pleased to announce that we are about to commence work on a new major leisure and commercial development in Derbyshire.  Access to the currently confidential site will require highway diversion works and construction of an access road across sidelong ground.  Works are to be undertaken in accordance with EC7, and the scope of work to be undertaken by Surepath Consulting will include inputs to the ground investigation design, slope stability appraisals and earthworks assessments, as well as provision of geotechnical support to the highway and bridge specialists.  We aim to be able to release further details of the project in due course.

 

HIGHWAY EARTHWORKS

We have recently been commissioned to assess the earthworks for an adoptable access road to a housing development in Peterborough.  A high embankment is required and we are to assess the slope stability issues, collaborate with the Client to aid formation of the earthworks strategy, and to then prepare an earthworks specification with associated drawings. The work is being undertaken as a sub-Consultant to one of our regular partners.

 

EARTHWORKS PROJECT

We have recently completed the preparation of an earthworks specification and associated drawings for a confidential site in Yorkshire.  Undertaken as a sub-Consultant, the project required the appraisal of the stability of an existing slope and the remedial measures required to improve its stability long term.  The specification was bespoke but based on Series 600 of the Specification for Highway Works.  Construction of the project is now underway and we hope to be able to release further details of the project in the coming weeks.

 

BURIED RIVERS – INTERESTING SNIPPET!

We came across the following snippet on LinkedIn recently and thought it a useful reminder that when assessing ground risk you need to do more than just commission an Envirocheck Report or similar….

“Did you know that many of London’s rivers have been ‘lost’? This can be rather important if you are building a basement. The rivers Fleet, Tyburn, and Westbourne, to name but a few, historically ran through London to the Thames. Many were replaced by combined sewers in the late 19th Century and are no longer seen at surface.”

The river flowing through a basement is quite amusing, especially the fish that seem to be visible!  For more details follow this link  to the original article.

 

EXCELLENCE DEMONSTRATED!

Surepath Consulting is part of Surepath Training, and as part of our quality processes we have recently audited our training course feedback. The headline finding was a 94% excellent / very good rating of all the quantitative feedback received for our courses, with a 2:1 bias to excellent. This superb feedback is something we are very proud of, and it reflects too the emphasis we put on quality in all our consultancy work too! Please contact our Andy Goodwin using the Contacts page if you wish to discuss how we can ensure quality of delivery for all your consultancy, training or mentoring needs.