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Better Living, Engineered

10th January 2024
Human resources • News

Reflecting on 2023

19th December 2023
Human resources • News

The G&W Guide to… Traditional Footings

6th December 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

I’m an Engineer… Libby’s Story

29th November 2023
Human resources • Industry matters

I’m an Engineer… Alice’s story

21st November 2023
Human resources • Industry matters

I’m an Engineer – Natasha’s story

15th November 2023
Human resources • Industry matters

A Guide to Ground Movement Assessments

8th November 2023
Geotechnical • Industry matters • Regulation

Female Exhaustion in the Workplace

26th October 2023
Human resources • Industry matters

Council Basement Requirements

17th October 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Regulation

BIA Screening and Scoping Assessments

10th October 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Regulation

The Basement Impact Assessment

4th October 2023
Geotechnical • Regulation

Geotechnical Classification Testing

27th September 2023
Geotechnical

The G&W Guide to… Soakaway Offset

13th September 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Regulation

The G&W Guide to… Chalk Dissolution

6th September 2023
Geotechnical • Industry matters

The G&W Guide to… Engineering in Chalk

30th August 2023
Geotechnical

UK Construction… Landscape 2023

8th August 2023
Industry matters • News • Regulation

The G&W Guide to… California Bearing Ratio

2nd August 2023
Geotechnical

The G&W Guide to… Radon

26th July 2023
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters • Regulation

Why Preliminary Site Reports Are Vital

19th July 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

The G&W Guide to… Slope Stability

11th July 2023
Geotechnical

Why is modern foundation design conservative?

5th July 2023
Geotechnical • Industry matters • Regulation

The G&W Guide to… Foundation Design

28th June 2023
Geotechnical • Industry matters • Regulation

The G&W Guide to… Ideal Site Investigations

21st June 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

The G&W Guide to… Demountable Rigs

14th June 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

Is Winter Groundwater Monitoring Futile?

31st May 2023
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters

The G&W Guide to… Soakaway Testing

24th May 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

The G&W Guide to… CFA boreholes and MPs

17th May 2023
Geotechnical • Industry matters

The G&W Guide to… Trial Hole Scoping

10th May 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

The G&W Guide to… CPT and CPTu testing

3rd May 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

The G&W Guide to… Trial Pits

25th April 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

The G&W Guide to… SPTs and Dynamic Probes

12th April 2023
Geotechnical

The G&W Guide to… Trial Pit In-situ Testing

6th April 2023
Geotechnical

The G&W Guide to… Sonic & Rotary Drilling

22nd March 2023
Geotechnical • Industry matters

The G&W Guide to… Sustainability

14th March 2023
Geotechnical • Industry matters

The G&W Guide to… Cable Percussion Drilling

28th February 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

The G&W Guide to… Windowless Sampling

22nd February 2023
Geotechnical

The G&W Guide to… Sample Disturbance

14th February 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

The G&W Guide to… Site Investigation Theory

9th February 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

The G&W Guide to… Poor Site Investigation

31st January 2023
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

Christmas.. A time for giving

21st December 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Human resources • News

The G&W Guide to… WASTE MANAGEMENT

15th December 2022
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters • Regulation

The G&W Guide to… WASTE CLASSIFICATION

8th December 2022
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters • Regulation

Asbestos in Certified Topsoil is Criminal

1st December 2022
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters • Regulation

Getting More Out The Ground

23rd November 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

Mental Health Responders

17th November 2022
Human resources • Industry matters

Geology and the Ground Source Heat Pump

10th November 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

Ground Gas is no laughing matter

4th November 2022
Geoenvironmental • Regulation

Ripping up the nutrient neutrality red tape

11th October 2022
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters • Regulation

Happy 13th Birthday, G&W

27th September 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

Basements and Radon in RBKC- what you need to know.

23rd September 2022
Geoenvironmental • Regulation

Chartership with the Geological Society – Why and How 

16th September 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

Loving and Leaving G&W

7th September 2022
Human resources

The Data Issue with Underpinned Basement Projects

30th August 2022
Geotechnical

London Build – the countdown is (still) on…

25th August 2022
Industry matters • News

Three peaks challenge – the ultimate team builder

19th August 2022
Human resources

Business to Business Marketing – is it all that different?

18th August 2022

Rewarding our loyal clients

5th August 2022

Do you have reliance on that report? 

28th July 2022
Industry matters

Grad and Water – the G&W Graduate Scheme

26th July 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

What to do with your Dirt (Good Material Management Practices) 

20th July 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

How hot is too hot to work?

15th July 2022
Industry matters • Regulation

What NOT to say to a Geotechnical Engineer

8th July 2022
Industry matters

The small change to your SI that could save the planet

7th July 2022
Industry matters

Gas Membrane Installation – it’s Trickier than you think…

1st July 2022
Geoenvironmental • Regulation

How to avoid nasty ground conditions surprises

27th June 2022
Geoenvironmental

Women in Engineering Day – by a Woman in Engineering

22nd June 2022
Human resources • Industry matters

Different Ground Types as Drinks

20th June 2022
Geotechnical

Why fuel price rises are hitting construction harder than most

13th June 2022
Industry matters • News

“Don’t rebuild, refurbish” – Why it isn’t that simple

9th June 2022
Industry matters

Contaminated Land – what’s the standard?

26th May 2022
Geoenvironmental

Ground and Water 3 Peaks Challenge

20th May 2022
News

London Build 2022 – The countdown is on!

19th May 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

How to get your site to drain to soakaways…. efficiently

18th May 2022

How To Scope Your Site Investigation Work

12th May 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

Winter Groundwater Monitoring – What, How, and Why?

3rd May 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Regulation

CPD Session or Sales Pitch?

7th April 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

How cheap can a desk study be?

28th March 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

The Tower of Pisa – the subsidence is chronic but that lean is iconic

15th March 2022
Geotechnical

Is the construction industry finally going green?

7th March 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

Looking to the future

18th February 2022
Human resources

No job too big?

11th February 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • News

Gentlemen… We must do more to keep women safe

3rd February 2022
News

Modelling Contamination – Source Pathway Receptor

20th January 2022
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters

Costs…The elephant in the room

12th January 2022
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

Must a New Year Mean Change?

5th January 2022
News

Singing you a Merry Christmas

21st December 2021
News

That was the year that was

17th December 2021
News

Does Geology Matter?

8th December 2021
Industry matters

Our people define us

2nd December 2021
Human resources • News

Leadership…Position or Mindset?

24th November 2021
Human resources

Climate change action speaks louder than words

17th November 2021
Industry matters

Asbestos, is it a thing of the past?

11th November 2021
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters

The South’s Top Site Investigation Companies

3rd November 2021
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

Benefits of continuous ground gas monitoring

28th October 2021
Geoenvironmental • Regulation

Honing Our Ground Gas Skills Set

20th October 2021
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters

Ground & Water News Autumn 2021

3rd October 2021
Human resources • News

A Hole in One – Why getting the right drilling rig matters!

21st September 2021
Geotechnical • Industry matters

Will working from home be the new normal?

15th September 2021
Human resources • Industry matters

Geotechnical tales of the unexpected

10th September 2021
Geotechnical

Critical thinking is crucial

31st August 2021
Industry matters

Down to Earth Sustainability

19th August 2021
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

The Wonderful World of Walls

10th August 2021
Geotechnical

James and Rig Astley – Together Forever

3rd August 2021
Geotechnical • News

Reducing the flash flood risk

27th July 2021
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters • Regulation

Customer service…listen, adapt, react, deliver

20th July 2021
Industry matters

Ground & Water News July 2021

13th July 2021
Human resources • News

Rite of passage – Technician to Engineer

6th July 2021
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Human resources

Groundwater flood risk needs more focus

29th June 2021
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters • Regulation

We’re a team you can trust

14th June 2021
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

Geomorphology is key to ground modelling

10th June 2021
Geotechnical • Industry matters

Finance – Getting to know your numbers

1st June 2021
Human resources

The Lambeth Group Rocks

26th May 2021
Geotechnical • Industry matters

Good communication saves time and money

18th May 2021
Geoenvironmental • Regulation

Two Wolves… Choosing a positive mindset

4th May 2021
Human resources

Wingardium Leviosa

20th April 2021
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Human resources

Don’t devalue your site investigation

13th April 2021
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters

We are heavy metal detectors

6th April 2021
Geoenvironmental

Parenting your work family

30th March 2021
Human resources

Chalk dissolution…finding the weaknesses

25th March 2021
Geotechnical

Open letter… The week we woke up

16th March 2021
Industry matters

South Downs chalkland surprises

9th March 2021
Geotechnical

Get your validation conditions approved

2nd March 2021
Geoenvironmental • Regulation

Nutrient neutrality… Dream or nightmare?

23rd February 2021
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters

Geology… ‘Love of the Rocks’

16th February 2021
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

Wellbeing in lockdown

9th February 2021
Human resources • Industry matters

Making your basement dream a reality

3rd February 2021
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Regulation

Rain, rain, soakaway…!

27th January 2021
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Regulation

CPD or training… What’s the difference?

19th January 2021
Human resources • Industry matters

Could a lack of mentoring be your Achilles heel?

12th January 2021
Human resources • Industry matters

The end is in sight for COVID

6th January 2021
News

Raise a glass to a better 2021

22nd December 2020
Human resources • News

Be a squirrel not a bull

15th December 2020
Geotechnical • Human resources

Why we need Flood Risk Assessments

2nd December 2020
Geoenvironmental • Regulation

Slope instability – a landslide will bring it down

24th November 2020
Geotechnical

Contracting or Consultancy? That is the question.

18th November 2020
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Human resources

Top tips for pain free trial pits

4th November 2020
Geotechnical • Industry matters

COVID-19 restrictions service update

3rd November 2020
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters • News

Business coaching – What’s it all about?

28th October 2020
Human resources • News

Good employers understand anxiety

21st October 2020
Human resources

Foundations… we learn and you gain

19th October 2020
Geotechnical

Start-up to Grown-up, Ground & Water comes of age

5th October 2020
News

Embracing Vulnerability is a Strength

30th September 2020
Human resources

Risk Assessment Awareness

24th September 2020
Geoenvironmental

Stronger team bonds thanks to lockdown

15th September 2020
Human resources

Anna engineers her future

8th September 2020
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Human resources

Women in Engineering. Let’s Talk About…

1st September 2020
Human resources • Industry matters

Onwards and upwards… Literally

28th August 2020
Human resources • News

Conceptual Site Models simple and highly effective

14th August 2020
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters

Harnessing the Growth Mindset

30th July 2020
Human resources

Dark Satanic Desk Studies

22nd July 2020
Geoenvironmental • Regulation

Space is not the final frontier

15th July 2020
Geotechnical • Regulation

Don’t take ground gas for granted

8th July 2020
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters • Regulation

Emerging from lockdown

22nd June 2020
Human resources • News

Coronavirus – We’re in this together

17th April 2020
Human resources • News

Ground & Water News – Coronavirus mitigation

20th March 2020
Industry matters • News

People make the difference

19th March 2020
Human resources • Industry matters

Construction industry reacts to 2020 Budget

19th March 2020
Industry matters • News

Climate change, we must reverse it!

18th February 2020
Industry matters • News

Roll on the roaring 20s

24th January 2020
News

Ground and Water News – Christmas 2019

9th December 2019
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • News • Regulation

Ground & Water News November 2019

5th November 2019
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • News

Ground & Water News October 2019

8th October 2019
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • News

Ground & Water News

10th September 2019
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • News

Nitrate levels halt Hampshire homes

13th August 2019
Geoenvironmental • Industry matters • News

Keeping Britain clean post Brexit

8th January 2019
News • Regulation

Christmas News 2018

17th December 2018
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • News

Planning update

14th December 2018
Geoenvironmental • Regulation

Developing a small brownfield site?

30th October 2018
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical

Ground & Water NEWS

2nd October 2018
News

Government hasn’t learnt from the Carillion failure!

30th September 2018
Industry matters • News

2018 National Planning Policy Framework

21st August 2018
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Industry matters • Regulation

Permitted Development Rights

1st August 2018
Geoenvironmental • Regulation

Landfill tax – classification is key

19th June 2018
Geoenvironmental • Regulation

Trial pit safety

6th June 2018
Geotechnical • Regulation

Don’t lose sight of planning conditions

1st May 2018
Geoenvironmental • Geotechnical • Regulation

Skills shortages – Don’t blame Brexit

16th April 2018
Industry matters

TCE pollution makes life tricky for the Archers

6th February 2018
Geoenvironmental

We cannot afford another Carillion

30th January 2018
News

Cable percussion rigs – could abuse mean lose?

9th January 2018
Geotechnical • News • Regulation

London Basements – a ‘Titanic’ disaster waiting to happen?

12th December 2017
Regulation

Budget 2017 – Building gets £15 billion

23rd November 2017
News

Asbestos – the UK’s industrial legacy

17th November 2017
Regulation

Building control – are the trade bodies exceeding their remit?

18th October 2017
Regulation

Ground & Water website launches new vision

9th October 2017
News

Chalk slope stability – Don’t Panic Mr Mainwaring!

26th September 2017
News

NQMS – stuck in the starting blocks?

15th February 2017
News

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