Slopes and Open Cast Mines
Athens to Thessaloniki Highway (Greece)
A major rockfall incident occurred within the Tempe Gorge section of the Thessaloniki Highway in December 2009. Geo-Design (UK) provided support to Geo-Design (Thessaloniki), who had been appointed as technical advisor to the Public Prosecutor to review and investigate the … Continue reading
Clifton Suspension Bridge, UK
CLIENT : Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Specialist advisor to the Bridge Trust to assess the existing stability state of the slopes which support the bridge abutments. Initial stability assessment, with subsequent detailed mapping of slopes to assess maintenance requirements and … Continue reading
Housing Development Rock Slope (Jersey)
Geo-Design (UK) undertook an investigative assessment of a rock slope failure adjacent to a low-rise residential development. This included geomorphological mapping, trial pits, supervision of cored boreholes, outcrop mapping and rock mass characterisation. Geological and rock mass models were developed … Continue reading
Quarry, St Helier, Jersey
Geo-Design were involved in an investigation of deep-seated failure in an old quarry rock slope in the centre of St Helier, Jersey. Geo-Design (UK) undertook geomorphological mapping, trial pits, supervision of cored boreholes, outcrop mapping and rock mass characterisation. Development … Continue reading
Aznalcollar and Los Frailes Mines, Seville (Spain)
Aznalcollar Mine is a zinc-producing mine which was operational as an open-pit mine from the early 1970s to 1996. The Los Frailes orebody was discovered to the east of the Aznalcollar mine in the late 1980’s, and was developed into … Continue reading