Commercial & Industrial
RHS Wisley, Surrey
Ground investigation and foundation
design recommendations for the new glasshouse structures and an ornamental
lake at RHS Wisley.. 
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Various Food and Clothing Retail Outlets
Various investigations as part of refurbishment works to existing retail outlets. Generally comprised intrusive investigation to confirm the existing floor slab construction detail, underlying ground conditions and provide bearing capacity recommendations for internal structural works. Many projects necessitated use of restricted access plant and equipment as well as night time working.
Retail & Service Station, Hayes, Middlesex
Pre - planning assessment of a 3.6ha former distribution site which is to be redeveloped with a number of units comprising a Retail Store, Industrial/Warehouse unit and Petrol Filling Station.
National Theatre, London
Ground investigation for a proposed
basement and two to three storey extension to the rear of the National Theatre,
one of the South Bank’s iconic engineering structures. read
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Dorchester Hotel, London
Investigation to enable the foundation design of proposed extensions to existing basements and service tunnels. Cable percussive and window sampler boreholes carried out in and around basement areas using modular electric powered breakdown rigs, with associated geotechnical laboratory testing and report.
New Business Park, Banbury, Oxfordshire
Phase I Desk Study, Walkover Survey and Phase II Contaminated Land Investigation on the site of a proposed Business Park development. Windowless sampler boreholes, installation of monitoring wells, and in-situ and DCP CBR tests with laboratory analysis and factual report.
Light Industrial Units, Andover, Hampshire
Phase 1 Desk Study and Preliminary Phase II Contaminated Land Ground Investigation on a 1Ha former manufacturing site in Andover, which was to be redeveloped with light industrial units.
Anaerobic Digestion Plant, Broughton Astley, Leicester
Investigation to establish foundation design and soakage parameters at a former farm site, prior to the proposed construction of an anaerobic digestion plant. Excavation of trial pits, with in-situ testing and sampling. Geotechnical and contamination laboratory analysis and interpretative reporting.
Warehouse Refurbishment, Feltham, London
The site operates as a trading estate comprising 16 light production/warehouse units used for storage and distribution, wholesalers, light engineering and office space. A ground investigation including sampling and compressive strength testing of concrete cores taken from the existing floor slabs, together with boreholes to prove the underlying soil conditions was required as part of refurbishment works.
Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, Hampshire
This project incorporated a massive mixed use development comprising over 95 retail outlets, a 14 screen cinema, night club, amusement areas, restaurants, hotel, housing and apartments located on the former waterfront naval base site. Southern Testing were appointed to undertake the Main Ground Investigation which comprised over 30 Cable Percussive and 15 Rotary Boreholes to depths of up to 50m, 50 trial pits and trenches, as well as overwater probing and borehole investigation works. Several supplementary ground investigations were undertaken by Southern Testing during the development, which included an inclined rotary borehole investigation for the pedestrian access tunnel beneath the railway line.
Belle Tout Light House, East Sussex
Due to continuing erosion threatening the future of the building the lighthouse was moved 17 metres (56 feet) back from the edge of the cliff during an impressive jacking and sliding operation performed by Abbey Pynford. Southern Testing were appointed to undertake the ground investigation to assess foundation bearing conditions and soil parameters for the relocated structure.
