Site investigation contractor Ground Engineering has finished a series of site investigations for Essex County Council for bridge strengthening and replacement schemes across the county.
Working from its Newmarket and Peterborough offices, the firm carried out investigations using standard tripod and in-house restricted access cable percussion tool boring rigs. In some locations work was undertaken from a scaffold platform.
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