Ground Improvement

Without ground treatment, on certain ‘difficult’ sites subject to new building loads, there could be an unacceptable amount of settlement or the risk of shear failure leading to cosmetic or even catastrophic damage to buildings.

REC maximises the value of the proposed improvement techniques, by early discussion with appropriate specialist contractors and by tailoring intrusive investigations so that they provide the technical data necessary for selection of the most appropriate ground treatment option. Thus investigative effort is optimised.

REC's engineers and consultants can ensure that the improvement solution is directly linked with any site remediation strategy for dealing with risk aspects of contamination (eg. controlled water or human health risks).

The ground improvement techniques deployed for geotechnical reasons can quite often improve the environmental setting of a site add still further value to the integrated solutions being proposed by REC.

REC provides high quality cost effective improvement options with complimentary remedial programmes for a full range of sites, ranging from gasworks to garages, and timber yards to tanneries. Poor quality natural soils may also need treatment to arrive at.