Our local Hope Valley area, and Derbyshire & South Yorkshire in general, have taken a battering with a month's worth of rain in a day. Lots of flooding in Hope Valley, homes inundated and some roads washed away.

Out trial pitting in South Yorkshire today for a new client to establish ground conditions to assist their structural engineer with foundation design for a new dwelling. Found good ground, so everyone happy.

Autumn has arrived in the Peak District. A great area to be based in.

September was a good month with some interesting projects and great outcomes. October continues with more technical risk assessment work, site investigations, RemStrats, CMRAs and desk studies. Thank you to all our clients old and new.

Successful day of pre-purchase trial pitting yesterday (following on from a Phase 1) on a smallish development plot (4 units). Always good to help a client make sure they know what they are buying. Information will also assist with planning condition discharge after purchase.

Out trial pitting in Cheshire today on a development site and got rained on! (but only for a short time. Five trial pits excavated and a very happy client (ground conditions much better than they thought they would be).