You’d be forgiven for thinking Geoinvestigate’s geotechnical engineer was on the French Riviera this week, rather she was in sunny North Yorkshire near Scarborough carrying out a slope stability assessment for a bespoke housing development with spectacular sea views. Cable percussion drilling confirmed 1.8m of clayey made ground liable perhaps to surface creep underlain by competent firm to stiff Boulder Clay exceeding 15m depth with no evidence of pre-existing landslip – the jobs a goodun!
