Residential
Supporting Safe, Efficient and Deliverable Housing Projects
The drive to meet the UK Government’s ambition of delivering 1.5 million homes this parliament, coupled with a national focus on brownfield and “grey belt” development, means residential sites increasingly present complex geotechnical challenges. Variable ground conditions, steep topography, historical land use, and the need to optimise developable land all demand robust geotechnical input.
North Geotechnics provides the technical expertise to unlock sites, reduce risk, and maximise development potential from concept planning through to construction.
Retaining Wall Design
Retaining walls are often essential to make sloping or constrained sites developable, enabling the creation of level platforms and the efficient use of land.
North Geotechnics provides a range of retaining wall solutions covering gravity, embedded, reinforced soil and hybrid systems. We can also provide construction-issue design packages, specifications and drawings.
Earthworks Design and Specification
Effective earthworks strategies are fundamental for safe, cost‑effective housing delivery—particularly for brownfield and variable sites.
North Geotechnics covers full earthworks specifications, testing and validation. We specify relationship and classification testing to maximise reuse of site won materials.
Shallow and Deep Foundation Design
Foundation selection can significantly influence project cost and programme. As experts in foundation engineering, North Geotechnics provides reliable, independent bearing capacity assessments, settlement analysis and foundation design for deep, shallow and hybrid foundation types.
Slope Stability and Stabilisation
Modern residential developments frequently occupy undulating or steep ground. Understanding and mitigating slope stability hazards is essential to avoid risk during construction and long‑term operation.
North Geotechnics provides detailed stability analysis for natural and engineered slopes. Design of slope stabilisation including soil nails and facing systems, retaining walls and reinforced soil. Temporary and permanent excavation stability assessments.
Working Platform Design
Residential construction often involves heavy tracked plant such as piling rigs, cranes and earthmoving machinery. Poorly designed working platforms pose serious safety risks, including overturning and collapse.
North Geotechnics offers robust, compliant working platform designs that are optimised for the ground conditions, with clear drawings and specifications.