Subsurface Laser Scanning

18Sep

Mark Hudson Geoterra Mark Hudson presents white paper at Chalk 2018 Conference

Our managing director, Mark Hudson had the privilege to present a white paper alongside Stuart Chandler from Peter Brett Associates LLP at the Chalk 2018 Conference. The paper ‘Historical Chalk Mines Below Pinner Wood School’ examined the ground investigations and surveys of historical chalk mine workings beneath a community primary school in Pinner, Middlesex and…

14Sep

New strategic partnership with Flodim to provide a unique underground mapping solution

We are pleased to announce that Geoterra and France-based Flodim, award-winning developers and providers of underground cavity services, have formed a new strategic partnership. The partnership brings together two industry-leading firms to execute specialist underground investigation projects in the UK and Ireland; Geoterra with its unique capabilities in the surveying of dry voids, cavities and…

02Aug

Mark Hudson to present technical paper at Chalk 2018 Conference

Our Managing Director, Mark Hudson has been invited to present a technical paper at the Chalk 2018 Conference. His presentation titled ‘London Chalk Mines – What Lies Beneath?’ will explain how Geoterra’s specialist team of geospatial engineers used revolutionary subsurface laser scanning technology to determine the full extent and volume of the unmapped chalk mines…

13May

Subsurface Laser Scan Survey Mine Shaft Geoterra carry out urgent subsurface laser scan survey following major road collapse in Scotland

Following a major ground collapse on Kilbowie Road in Clydebank, our emergency response team were called to site by ground investigation experts Soil Engineering and The Coal Authority to carry out an urgent subsurface laser scan survey of an unrecorded mine shaft. If you’re familiar with Clydebank, you will be aware that Kilbowie Road is a…

02Apr

Subsurface Laser Scan Surveys Geoterra subsurface laser scan survey unveils chalk mine voids under primary school

A north-west London primary school was recently closed temporarily on the discovery of an old unknown chalk mine under its school, confirmed by survey data captured by Geoterra. Pinner Wood Primary School recently hit the headlines after Harrow Council deemed there to be an “unacceptable risk” that the ground beneath the school could become unstable.…

28Oct

Subsurface Laser Scan Survey Hidden structural subsurface void laser scan surveys

Geoterra’s specialist geospatial engineering services are being called upon on a regular basis as more subsurface voids are being discovered; not just below ground after a drill bit disappears into a cavern, but increasingly into civil structures all over the UK and beyond. Geoterra have recently been working with the Northern Rail Alliance Skanksa BAM…