Site Investigation

In his more than 30 years experience David has carried out and been involved in many hundreds of investigations, large and small.  These have mostly been in the UK.  A selection is listed below:

Alconbury to Fletton widening, Cambridgeshire

Investigations on Oxford Clay and input to design of structures and earthworks for 20km new road build

Bardon Quarry, Leicestershire

Reserves studies and investigations on Precambrian tuffs

Blackwater Valley Relief Road, Hampshire

Investigations for 6km new road in valley deposits with mineral workings, design input, land remediation

Carsington Dam, Derbyshire

Led the post failure investigations as instructed by the expert panel including detailed logging of the collapsed structure

Catcairn Bushes, Berwickshire

Investigation of coastal landslip, remediation design and monitoring of reconstruction of primary transport corridor

Channel Tunnel, UK/ France

Offshore boreholes logging and supervision (two campaigns) including management of multinational teams

Cromer, Norfolk

Investigation and remedial design of major coastal landslip

Heathrow Express, Heathrow Airport, Middlesex

Leading the post collapse rebuild investigations.
Responsible for the forensic investigations during sinking of the rescue shaft

Manjung Power Station, Malaysia

Geotechnical advice for deep foundations on reclaim island during construction

Markham Main Colliery, Derbyshire

Geology and water conditions for new Drift access, instrumentation

Mombassa Dockyard, Kenya

Marine investigation for deep foundations for new jetty on alluvial soils

Moneypoint Power Station, Eire

Investigations in Namurian strata, input to all aspects of design of Power Station construction

Norwich Inner Ring Road, Norfolk

Investigations for new road on chalk with natural and man made cavities, including research for novel foundation design

Opus 9, West Midlands

Site assessment of contamination, design of remediation for redevelopment

Pwll Melyn landslip, Clwyd

Landslip investigation and remedial design

Stobswood OCCS, Northumberland

On site assessment and probabilistic analysis of Loose Wall slopes supporting major plant

Taipa Island, Macau

Geotechnical investigations on swamp and weathered granite for major new residential towers

© David Norbury Limited