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Introducing Groundsure Street Works DRA: simplifying Desktop Risk Assessments

The Street Works UK Material Classification Protocol has introduced a mandatory, risk-based approach to the classification and management of excavated waste. For organisations carrying out applicable street works, one of the key requirements is completing a Desktop Risk Assessment (DRA) during the planning stage, before excavation begins.

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mining
non-coal mining
5 min

Property at Risk from Norwich’s Hidden Chalk Mining Legacy

Mining in Norfolk’s county town is suggested to date back as early as the 12th Century. However, across the county, there is

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Geology
mining
non-coal mining
5 min

Tin Mining Remediation for Cornwall Business Park

Part of the challenge of assessing past tin mining activity is that its history stretches back thousands of years and yet effective

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mining
non-coal mining
8 min

Mining Under Metroland – London’s Chalk Mines and Property Risk

London is perhaps the best example of where a landscape has been built over for millennia, but would you associate chalk mining

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Climate
environmental
Geology
9 min

Coastal Erosion & Climate Change: Our Differing Geology and Future Community Impacts.

What are the dangers of coastal erosion? As an island nation, we are rightly proud of our coastline. Our majestic cliffs, estuaries,

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Geology
mining
non-coal mining
7 min

Nottingham: The House of Caves

Tig Guocobauc, or House of Caves as it translates, was the name given to the city of Nottingham by the chronicler to

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mining
non-coal mining
1 min

Brick works, clay pits and quarries: A case study of properties in Cardiff

Would you be surprised if we told you that 21.11% of all properties in Cardiff lie within our non-coal alert area? The

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Geology
mining
non-coal mining
5 min

3D geology modelling enables new development to mitigate past mining risk

St Austell in Cornwall has a long history of mining and is home to the world-famous Eden Project which is built within

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Climate
environmental
7 min

COP26: Towards better climate change due diligence in property transactions

With COP26 well underway, we have heard many world leaders’ speeches proclaiming that the time to act and deliver on our promises

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Geology
mining
non-coal mining
1 min

Ardwick lime works: A Manchester case study

Would you be surprised if we told you that more properties are at risk from non-coal mining activity in Greater Manchester than

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Geology
mining
non-coal mining
1 min

Redcliffe sandstones caves: A Bristol case study

Did you know that over 170,000 properties within Bristol are potentially at risk from non-coal mining activity? That’s more than properties at

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Geology
mining
non-coal mining
1 min

Understanding non-coal mining property risks

What if we told you that we hold over 8 Million data points about past potential mining activity that could affect land

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4 min

An Intern’s Experience Working at Groundsure

This year at Groundsure we have worked closely with Reading University to help Alex Harman. Alex is an Environmental Science undergraduate, we

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Geology
mining
non-coal mining
5 min

Recent sinkhole in Norwich: what could be the cause?

In recent years, the term sinkhole is one that has become ever more common in our media headlines. Defined by the Cambridge

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environmental
3 min

Why is the Water Framework Directive important?

The UK’s health, economy and environment rely on clean water. Cleaner rivers, lakes and groundwater should therefore be one of our priorities,

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4 min

Are you really as risk compliant as you think you are?

In September 2020, Groundsure launched GeoRisk, a new suite of mining and ground stability search reports. We took inspiration from recent collapse

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