Do these Google images show a pre 1830 mine shaft uncovered circa 2018 close to a new building extension on a coal mine spoil heap. Perhaps not but the possibility is intriguing. Property exchanged twice in auction and is likely to end up at auction again. #Siteinvestigation #coalmining #miningrisk #coalrisk #landstability #mineshaft #miningconsultants
Geoinvestigate Limited
Environmental Services
Stokesley, North Yorkshire 969 followers
GEOLOGICAL • GEOTECHNICAL • GEOENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES "Environmentally conscious solutions for a better tomorrow"
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MORE THAN PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANCY & TECHNICAL SERVICES Geoinvestigate’s experts minimise ground risk by careful site investigation accurate ground characterisation and conceptual modelling leading to practical cost effective, safe design solutions and successful project delivery avoiding delays, disputes, and unexpected cost overruns. Since the establishment of the firm in 1997 with its cleverly chosen uniquely special name, "Geoinvestigate" and "Geoinvestigation" are increasingly used in site investigation to describe geological, geotechnical & geo-environmental exploration services. 25 years on and with many new talents joining and a new office opened recently, in the East Midlands, Geoinvestigate is re-energised and even cooler. Geoinvestigate provides a ‘one stop shop’ service from site investigation at project inception to design, inspection to completion validation check, and reporting saving clients considerable time, effort and cost. Geoinvestigate will tackle any size of job from a small house extension to a large retail park or housing development with the same enthusiasm dedication and care ensuring quality and value for money for our clients. Our reports are concise, comprehensive, and easy to understand smoothing communication through project delivery and avoiding planning delays at the earliest stage. Geoinvestigate’s introduction almost 30 years ago of window and windowless sampling mini-borehole and multifunctional mini-tracked drilling rig technology has transformed UK site investigation practice, while the design and introduction by us in 2014 of Microdrilling® technology has been a game changer in coal mining and sinkhole investigation. Geoinvestigate Microdrilling® was field demoed to the UK Coal Authority in 2015 passing their expert scrutiny with flying colours. Contact our team of site investigation experts and professional geo-consultants to see how we can best assist your project reduce ground risks or ask for a no obligation quote.
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- 1997
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- Site Investigation Services, Geotechnical Services , Geoenvironmental Services , Ground Investigation , Borehole Services, Subsidence Investigation, Phase 1 Desk Studies, Drilling Services, Coal Mining Risk Assessment, Sinkhole Investigation, Reconnaissance and Walkover Surveys, Drilling Services, Phase 2 Site Investigation, Contaminated Land Reports , CBR Testing, Mining Consultants , Foundation Design, Ground Gas Testing, Soil Investigation, Gas Membrane Testing, Mine Gas Risk Assessment, and Drone Services
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Nice job for our Manchester Office to get their teeth into involving historical mining induced fault reactivation. Mining induced fault reactivation generates scarps, grabens, fissures or compression humps at the ground surface. While some faults scarps are subtle many are distinct striking features like this one where there is a marked break of slope corresponding with the surface trace of a geological fault, historical land subsidence, building damage and a coal mining subsidence claim circa 1939/40 caused by longwall mining extraction of the 198cm thick Top Hard Barnsley Coal at 650m depth. Building seated on rockhead so no cushion resulting in abrupt differential movement. Locals claim ground level moved so much that two farmsteads can now see each other whereas before their view was blocked. #Miningsubsidence #faultreactivation #miningmovement #miningclaim #siteinvestigation #miningconsultants #coalmining #miningrisk #Manchestergeotechnical #geotechnicalservices #mininginvestigation
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It's official archaeologists to search for Geoinvestigate's missing bastion at Barnard Castle stronghold of Northern Barons and residence of Richard lll. The recent finding of 4 missing bastions at Stirling Castle has stirred excitement in the town of Barnard Castle that a large semi-circular medieval tower fortification may lie hidden at the southwest corner of the castles walls at a location that was the focus of a slope stability investigation by Geoinvestigate in 2014. The ground investigation led by Geoinvestigate's Group Managing Director Stuart Howe identified 6m thickness of easily diggable soft black shale below the castles high west cliff the layer rendering the castle's wall vulnerable to breaching by collapse from tunnelling and undermining a method commonly used in siege warfare to penetrate castle defences as occurred in 1215 when King John breached the southern curtain wall of the structure, causing the south-east tower. Watch this space for Stuarts update on progress. #BarnardCastle #DiggingUpBritain #SiteInvestigation #Slopestability #Geotechnicalservices. #EnglishHeritage #CastleHistory #Warcraft #RichardIII
In 2014 while carrying out site investigation to assess the stability of Barnard Castle's walls following a collapse of the south west corner of the outer ward Geoinvestigate came across an unexplained huge rock socket where a plan of 1740s indicated the presence of a large semi-circular or 'Bull Nosed' feature in the wall. Geoinvestigate's notion was it might be a missing defensive bastion/projecting tower controlling a fording place in the River Tees as well as perhaps safeguarding a major weakness arising from the presence of 6m thickness of diggable soft black adhocly named the 'Crows Nest' Shale in the bedrock geology below the castles high main west wall making it vulnerable to tunnelling and undermining a well tested method for breaching fortifications commonly practiced in medieval siege warfare. In 1215 after a long siege Rochester Castle was breached by tunnelling. So important was tunnelling in medieval warfare that it is believed the 'Free Miners' of the Forest of Dean earned the privilege to mine coal without paying royalties to The Crown through their military service at several sieges. In July 1216, during King John's reign Alexander II King of Scotland lay siege to Barnard Castle. It is said that a cross bow bolt fired from the castle walls, struck Alexander's brother-in-law on his helmet with such force, he fell to the ground and died immediately. For over 100 years Barnard Castle and other great northern castles protected England from the 'Auld Enemy' when the threat was not yet from Europe, Spain or France but on our own doorstep from the Scots. Perhaps because of the North's military might the northern barons played an important part in Magna Carta and the Houses of Lancaster and York were so powerful. The weak shale horizon has caused several landslips of dwellings erected in the 1800s on the castles west slope subsequently removed during slum clearance. Though pooh-poohed in 2015 the recent discovery in 2023 of 3 lost bastions at Stirling Castle by archaeologist Dr David Murray makes the notion of a missing tower at Barnard Castle less implausible. In 1474 Richard III aged 21 years became Lord of Barnard Castle after marrying the Earl of Warwick's daughter Anne he carrying out a number of extensive improvements to the castle during his 11 years tenure until his demise at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Richard was the last English (knight) King to lead an army in battle. Seems this article and its mentioning Carboniferous black shale has attracted interest from mining analysts as a possible source of the rare earth mineral lithium used in EV car batteries. https://lnkd.in/e_SUvWGu https://lnkd.in/exfKvzxk #Siteinvestigation #BarnardCastle #DeskStudy #Geotechnicalconsultants #EngineeringGeology #EnglishCastles #EnglishHeritage #Richardlll #tunnelling #sappers #Medievalwarfare #Warcraft #Castlesieges #CountyDurham #lithium #Carboniferousblackshale #UKlithium #UKarchaeology #RochesterCastle
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Never judge a book by its cover or for that matter a railway cutting by its walls. Approaching Liverpool Edge Hill its not what lies beneath but behind. When you next pass through the deep Edge Hill railway cutting below Paddington Village Carpark on your way to, or from Liverpool Lime Street Central station spare a thought for what lies hidden behind the massive sandstone block walls you will see on either side of the track. Hidden on the north side is Joseph Williamsons 'double-decker' tunnel while on the south lies his larger 'tripple-decker' both older early 1800s caverns cut through and walled-over during the deepening of the 4 track line c.1881 Images courtesy of Friends of Williamsons Tunnels (FoWT), Chris Isles Photography and Google. By the way did you know the carpark cladding design depicts the tunnels in plan - how cool is that! #Siteinvestigation #siteinvestigations #groundinvestigation #geotechnicalservices #drillingservices #Liverpool #Liverpoolthingstosee #Liverpoolvisitorattraction #Liverpoolhistory #Liverpooltourism #WilliamsonTunnels #FoWT #ChrisIslesPhotography #LiverpoolEdgeHill
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2nd day coal drilling investigation for EV charging facility in Dudley. Yesterday found one mine adit today a second. Almost completed 20 mine entry rotary open holes at 1m spacing moving on to window sampling boreholes tomorrow and deeper coal seam mine working holes. #coalmining #mineworking #mineadit #miningrisk #coalrisk #Dudley #CMRA #miningsubsidence #miningconsultants #CON29M #coalreport #coalauthority #Manchester #siteinvestigation
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4 day coal drilling investigation for EV charging facility in Dudley today to locate one or possibly two mine adits and shallow mine working. Day started with lightening and rain but cleared quickly. 20 holes in car park at 1m spacing next to hotel with Starbucks, Grill and swimming pool. Life doesn't get better! Hole 7 found cavity between 10.90 to 13.60m with 2m coal seam in Hole 6 next to it at 11m. Mine plan indicates adits declined at low angle to find New Mine Coal outcrop then followed coal seam down at steeper angle. Job managed by our Manchester Office assisted by Geoinvestigate's Site Services wing. #coalmining #mineworking #mineadit #miningrisk #coalrisk #Dudley #CMRA #miningsubsidence #miningconsultants #CON29M #coalreport #coalauthority #Manchester #siteinvestigation
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Shallow mine working probing in Chesterfield today. Drilling investigation follows on from a coal mining risk assessment CMRA report. #Chesterfield #Siteinvestigation #Groundinvestigation #Drillingservices #Mineworking #Geotechnicalconsultants #Miningservices #CoalAuthority
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Geoinvestigates #Nottingham #siteinvestigation team busy away with another window sampling #borehole survey in #Northampton. Our #EastMidlands team chose the #LangleyMill office location for its proximity to our growing business activities along the M1 corridor with #Derby #Leicester #Birmingham, Northampton, #MiltonKeynes and #Reading ALL within 1 to 3 hours travelling. #Groundinvestigation #Boreholesservices #Geotechnicalservices #Geoenvironmentalservices
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Coal Authority continues #siteinvestigation of suspected #mineshaft cause of #sinkhole #subsidence on #Scotlands M80 motorway near Junction 9. https://lnkd.in/eg2fHA_b
Investigation underway into link between M80 subsidence and old mine shaft | New Civil Engineer
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