Ground, water and heat – investigated, analysed, verified to standard.
We plan and supervise the investigation in the field – cone penetration tests, boreholes, window sampling – and combine the results with what geological maps, borehole archives, terrain models and satellite images reveal about the site. The outcome is geotechnical reports, environmental investigations, heat source studies and site-specific feasibility studies – traceable to DIN 4020, Eurocode 7, EBV and VDI 4640.
Send a project enquiryGround Engineering
Ground investigation reports for residential, industrial, energy supply, transport and utility projects – from the investigation plan to the foundation recommendation.
- Geotechnical report to DIN 4020
- Geotechnical verifications to Eurocode 7
- Optimisation of the investigation
- Settlement analysis and settlement simulation
- Excavation design · support · anchors
- Dewatering concept and permit application
- Verification of safety against uplift
- Infiltration design to DWA-A 138-1
- Pile design · deep foundations
- Wind turbine foundations · rotational stiffness
- HDD crossings · microtunnelling · inverted siphons
- Road and railway construction · mast foundations
Environment
Excavated soil, groundwater and contaminated sites – investigated before the planning application, monitored during construction and documented for disposal.
- Classification of excavated soil EBV · DepV
- Assessment of suspected contaminated sites
- Contaminated sites register · historical investigation
- Multi-temporal aerial photo analysis
- Preliminary investigation
- Detailed investigation
- Groundwater monitoring wells · installation and survey
- Data loggers and continuous monitoring
- Concrete aggressiveness of groundwater and soil DIN 4030
- Discharge parameters · water-law permit
- Obtaining and evaluating UXO clearance information
- Soil protection plan DIN 19639 · BBodSchV
Geothermal Energy
Feasibility and sizing of heat sources – calculated over 25 years, or over the service life where required, not over a single heating season.
- Heat source feasibility study
- BHE field · borehole spacing
- Thermal recharge · balance ratio
- Horizontal ground collector below the floor slab
- Energy piles
- Surface-water heat · groundwater heat pump
- Optimisation and comparison of sources
- Numerical simulation over 25 years or the service life
- Thermal response test
- Forecast of capital and operating costs
- Notification § 49 WHG · permit § 8 WHG · VDI 4640
- Funding eligibility check BEW · BEG
Feasibility Studies
Before the first borehole: what maps, archives and images already say about a site – and where the investigation needs to focus.
- Geological desk study
- Optimisation of the investigation based on the desk study
- Geological map interpretation
- Borehole archive and database research
- Digital terrain model · LiDAR
- Satellite image time series · change detection
- Cluster analysis of homogeneous soil zones
- Georeferenced ground model
- Site and route comparison
- Options study
- Risk indicators before the investigation
- Due diligence before land acquisition
How we work
From the available data through the investigation to the verification.
Available data
- Geological maps
- Borehole archives
- Terrain model · LiDAR
- Satellite images · time series
- Historical land use
Investigation
- Investigation plan
- RKS · DPH · CPT
- Groundwater monitoring wells
- Sampling
- Laboratory testing programme
Data analysis
- Classification DIN 18196
- Correlation of exploratory points
- Cluster analysis
- Ground model
- Homogeneous zones
Calculation
- Settlement · bearing failure
- Uplift · dewatering
- Excavation support · anchors
- Numerical simulation
- Comparison of options
Verification
- Geotechnical report
- Design sheet for each site
- Geotechnical cross-section
- Map set
- Recommendations and risks
Current references
ALL REFERENCES →| Project | Scope | Year | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind farm with several wind turbines, Saxony-Anhalt | CPT and RKS at each location · rotational stiffness · settlement and tilt | 2026 | Geotechnics |
| Underground cable route for a data centre, Brandenburg | 55 RKS · 30 DPH · CPT · geophysics · 9 HDD crossings | 2026 | Geotechnics |
| Two battery energy storage systems at ground-mounted PV plants, Saxony-Anhalt | several dozen containers of approx. 40 t each · 20 RKS · 16 CPT · 16 DPH | 2026 | Geotechnics |
| District heating river crossing by microtunnelling, Brandenburg | 2 RKS · 4 CPT · deep excavations · geotechnical verifications | 2026 | Geotechnics |
| Heat sources for a hotel and four villas, Baltic coast, Schleswig-Holstein | 2 studies · collector · BHE field 25 years · energy piles · seawater heat pump | 2026 | Feasibility |
| Excavated soil for a new bridge, Brandenburg | 10 composite samples · classification to EBV · disposal plan | 2025 | Environment |
Talk to us about your project
Wind farm, route, industrial hall, BHE field or contaminated site: send us the location and the task – we will propose the scope and sequence of the investigation.
Send a project enquiryGoerzallee 299 · 14167 Berlin
+49 157 88 330112
info@geostudys.com