Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is an industrial museum in the south of the City of Sheffield, England. The museum forms part of a former steel-working site on the River Sheaf, with a history going back to at the 13th century. In 1725 a purpose built dam was created adjacent to the back of the site in […]

Summary We were contacted to protect 38 homes situated within a large residential housing estate in South Glasgow, constructed across a former limestone quarry. The properties were identified by the engineers as showing cracking/distortion in excess of 15 mm due to house subsidence. Geobear were contacted to provide a solution to the problem that would […]

Summary A sunken bank vault in South Africa was stabilised using Geobear geopolymer injections. The job was fast and did not cause any disturbance on bank’s normal business. Objectives The bank vault was out of level which caused the door to self close. The 30 ton safe had subsided by 14mm on the left hand […]

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 […]

The War Memorial in Abingdon, built on infill soil, had been gradually subsiding, tilting a few millimeters each year. Abingdon Town Council decided last autumn that the time had come to prevent any damage to the structure. At Geobear, we deal with buildings and structures of all kinds and are known for being as quick […]

Geobear stabilised and lifted factory flooring in a West Country industrial facility with racking up to 90ft high. Accuracy of +/-3mm was achieved. Polymer injection is ideally suited to today’s warehouse sector, with super-flat floors and high racking. Older methods of digging out slabs, filling voiding with cement materials and replacing slabs is immensely disruptive, […]