About Us
Geo Site Surveys was formed in 2006 and is based in the North
West. We specialise in windowless sampling, dynamic probing,
concrete coring and utility surveys.
Geographically we are well placed to cover all of the UK,
Ireland and Europe. We also have a satellite depot in Barnsley and Newport to service the south of England.
Clients
The company works as a regular sub-contractor for Blue Chip
clients which included WSP Environmental. RSK Group PLC, URS
Corporation Ltd. REC Ltd. Wardell Armstrong, DTS, Lancashire
C.C etc.
Resources
We have close ties with Archway Engineering, who supply the
Dart windowless sampling rig - of which we currently run 5
rigs. In addition we have 3 stand alone concrete coring units
and can offer utility surveys with ground probing radar.
Training
Our drillers have NVQ level 2, National grid, (sub stations)
PTS, (rail track), SPA (for working on Petroleum sites), CSCS
(construction sites) and CAT scan, certification.
Insurances
• £5m product & liability
• £10m employers
Quality & Safety
All clients are sent a Health & Safety questionnaire which
must be completed before GSS attend site. All vehicles are
equipped with first aid, fire extinguishers, cat scans, documentation,
method statements, risk assessments, cosh etc. All drilling/coring
equipment is checked and serviced on a regular basis. On completion
of jobs, a quality assessment form is completed by the client.
Driller’s logs
Site logs sheets which include SPT values, dynamic probing
results etc. Are recorded and sent (via e-mail) with in a
few days of site completion.
News
February 2019
COMING SOON! A GSS Designed & Built Compact Multi Modular Rig (Rotary & Windowless Sampling in a single machine)
Please CONTACT US for further information
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November 2018
A NEW Tracked Cable / low head room rig is currently being developed and will be available during 2019
Idea for working where traditional rigs cannot get!
- 1.27m width in transit
- 3.60m Length in transit
- 1.95m height in transit
- Mast adjustable from 4m-6m
Please contact Toni for further information
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New all-terrain cable rig |
November 2018
Our existing 8 wheel All-terrain window sampling/dynamic probing rig has now been decomissioned and is being replaced with a NEW advanced tracked version that has been designed and built in-house to better suit our clients needs and will be available during 2019.
Please see All-terrain page for further details.
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New All-Terrain tracked Windowless Sampling Specialist Vehicle. |
April 2013
Geo Site Surveys believe in investing for the future and with this in mind we have purchased a new Dando 2000 Mk.2 Cable drilling rig, we have also bought 2 new front ends for our windowless sampling rigs. All rigs have up to date SPT calibration certification.
All drilling rigs and vehicles are constantly serviced & maintained, this means we can offer our customers minimum down time on site.
In the last 12 months we have completed a number of exciting projects including:
- Gary Neville’s new (10 ten-storey) hotel opposite Man U at Old Trafford.
- Wind farm surveys in Peterborough & Cumbria.
- Working for well known supermarkets on new builds, petrol forecourts and working inside stores using our electric window sampling rig.
- We have also completed a dynamic probing survey (130 positions at 5 metre grids to depth of between 5-10 metres) on a former tyre factory in Birmingham for a new house builder.
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New Dando 2000 Mk.2 Cable drilling rig. |
March 2012
Working on the canal footpath at West Houghton, Lancashire we completed 2 cable holes to 15 metres deep on one side using our Dando 150 cable rig.
Our clients had erected a metal fence on the opposite side as there were signs of possible subsidence, this meant that we could not get to the relevent positions. We got around this by using a cut down cable rig that had to be winched to position (100 metres to furthest point) and assembled to drill 2 holes to 15 metres deep with installations.
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Cut down cable rig had to be winched into postion and reasembled before drilling. |
February 2012
Geo Site Surveys completed a number of Rotary open holes in a former supermarket in Walsall near Birmingham.
The store had limited head room of 4.5 metres and the ground conditions were sands and gravels. The answer was to drill using a down the hole hammer with Odex casing system. Four holes to 12 metres were drilled in 2 days with installations installed. |
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Drilling in supermarket using Odex casing system |
January 2012
Geo Site Surveys rotary drilled through floor slap and 1.5 metres of frozen ground in temperatures of -30c in a freezer warehouse at a Cake factory in Bury Lancashire.
Earlier attempts to window sample the ground had failed as the concrete floor was lifting and cracking the investigation need to be done. Therefore we had to use our rotary rig using soiled stem augers.
This was successful and the holes were completed in a single day. |
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Rotary Auger drilling (-30c to drill through 1.5metre of frozen ground)in a freezer warehouse |
March 2011
GSS won a tender for a Soil vapour survey(S.V.S
) along a 5km pipe line in Gibraltar.
The pipe ran from the
docks through the M.O.D base and into the town centre. The
pipe line was surveyed & traced using Ground probing Radar
(Straight line surveys), we then drilled 16mm diameter holes
to a depth of 300mm along the pipe line route (approximately
every 50 metres ) and a gas samples were taken.
The contract
was completed in 3 weeks, working days, nights & weekends. |
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SVS drilling pipe line in dock area Gibraltar |
2010
We added Rotary drilling to our list of services.
This addition means you can get most of your drilling requirements
with just one phone call.
With diminsions of 900mm widith
, 3200 mm long and a clearance working height 3500mm. Capabile
of drilling upto 40 metres deep it is suitable for smaller
sites with restricted access.
We continue to offer alternative solutions to site
problems by the introduction of our new All-terrain (eight
wheel driven) rig which can be used on sites that have previously
not been suitable for tracked rigs.
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Rotary Drilling |
2009
We added an electric powered rig for windowless sampling/dynamic
probing which has been successfully used in supermarkets,
airports and buildings where diesel powered rigs were not
suitable due to contamination of foods, clothing etc. from
exhaust fumes.
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Checking for Under Ground Utilities Before Drilling Starts |
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