OR:
Just a few inches deeper or other factors such as
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ground water, MiniSoil:MiniSoil
clay shrinkage
or chemicals could
dramatically affect your budgets.
MINI SOIL SURVEYS was established in 1987 to
enable cost effective ground investigations to be
made for housing projects.
The system was originally invented to look into
the causes of subsidence but it soon became
apparent to local authorities and other approving
bodies such as NHBC that subsidence problems
could be eliminated if the ground was properly
investigated before construction started. They
now insist on such information.
A MINI SOIL SURVEY investigation is only a
small faction of the total cost of a new house but
it will eliminate the risk of failure and enable
foundation design and costs to be established
before work starts.
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Foundation design based upon ground
information should be the FIRST thing to
consider not the last.
premise that land is precious and that it should be
covered
as little investigations
as possible by reveal
buildings.
The
use of at
Most ground
good
ground
basements
reduces
the
coverage
of
land.
reasonable depth but make sure BEFORE you dig.
Just a few inches deeper or other factors such as
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ng to
A ground
ground water,
investigation
is vital or for
basement
clay shrinkage
chemicals
could
projects
new affect
or ‘retro’.
out early in your
dramatically
your Find
budgets.
programme whether or not you have a problem.
MINI SOIL
BOREHOLES & TRIAL PITS
SUPER HEAVY DYNAMIC PROBING
SPT’S & VANE TESTS
SAMPLE RETRIEVAL
LABORATORY TESTING
CONTAMINATION SAMPLING & TESTING
Premier rig available in various areas of the UK.
Most ground
reveal and
good
ground
at
premise
that investigations
land is precious
that
it should
be
reasonable depth but make sure BEFORE you dig.
covered
as
little
as
possible
by
buildings.
The
use
of
Just a few inches deeper or other factors such as
basements
reduces
the
coverage
of
land.
ground water, clay shrinkage or chemicals could
dramatically affect your budgets.
A ground investigation is vital for basement
projects new or ‘retro’. Find out early in your
programme whether or not you have a problem.
HOU
Premier rig available in various areas of the UK.
SUBSIDENCE
UPWARD - Increases load to existing foundations.
SCHOOLS
OUTWARDS - Just
because the existing house is ok,
BASEMENTS
it does not mean that an extension will be free from
STORAGE TANKS
problems.
SOAKAGE PITS
DOWNWARDS
- Mini Soil Surveys support the
CONTAMINATION
CONTAMINATION
DOWNWARDS - Mini Soil Surveys support the
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HOUSE EXTENSIONS
HOUSING
UPWARDS, FACTORIES
OUTWARDS OR
DOWNWARDS
TELECOMS TOWERS
STORAGE
TANKS will be free from
it does not mean
that an extension
problems.
SOAKAGE PITS
ex
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use but
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GROUND INVESTIGATIONS FOR:
OUTWARDS BASEMENTS
- Just because the existing house is ok,
are
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Premier rig available in various areas of the UK.
SUBSIDENCE
UPWARD - Increases
load to existing foundations.
SCHOOLS
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RE
n 1987 to
ns to be
GROUND EXTENSIONS
INVESTIGATIONS FOR:
HOUSE
HOUSING
UPWARDS,
OUTWARDS OR
FACTORIES
DOWNWARDS
TELECOMS TOWERS
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HOUSE EXTENSIONS
UPWARDS, OUTWARDS OR
SURVEYS
DOWNWARDS
METHANE MONITORING
UPWARD - Increases load to existing foundations.
NO MESS
OUTWARDS - Just because the existing house is ok,
it does not mean that an
will be
free from
NO extension
SUB-SOIL
DAMAGE
problems.
INSITU
TESTS
REMOVE
GUESSWORK
DOWNWARDS
- Mini
Soil Surveys
support
the
premise that land is precious and that it should be
NATIONWIDE
FACTUAL
OR by INTERPRETIVE
covered as little
as possible
buildings. The use REPORTS
of
basements
reduces
the
coverage
of
land.
COVERAGE
RAPID TURN AROUND
A ground investigation is vital for basement
projects new or ‘retro’. Find out early in your
programme whether or not you have a problem.
For assistance, advice, free quotations and details of an office
near to you ring 0161 980 0044
or email your questions to [email protected]