Why Mining Legacy Still Catches Developers Out in 2026

I'm based in County Durham, so mining legacy comes up a lot. Most of the deep pits closed decades ago, and the ground they left behind usually looks like any other field, playing field or housing estate. You'd never know it was there. It's one of the best-recorded ground risks we have, and it still

By |2026-10-06T17:07:33+00:00October 6th, 2026|Design, Geoscience, Geoscreen, News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Why Mining Legacy Still Catches Developers Out in 2026

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
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