Infrastructure

Geobear was contracted by Kier to provide void filling and stabilisation services to a road bridge over a mainline UK railway. Visual structural surveys indicated a sinking surface on the abutments at both sides of the bridge. This was very problematic as the bridge runs over a busy line on the UK rail network, therefore […]

Greenlane Biogas are a company specialising in the outfitting of biogas plants in SME’s to help generate a profitable solution to waste; their plant equipment recycles waste to create energy used by businesses around the world. During the installation of equipment at one of their customer sites located in Dagenham, a fabrication issue resulted in […]

BACKGROUND The M42 motorway serves the UK’s second largest city, Birmingham, and other towns where a lot of people live and do business. It’s important that it’s kept open and running – since road congestion costs the UK billions of pounds a year. Cars and lorries barrel down the M42 day and night, often with […]

Geobear technologies can be used to prevent forming of sinkholes, stop leaking water and stabilise manholes and sewer pipes. Geobear’s processes are also highly effective as a method of water sealing – for example, to prevent water from leaking into excavations below the water table. Hydro-Insensitivity Makes It Ideal The fast curing time of the […]

Sumary Northumberland Avenue in Reading is a busy strategic route to schools, residential and commercial properties, but through years of damage to the concrete slab and the increased heavy vehicle use the surface of the road was saturated in fretting and potholes – so Reading Borough Council put plans in place to make the necessary […]

Geobear is often brought in to deal with subsidence problems for maritime infrastructure due to the soil stabilisation issues that come with the territory and because Geobear is well-known for providing effective, quick and non-disruptive solutions. The slipway at Peterhead port, on the northeast coast of Scotland, was built in 1931. It was originally designed […]

Geobear is regularly contracted by stakeholders concerned with the maintenance of the UK’s strategic routes to perform slab stabilisation works. Recent projects include stabilisation to significant sections of the M54 and M42. One of the common causes for slab failure is due to water ingress through the joints between the slabs. Overtime the water displaces […]

As part of a 700 unit residential development in south-east London, Uretek was commissioned to fill a series of water pipes and sewers that were being made redundant. Working for VolkerFitzpatrick, we were required to fill a total of 15 pipes beneath the Lewisham Gateway development site. The Uretek process involved using one of our […]

Geobear was contracted by Dover Harbour Board to deliver some urgent works at berths 8 & 9 at their Dover Docks. Following a presentation to representatives of the Port of Dover Authority we were asked to visit the site where they were experiencing the problems. There was a major issue for the client operating the […]

When a GPR survey discovered voiding beneath two of the main access routes into Bath city centre, Bath and North-East Somerset council needed to find a way to stabilise the rigid construction road slabs without causing disruption to the high volume of traffic and the buildings adjacent to the roads, which included the police station […]

Summary A collapsed Victorian sewer running below the A74 London Road, Glasgow caused significant localised softening of the soils due to water ingress. The main contractor excavated along the 50 m length of damaged sewer, taking the excavation down to 4.00 m below the existing road level. In addition there was redundant railway tunnel running […]

Provost Driver Court Remedial works Geobear was contacted to investigate settlement issues affecting the pumping stations at the end of Provost Driver Court in Renfrew. Settlement was presumed to be a direct result of a loss of ground and groundwater into the sewerage system. A dewatering scheme was chosen to artificially increase rigidity and in […]

Embankment ground strengthening, Brunel designed bridge Geobear was contacted after GPR surveys identified voiding under the entire surface of the walkway of Hiscocks Bridge in Bath, resulting in settlement to embankments on the approaches. Our solution We used our ground strengthening solution to consolidate the ground with 120 injections of geo-polymer resin at 1.5m intervals, […]

Slab Re-levelling and stabilisation Project Summary Geobear were called in to treat a settlement issue at Farnham rail depot that was posing a major threat to rail operations around the South East. The base slabs at the depot in Farnham, south of London, were experiencing subsidence, which was making the ground and tracks above uneven. […]

Summary As part of the Crossrail scheme, Ilford rail depot was subject to refurbishment and improvement works. The main issue at hand was that the current facilities original design was not suitable proposed improvements. Uretek was called to repair and upgrade foundations in an effort to withstand increased loading and improve the integrity of the […]