At GEA, we are increasingly called upon to provide independent advice in respect of piling problems. Here, Martin Cooper - Technical Director at GEA - looks at some of the recent piling challenges we’ve been helping our clients to solve.

GEA was contracted to conduct rigorous contaminated land assessments to prove the Barlby Road site would be suitable for its proposed use and inform any potential remediation works, as well as carry out comprehensive ground investigation works to advise the design of the new buildings.

Julia Markowska, an undergraduate studying BEng (Hons) Engineering Geology and Geotechnics and currently on a one-year placement at GEA, shares what attracted her to this field of study and talks about her first six months working as an assistant engineer.

GEA Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Susie Marley, has provided a ‘Getting to Know GEA’ article for the January 2021 Issue of the AGS Magazine.