Terrafirma highlights the risk to properties from mining hazards
Specialist provider adds Con29M-compliant coal mining report to the TerraSearch® suite, offering greater protection to property owners
GeoSmart reveals full extent of groundwater flood risk to property
The environmental reports and data specialist explains how groundwater flooding causes more damage to property, but is the least understood. GeoSmart Information has launched an important new guide that shows the threat from groundwater flooding and how England’s property and vital infrastructure, and therefore its communities, face major economic losses. Built on preliminary analysis from […]
Contaminated Land and Flood Webinar – 07/12/16
According to the Environment Agency, 300,000 hectares of land in England & Wales is affected by industrial contamination. Furthermore, five million people live and work in flood risk areas. Register for our Contaminated Land & Flood webinar where we will look at: Contaminated land, flood and ground stability in property transactions in England & Wales […]
The Garden City Movement
The Garden City Movement was founded by Mr Ebenezer Howard in 1898, after the publication of his book ‘Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Social Reform’ (reissued in 1902 as Garden Cities of To-morrow) (1). In his work, Howard described his idealistic city where people were able to live in harmony with urban development and nature. […]
Groundsure uses expertise to aid humanitarian projects
This year Groundsure is supporting the Humanitarian Open Street Map Team by using our expertise in digitising map data – using aerial imagery to map out roads and pathways in remote areas to help humanitarian crises. Our support will greatly assist medical teams and emergency crews in accessing and delivering aid globally to those in […]
Discounts across all Future Climate Info environmental reports
During November, Searches UK are offering massive discounts across all commercial and residential Future Climate Info Environmental reports!
Floating solar farms
In March this year, construction finished on Europe’s largest floating solar farm on the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. This project by Thames Water took three months to build and comprises around 23,000 solar panels, the size of eight football pitches (Ref 1). The solar farm is expected to produce 5.8 million kilowatt […]
Flood and ground stability webinar
With the winter months now upon us flood is a key risk to consider especially those areas where this was a concern last year.
Greater support for SuDS welcomed, but more holistic flood modelling required
GeoSmart’s Managing Director, Stuart Pearce responds to the recommendations in today’s EFRA Commons Committee Report on Future Flood Prevention.
Shoreham Cement Works
Driving down the A283 towards Shoreham you may have noticed the hauntingly beautiful buildings of the former Shoreham Cement Works. Although partially derelict, the smashed windows, crumbling silos and rusted metalwork tell a story about West Sussex’s industrial significance. Cement Production The production of cement begins with the quarrying of raw materials including limestone, clay […]
Largest flood event in November?
Future Climate Info (FCI) and JBA Risk Management present a morning seminar dedicated to flood risk in its many forms on Thursday 17th November 2016 at the Culture Space, Canada Water, London. Join the FCI team and three industry leaders at this key flood seminar which will take a deeper dive into flooding – outlining […]
SearchFlow launches a new digital environmental report for the commercial property market
SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, launches the first all-encompassing and digital environmental report for the commercial market, which will offer significant time savings for conveyancers and improved transparency for their clients. RiskView Commercial is an “all in one” environmental report, which will analyse four key environmental factors; Contaminated Land, Flood, Ground Hazards and Energy and Infrastructure, […]
Landmark Information Group enhance flood risk analysis with GeoSmart’s 5m groundwater dataset
The leading environmental data provider continues its successful partnership to provide improved insight for property professionals and consultants.
RiskView Commercial launches to reveal environmental risks for commercial property transactions
Supports commercial property conveyancers, owners and investors in identifying and managing environmental risk With over 14,000 commercial new build applications approved on flood zones in the last 12 months, undertaking the right level of environmental due diligence when purchasing a new commercial building is paramount. As such, Landmark Legal Services, the land and property data specialists, […]
Japanese Knotweed: STL mitigates the impact of this growing risk
STL have launched their unique Japanese Knotweed Hazard Alert and associated insurance policy to the conveyancing industry and within an hour of launch orders were received. This alert automatically notifies conveyancers of the risk of Japanese Knotweed at each and every residential property during the transaction process. Conveyancers can then immediately purchase an insurance policy […]
Flooding risks and new build developments
Back in April this year, a planning bill was put forward by MPs which would require all new housing to have their own sustainable drainage systems, rather than allowing developers to simply connect the new housing onto existing systems [1]. The aim of this was to help prevent overburdening the existing systems and decrease the […]
Insurers push for upfront flood risk traffic light system but homebuyers urged to investigate further
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is urging estate agents and property websites to provide up-front information about flood risk, using a simple traffic-light style mark, as it reveals that fewer than one in three people researched the flood risk of the property before buying their current home. Responding to the Association of British Insurers […]
Flood defences affecting property
Annalise Searle of Groundsure provides guidance on flood defences and relevant data required
Himalayan Balsam: explosive stuff!
At Groundsure all employees are given the opportunity to take a day out of their normal work to volunteer in the local community. We chose to get involved in a river clean-up day with Arun and Rother Connections (ARC) Project in Horsham. The Project is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and is a partnership […]
Trade body reaches century milestone with Japanese knotweed qualification
A national trade body has reached a significant milestone after awarding a key professional qualification for the 100th time.
