Ground Support Services (UK) Ltd

Ground Support Services (UK) Ltd is a specialist drilling contractor serving the geotechnical and civil engineering sectors from Harworth. Its work covers general investigative drilling and more technically demanding ground-support projects.

The company provides restricted-access and conventional rotary open-hole drilling, rotary core drilling, augering, standard penetration testing and sampling, and pre-drilling for piling. It also undertakes packer testing, piezometer installation, ground and gas-water monitoring, and specialist drilling investigations.

Ground treatment is another important part of the service. Published information refers to drilling and grouting mine workings and entries, investigation and treatment of historic mine workings, ground stabilisation, and related geotechnical assistance. Geothermal boreholes and waterwell-related work are also identified in its service descriptions.

The business is suited to commercial, industrial, construction and public-sector projects requiring experienced drilling and ground investigation support. Clients can draw on a contractor familiar with restricted-access work, subsurface investigation and the practical challenges of difficult or previously worked ground.