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A fascinating aspect of the Geotechnical Investigations field is the amount of logistics and planning it takes to deploy to any site. Locally, there are always many factors to consider. However, when travelling further into Africa, you soon realise how many added factors there are that need to be considered.On the 27th of January of this year, our logistics team fired up all cy ...

In December 2021, the Geomech Africa team broke ground in the Free State province in South Africa to conduct Geotechnical Investigations as part of a 2-phase plan to drill for the discovery of quarry materials. These materials are to be used for the construction of new roads and the maintenance and repair of the existing roadway infrastructure. Project manager for the GeoGroup ...

January 2023 | Newsletter Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at the following: Drilling to Source Stone for Road Maintenance. Celebrate the Dedicated - Long Service Awards. Crossing Borders - Malawi Deployment. ...

Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at: Season's Greetings 2022 in Review In the Media: Africa Mining Brief Read all the stories here: ...

NEW IMPLEMENTS TO COMPLEMENT TAILINGS TESTING PORTFOLIOUsed with permission from Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly, and miningweekly.comJournalist: Halima FrostCivil and mining geotechnical service provider GeoGroup has received the first of three new geotechnical surveying implements, which the company has commissioned to complement its range of tailings monitoring equipment.GeoGr ...

THE OKAVANGO-MAKGADIKGADI COMPLEX, BOTSWANAThe study of interactions between Incipient Continental Rifting Fluvial Systems and Regional Climate in Southern Africa.Geomechanics was appointed by WHOI (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) to undertake Sonic and Diamond core drilling in soft sediments and potential hard basalt and sandstone in the districts of Khumaga and Maun, Bots ...

Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at: Core Recovery: Adjusting the Method for Maximum Results In the Media: New Implements to Complement Tailing Testing Portfolio Season's Greetings and Holiday Operating Hours Read all the stories here: ...

This year, we had the opportunity to nominate one of our drivers, Jeffrey Maja, for the #ThankYouTrucker competition initiated by IVECO in partnership with The Road Freight Association. This competition runs every year, affording Directors and/or managers the opportunity to nominate their drivers. There are three coveted places at the podium, and our driver Jeffrey Maja was abl ...

Within every industry, there will always be the constant of "change". With that in mind, it is imperative for any business to continually grow and expand its portfolio. As new tech or procedures becomes available, it often requires businesses to leap further into the future in order to provide top-quality services.In recent months, Royal Eijkelkamp, based in the Netherlands, in ...

It is always exciting to take on a new challenge, but it’s not often that challenges come with such a spectacular but distracting view as in the case of this geotechnical contract in Hout Bay that we conducted.Military Road in Hout Bay is a tiny narrow tree-lined street, situated high up on the hillside only accessible from Chapmans Peak Drive. The site which is situated on an ...