On Land
Six decades of geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring experience.
We have an extensive heritage of delivering geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring. Soil Engineering have installed tens of thousands of geotechnical monitoring instruments across the UK. From simple standpipes to complex telemetry systems our capabilities encompass the full spectrum of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental monitoring, and are individually tailored to your project’s unique requirements.
Soil Engineering’s Instrumentation and Monitoring capability can support your project with an adaptable approach. Providing technicians for long-term sampling and testing regimes, or installing remote monitoring systems with advanced telemetry and data hosting might be the ideal solution for your project. Alternatively you may just need standpipes or piezometers installing to allow you to monitor groundwater or gas levels on a site prior to construction. We can install inclinometers, a range of extensometers and settlement gauges, and undertake periodic monitoring and surveying of locations to support infrastructure development before, during and after construction, enhancing the lifetime understanding of your project.
Our Geotechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring capabilities include:
- Standpipes
- Piezometer (Casagrande and vibrating wire type)
- Inclinometer (manual read and in-place)
- Shape Arrays
- Extensometers (magnetic and Rod type)
- Dataloggers
- Monitoring Technicians
- Laboratory testing and Sample Management
- Cloud-hosted data management
- Telemetry
Geoenvironmental Monitoring Services
Our geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring capabilities are complemented by an ability to deliver environmental monitoring and sampling. Supported by an experienced analytical supply chain, we offer a one-stop service valued by clients across numerous sectors.
Services include:
- Water Sampling
- Gas Sampling
- LNAPL and DNAPL monitoring and sampling
- Sediment sampling
- Surface water sampling
- Sample preservation and transport
- Geochemical analysis
Why do I need instrumentation and monitoring?
Your ground investigation shouldn’t just be a snapshot of your site. Appropriate use of geotechnical and environmental instrumentation and monitoring adds a vital fourth dimension to your study, an understanding of a site’s behaviour over time. Changes in water level, variations in ground gas evolution can be picked up by geoenvironmental monitoring. Ground movement in response to climate changes or man-made influences are traceable with a geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring scheme planned in advance and well executed by our experts. Our team will support you in selecting appropriate equipment to meet your needs, and will work with industry-leading suppliers to install the ideal risk-managed and value-engineered solution for your project. We can install in boreholes, excavations, and even install ahead of construction for earthworks projects, with return visits to extend or adapt instruments as you build.
What do you need to know to support my project?
It’s as simple as needing to know what you want to monitor. If you’re unsure of the best approach, talk to us and our experienced team will work with you to identify a solution. The more detail you can supply, the quicker the process will be but to make sure you get the best possible solution we’re always happy to go back to basics and help you build up a bespoke profile which suits your individual needs. If you need to add structural monitoring to you scheme, don’t worry we have that covered too. We can work in partnership with our group business Sixense to deliver a whole package, as integrated or granular as you need it to be.
