Soil Engineering

Soil Engineering is one of the UK’s leading providers of geotechnical and geoenvironmental processes including:

• Ground investigation
• Ground engineering solutions
• Grouting and ground stabilisation
• Geotechnical testing
• Technical advice

These services are based upon an extensive fleet of drilling rigs, specialist plant and innovative technology, together with UKAS accredited soil and rock testing laboratories in Leeds and Livingston. In addition, the Technical Services department provides a geotechnical and geoenvironmental advisory service.

Related News

26/05/2010 - Soil Engineering Relocation
Soil Engineering, part of the Technology Division of VINCI Construction UK, has relocated its southern operations to the Technology Centre in Leighton Buzzard.

18/03/2010 - On The Record
Real time ground information can be produced by equipping rigs with sensors and data loggers.

18/03/2010 - Development of a Thin Wall Open Drive Tube Sampler (UT100)
In a technical note published in the August 2009 issue of Ground Engineering the authors summarised the implications for the UK geotechnical industry of sampling requirements contained in BS EN ISO 22475-1:2006.

18/03/2010 - BS EN ISO 22475-1: Implications for Geotechnical Sampling in the UK.
General guidance on geotechnical sampling has been part of BS 5930, both in its 1981 and 1999 editions.

29/09/2009 - A80 Upgrade
Soil Engineering is involved in the specialist consolidation works currently underway to stabilise abandoned mine-workings prior to the construction of a new Scottish motorway

08/07/2009 - Soil Engineering Open Day
Soil Engineering, part of VINCI Construction UK Limited, and one of the UK’s leading geotechnical contractors, hosted an open day event on the 18th June at their Leeds office.

07/07/2009 - Insite - Issue 10 - May 2009
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