Why Vacuum Excavation Is The Earth Moving Equipment You Need

Why Vacuum Excavation Is The Earth Moving Equipment You Need

Throughout the last few years, practising safe excavation has quickly become an essential part of Civil Engineering projects. Unfortunately, with our roads and pavements becoming increasingly crowded, choosing the correct earth moving equipment to ensure that safe...
How To Carry Out A Ground Penetrating Radar Survey

How To Carry Out A Ground Penetrating Radar Survey

For work that may involve excavation around live underground services, a Ground Penetrating Radar Survey using technology, is ideal for identifying what is underneath the road surface, prior to excavation. Using a two-tool approaching, assessing the land with a cable...
Why Vacuum Digging Is A Safer Alternative

Why Vacuum Digging Is A Safer Alternative

Vacuum Digging has an array of many safety benefits over the more traditional digging practices when working with underground cables. Safe Digging When a construction site has underground cables that need to be exposed for maintenance or upgrades, Vacuum Digging is...
How To Produce A Safe Excavation

How To Produce A Safe Excavation

Safe excavation techniques are quickly becoming an essential process on construction and new build sites and so, the PIER (UK) team have taken a closer look at the process. Safe Excavation – Safety First Before breaking the ground, construction contractors need to...
Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys

Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys

Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys are quickly becoming vastly popular when needed to identify potential safety hazards underground, but what are GPR Surveys? Undertaking a Ground Penetrating Radar Survey Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys scan the ground underneath the...
PIER (UK) Renew FORS Accreditation For Vacuum Excavation Fleet

PIER (UK) Renew FORS Accreditation For Vacuum Excavation Fleet

PIER (UK) are delighted to announce that we have renewed our FORS accreditation for our Vacuum Excavation fleet for 2017. Following on from a thorough audit from the FORS team, we have successfully continued on with our existing bronze status. Vacuum Excavation Fleet...