Unexploded Ordnance Clearance Services

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Fugro Engineering Services provide a complete in house Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) site clearance service using the latest technology and experienced professional staff, from desk study, surface UXO investigation, in situ UXO investigation and managing UXO disposal.

We offer complete advice on how to economically mitigate against UXO risk using Fugro's extensive experience in geophysics, drilling and Magnetometer Cone Penetration Testing (Magcone).

Piling, excavations and drilling has a significant safety risk from unexploded bombs on some sites in the major cities and near Luftwaffe bombing targets. World War II and subsequent military activities have created a legacy of unexploded ordnance (UXO) that still pose a risk to construction activities sixty years on.

Our primary UXO services are surface Geophysics and Magcone probing. These are mainly used before excavation or piling to ensure large aerial-delivered unexploded bombs are not encountered. Our Magcone is a totally new and much improved magnetometer housed in an ultra-low diameter cone fabricated from exceptionally high quality non-magnetic metals. The result is the highest standards of safety at a lower cost.

Our Magcone incorporates conventional geotechnical cone penetrometer measurements along allowing soil engineering information to be obtained at each UXO probe location. The information, if properly incorporated, can result in cost savings being realised for the foundation phase of the development