Projects
A sample of sites we have tested, what the ground turned out to be doing, and what the results meant for the drainage design.
The site. A site off Dilmore Lane in Fernhill Heath, on the northern edge of Worcester. The planning permission needed evidence that surface water could go to ground before a soakaway design would be accepted. What we did. We dug…
The site. Land at The Elm Tree Inn in Staveley, near Chesterfield, where a planning application needed soakaway testing before the surface water drainage could be designed. What we did. Trial pits were excavated and tested to BRE 365, with…
The site. Vicarage Nurseries, off Leys Road in Harvington, near Evesham. The land was in use as a nursery, with polytunnel frames still standing, and a proposed development needed evidence of whether surface water could go to ground before the…
The site. Land at Lanchester Way, Solihull (B36 9LE), where a proposed development needed soakaway testing before the surface water drainage could be designed. What we did. On 8 October 2018, in light showers, we dug three trial pits in…
The site. The Musketeer, Avon Road, Kidderminster, where a proposed development needed soakaway testing for its planning application. What we did. On 18 September 2018, in dry, bright weather, we dug two trial pits: Each was filled to a water…
The site. A site at Appleby, Buildwas, in the Severn valley near Telford. What we did. Trial pits at different points across the site, tested to BRE 365. What we found. The ground conditions varied across the site, and the…
The site. A property at Ashley Farm, Grafton, just south of Hereford, with no mains foul drainage. A treatment plant needed a drainage field. What we did. Infiltration testing to the BS 6297 method used under Part H to size…
The site. A plot at Little Moor Hill, Smethwick, near Birmingham, where soakaways were proposed for the surface water. What we did. Four test locations were planned. Tests A and B were carried out in natural ground to BRE 365.…
The site. Red Hill Poultry Farm near Pattingham. The foul drainage was being upgraded and needed to discharge treated effluent to ground through a drainage field. What we did. Infiltration testing to the BS 6297 method referenced by Part H…
The site. The rear garden next to 166 Coventry Road, Exhall, near Coventry, where a single new dwelling was proposed. The planning application needed evidence of whether a soakaway could take the surface water. What we did. Access was the…
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