Rail Services

Rail Ground Investigation Services

A significant portion of our business is completed on rail infrastructure. Providing investigation services for the designers of modernisation, expansion, improvement and maintenance projects on underground and overground rail sites throughout the UK. We have been supplying rail ground investigation & infrastructure surveying services to the industry for many years. We have been involved in platform extension work prior to the 2012 Olympics and several major renovation projects as an example.

Our experienced staff are well versed in working safely and efficiently in the often challenging environment rail sites can present.

Our services include geotechnical and geo-environmental ground investigations, bridge inspection & drainage surveys. These are provided for a range of clients including consulting structural engineers, rail contractors, rail operation maintenance companies and direct for Network Rail, London Underground and Docklands Light Railway.

Our team of in-house ground investigation professionals and technical staff hold full sentinel certification for work on Network Rail and London Underground infrastructure.

We hold full RISQS certification via audit and have maintained this qualification for over 10 years. This is supplemented by our OHSAS health and safety certification to ensure quality of work. To view the certificates we hold, please visit our accreditations page

Our Rail Services include:

Cable percussive drilling of boreholes
Tracked windowless drilling of boreholes
Rotary drilling of boreholes
Lightweight window sampling
Dynamic probing (heavy and superheavy as required)
Full sample testing suite & logs by geotechnical, geo-environmental professional