Underground mapping News & views

Anthrax Contaminated Trial Pit Closes Site. Friday 9 December, 2011

Works at a farm were suspended as equipment and PPE is quarantined.

GEOTEC Surveys Ltd achieve high UVDB Verify assessment scores. Friday 14 October, 2011

On 15th August 2011, GEOTEC Surveys Ltd were subject to an audit, conducted by UVDB Verify, who evaluated our demonstrable compliance to Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) requirements, enabling GEOTEC Surveys to continue operating as a preferred underground mapping supplier on sites owned by Utilities.

GEOTEC Surveys assist Balfour Beatty in their aim to achieve ‘Zero Harm across their businesses by 2012’. Friday 16 September, 2011

Balfour Beatty recently held a “Zero Harm Safety Day” on the Highways Agency’s A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvement Scheme. The Project team, their sub-contractors, local Parish Councillors and pupils from some of the local school were invited to the event at RAF Syerston.

Excavation Protocols and Competence Questioned in Buried Cable Strike Incident. Friday 8 July, 2011

Power Cables have been damaged and severed whilst excavating in preparation for the installation of an underground High Voltage Cable Route.