Phase 1 Desk Study Redruth Ground Consultants Limited offer a range of environmental and geotechnical services in the Redruth area. Redruth and surrounding areas have seen extensive mining activity in the the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, resulting in elevated levels of Arsenic and other heavy metals. These contaminants can result in costly remedial…
Phase 1 Desk Study St Austell Ground Consultants Limited offer a range of environmental and geotechnical services across the St Austell area, including St Stephen, St Blazey and Fowey. Ground Consultants Limited have completed a number of Phase 1 Desk Studies in the St Austell area, including most recently for the conversion of an agricultural…
Phase 1 Desk Study Hayle Ground Consultants Limited specialise in environmental and geotechnical investigation covering the Hayle area. Ground Consultants Limited have recently completed a number of Phase 1 Desk Studies in the Hayle area. Once such report was commissioned by a local architect to support submission of a planning application for conversion of a…
What is a Phase 2 Site Investigation? Following completion of a Phase 1 Desk Study it may be necessary to commission a Phase 2 site investigation. This is the case if the Phase 1 Desk Study identified potential sources of contamination which require further investigation, an example of such would be predicted high arsenic, or…
The Problem with Arsenic in Cornwall The geology of Cornwall is unique, with todays landscape a relic of both geological and human processes. Heavy metal contamination is present across much of the country, with Arsenic levels varying in accordance with geological formations and their subsequent exploitation in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Although Arsenic has…
