- Infrastructure
Enhanced DNAPL coal tar extraction using geopolymer material
Summary Geobear recently worked on an innovative scheme to use our expanding geopolymer resin to enhance, pump and treat the removal of DNAPL coal tar from a sub-surface gas holder, whilst simultaneously stabilising the holder backfill and encapsulating the residual coal tar remaining in-situ. The approach, designed and implemented by Environmental Reclamation Services as Principal […]
- Infrastructure
Listed Wall protected by Geobear
Listed Wall Protected by Geobear Cannon Hill, located off the main Finchley Road in Camden is situated to the north of the City of London. Although it has undergone considerable change in recent years the area still retails many historical features and its housing is typical of many London suburb, consisting of many 1920s and […]
- Commercial
- Public buildings
Ground improvement at York Hospital
Increasing the load-bearing capacity of concrete slabs for York Hospital Work to build a brand-new endoscopy unit at York Hospital is now underway, and when complete will be one of the most modern and largest endoscopy units in England. It is a £10 million project that is expected to take around a year to complete […]
- Infrastructure
Void filling – Bermondsey Dive Under
Geobear was contracted by Skanska to design a solution for void filling between a new railway box structure and existing railway viaduct near Bermondsey. The box structure, called the Bermondsey Dive Under, was designed and introduced to provide grade separation between the Kent and Thameslink lines, which would enable the continual operation of the two […]
- Infrastructure
Stabilising Cofferdam Installation for United Utilities
United Utilities Group PLC is the UK’s largest listed water company and was founded in 1995 as a result of a merger between North West Water and NORWEB. The group manages the regulated water and waste water network in North West England, which includes Cumbria, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside – some 7 million […]
- Roads
Road bridge abutment strengthening and void filling
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 […]
