The Problem With Geotechnical Desk Studies — and Why I Built GeoScreen

I've spent nearly twenty years in the ground — boreholes, trial pits, desk studies, risk assessments, planning submissions. And over that time, one issue kept coming up again and again. In construction, ground risk is one of the biggest sources of cost and uncertainty. Get it right early — before land is acquired, before planning

By |2026-09-22T16:49:29+00:00June 17th, 2026|Design, Featured, Geoscience, Geoscreen, News, Technology|Comments Off on The Problem With Geotechnical Desk Studies — and Why I Built GeoScreen

12 ground risks that can affect your development site — and what the data actually show

Ground risk is one of the most underestimated challenges in property development. When we first wrote about this back in June, GeoScreen screened for nine geohazards, across England only. Since then the platform has grown: two further geohazards have been added — surface water flood risk and aggressive ground conditions — a separate Source Protection

By |2026-09-22T16:45:41+00:00June 14th, 2026|Geoscience, News|Comments Off on 12 ground risks that can affect your development site — and what the data actually show
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