RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Residential developments
One of the biggest problems facing homebuilders in the UK is the lack of suitable land for development. Plough Geotechnical are here to help you make the most of the land that is available, ensuring successful, stable developments, free from future geotechnical problems.
Addressing the issues
Using our experience, we will help you to establish communication with the regulators, such as NHBC and Local Building Control, as early as possible so that they understand your site problems and can agree acceptable, cost-effective solutions. With Plough Geotechnical on your team, you can identify, and thus avoid, potential site issues such as:
- Uneven surfaces
– leading to ponds in lawns and unsafe walkways
- Collapsed drains – where settlement causes failure leading to flooding
- Cracked brickwork
– which can result from even minor settlement or heave
- Unadopted roads and sewers – where settlement issues cause councils and utility companies to refuse to adopt infrastructure
Problematic residential developments
Over the years Alan has been responsible for the geotechnical design for numerous problematic housing developments including sites involving;
- Hillside West, Sheffield Bell Pit Mines
- Valley Bottom, Sheffield, deep made ground including slag deposits
- East Coast Mainline, steeply sloping site adjacent to and immediately downhill from Durham railway station
- Warrington, thick peat deposits on site
We can also provide expert witness assessment for residential developments where due diligence has not been exercised in reducing geotechnical risk.
Identifying abnormal costs
The technical expertise of Plough Geotechnical can be vital in helping you to identify and quantify abnormal costs prior to purchasing land for development. For example, you can use our reports and recommendations to cost the re-engineering of fill material to reduce settlement and create a suitable building surface.
For expert advice that saves you money and avoids future problems, talk to Plough Geotechnical about your next residential development on 07957659819, or email alan@ploughgeo.co.uk.
“Plough Geotechnical gives you the expertise to create settlements with negligible settlement”
"I have no hesitation in using Alan for my future geotechnical needs."