Background Working for Berkeley Homes, Geobear were approached to provide a solution to strengthen the foundations beneath the Royal Arsenal Brass Foundry Wall. The wall is historically listed and sits within the confines of a new development in the Royal Arsenal Riverside Development. The development is situated on the site of the historic Royal Arsenal […]

Geobear was contacted by WSP to provide a design solution for a voiding and ground improvement This project was emergency works within the footprint of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Major Improvement scheme at the Junction 14 Girton Interchange. The affected section of the junction comprised a two-lane slip road section of motorway with cloverleaf […]

Geobear were recently appointed to deliver significant urgent works on the M11 slip roads with the A14. We worked with Interserve, WSP and Highways England to deliver the project. The video below describes the project:

Aone+, the Asset Support Contractor for Area 12, contacted Geobear regarding a section of the A180 near Immingham. Over a 4 km stretch of the westbound carriageway concrete road slabs, some of which were up to 40 years old were suffering serious problems with settlement. Visual inspections highlighted 56 sinking slabs of up to 30mm […]

Following visual signs and subsequent geo scan, the floor slab within the clients dairy plant was found to be suffering from ongoing settlement caused by leaking drains washing away the fine soils. The client also needed to add a new water vat to the slab to optimise the cheese manufacturing, this would require additional loading […]

Geobear were contacted by the Hovis bread production plant in Avonmouth, a collapsed drain beneath the floor slab in the warehouse had allowed water to leak into the soil causing washout and voiding beneath the floor slab. Consequently the slab was unsupported and had began to settle. A cooler was sitting on the slab at […]