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SOCOTEC UK & Ireland celebrates double success at the Ground Engineering Awards. Thu 06/18/2026 - 11:52 SOCOTEC UK & Ireland is celebrating a double award win at this year's Ground Engineering Awards, as part of an industry-leading partnership that was recognised for both Technical Excellence and Sustainability. The collaborative team of SOCOTEC, GEARS Ltd, Tarmac, and BAM Ground Engineering, received the two prestigious awards for their combined work on the Ravelrig Quarry blasting impact assessment, engagement, and mitigation project. - Technical Excellence Award - Assessment and mitigation of blasting effects to secure consent for the extension to Ravelrig Quarry - Sustainability Award - Ravelrig Quarry blasting impact assessment, engagement and mitigation Working across several Tarmac quarry sites, the team developed enhanced quarry blast models and management strategies. This demonstrated significant improvements over industry standards that had remained largely unchanged for several decade, reflecting a desire to improve the wider industry through the work. Supported by specialist monitoring expertise from Instantel, the project enabled better prediction and management of blasting impacts, while using an evidence-led approach to strengthen community engagement and confidence through transparency. Judges praised the project's innovative approach, highlighting the use of artificial intelligence to transform quarry blasting assessment, delivering substantial carbon reduction benefits while addressing longstanding community concerns. The team was also recognised for their knowledge sharing, including convening an industry conference to disseminate findings, influence national policy and establish a new benchmark for the UK quarrying sector. Commenting on the achievement, the project team said: "This is a fantastic recognition of what can be achieved through collaboration. Bringing together expertise from across GEARS, Tarmac, BAM Ground Engineering, SOCOTEC, Instantel and the wider project team has enabled us to develop and prove new approaches that deliver operational, environmental and social benefits. Having successfully demonstrated these improvements in practice, we are now looking forward to continuing the development and wider roll-out of the methodology across the industry." The awards recognise not only the technical innovation behind the project, but also the wider sustainability benefits, reflecting clear social, policy, and operational improvements and a shared commitment to continuous improvement and industry-wide learning. The success marks a significant milestone for the partnership and reinforces SOCOTEC UK's commitment to supporting solutions that deliver measurable benefits for clients, communities and the environment. Want to find out more? Filter by: Event Type

Testing firm expands with 'milestone' acquisition. A testing, inspection and certification services firm has expanded with a takeover. SOCOTEC UK & Ireland has bought LSTC Group. Bosses say the move has bolstered the company's engineering and asset inspection services offer. They add the "significant milestone" deal will enable Burton-upon-Trent-headquartered SOCOTEC UK & Ireland to "reach a new level of scale and capability in the power transmission and distribution sector". Working from offices on either side of the Irish Sea, SOCOTEC UK & Ireland provides services across sectors including construction, energy, facilities management and rail. Founded in 1954, LSTC - headquartered in Driffield, East Yorkshire - supports transmission owners, distribution network operators, independent connection providers and project developers across the energy infrastructure sector. Its portfolio includes overhead line design and CAD services, geotechnical assessments and asset inspection work. Matthew Marriott, SOCOTEC UK & Ireland chief executive, said: "LSTC's expertise in serving the UK's regulated energy infrastructure sector, combined with their talented team, will significantly strengthen our engineering capabilities and expand our asset inspection offer." Tim Wilkins, LSTC chair, added: "Joining forces with SOCOTEC UK & Ireland provides an exciting opportunity to expand our engineering, design, survey and inspection services." LSTC has further offices in London, Derby, Hull, Tadcaster, Caerphilly and Cape Town. Want your business, product or service to be seen regionally and nationally? Bdaily helps you get your story in front of the right audience, every day. Find out how Bdaily can help Join more than 55,000 subscribers by signing up to our daily bulletin each morning here. Explore these topics. Enjoy the read? Get Bdaily delivered. Sign up to receive our popular Yorkshire & The Humber morning email for free. * Occasional offers & updates from selected Bdaily partners

SOCOTEC UK & Ireland sponsors national PFAS conference. Fri 04/24/2026 - 15:21 Experts from across the UK gathered at the 'PFAS: A Forever Problem?' conference on 22nd April 2026, sponsored by SOCOTEC UK & Ireland, alongside ATG Group and Puragen. Held at the National Brownfield Institute at the University of Wolverhampton, the conference consisted of multiple interesting talks and presentations throughout the day by various individuals and organisations collectively invested in the future of PFAS remediation technologies and testing capabilities, followed by interactive panels. Attendees included those working in academia researching PFAS, MPs working with the government regarding PFAS regulations, and organisations producing new PFAS remediation technologies. SOCOTEC's igloo presentation and exhibitor stand promoting its work in PFAS testing and analysis was accompanied by a number of other exhibitors: ATG Group, Puragen, CDE, DESOTEC, Analytix, HUESKER, Cornelsen, Mantisonix, 2Encapsulate and Intrapore. SOCOTEC's Tim Barnes, Operations and Commercial Director, gave an introductory talk about the importance of the conference and the necessity of working collectively towards remediating PFAS. The solution to PFAS is found in collaboration through events like this. Labs, academia, government - society as a whole is needed to crack this problem. Tim Barnes, Operations and Commercial Director at SOCOTEC Geraint Pumford, technical specialist at SOCOTEC, was a panellist for the discussion about PFAS remediation technologies, focusing on the future of PFAS and the regulations needed to enforce the implementation of these potential solutions. With PFAS posing an issue as a significant pollutant, impacting the environment, this event was fundamental for networking and bringing together ideas about the future of PFAS remediation and analytical advancements to protect human health. This PFAS Conference proved to be an outstanding success. The innovative solutions and testing expertise demonstrated what's possible when diverse experts get together with genuine enthusiasm. SOCOTEC is proud to be part of this conversation driving practical, science-based solutions to the PFAS challenge. Amy Parekh-Pross, Technical Associate and Chemistry Project Manager at SOCOTEC Want to find out more? Filter by: Event Type