2026 A Year of Opportunity
As the new year of 2026 begins CCGI are looking forwards to another year of growth and opportunity. 2025 provided us with many significant infrastructure projects, further establishing CCGI as a major provider of quality ground investigation data in the UK, and we are already planning siteworks for similar projects in 2026. Of course, all […]
Training for Hand-Arm Vibration Supervision
Exposure to vibration at work through the use of hand-held tools or machines can cause Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS), Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and Dupuytren’s Contracture. Latest available published figures from 2023 recorded that there were 15 new cases of Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome, 115 New cases of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and 120 New cases of […]
New PLG Multi-purpose Drilling Rig
CC Ground Investigations Limited are delighted to announce the arrival of our new PL.G Fraste multipurpose drilling rig with wireline capability. This represents further investment in our fleet, providing safe and reliable state of the art equipment. This new rig provides us with further wireline capability, delivering high quality data to the GI industry. The […]
Charity Football Tournament
In September CC Ground Investigations Ltd were delighted to take part in a one-off Charity Football Tournament. This special event was proudly organised by Solum Surveying Ltd and E G Carter & Co Ltd, with all proceeds going to the Teenage Cancer Trust, a charity that provides life-changing care and support to young people facing […]
A Day in The Life: CCGI Graduates
CCGI recently visited the Eijkelkamp Fraste UK Open Day at their new premises in Kidderminster. Attendees including industry professionals, clients, and partners, were able to meet the UK Eijkelkamp Fraste team along with their colleagues from Royal Eijkelkamp and Fraste. The event provided an opportunity to learn more about the company products and services including […]
Long Service Congratulations
In April 2025, longstanding team members Jim Constantine and Kelly Spear celebrated a joint anniversary. Jim started his drilling career way back in 1984 as an assistant cable percussion and rotary driller . 20 years later he joined CC Ground Investigations as drilling manager, helping select and purchase the first CCGI rotary rig. He now […]
BDA AccreditedDrillers
CC Ground Investigations are delighted to announce that four of our lead drillers, Brett Reeves, Harry Glover, Jefferson Fennell and Terry Hemmings and one drilling support operative, Andy Davies, have passed their recent British Drilling Association (BDA) Audits. So what does this mean? The BDA Audit satisfies key legislation and guidance in the ground investigation […]
A day in the life: CCGI Engineering Geologist Scott Phipps Magill
Along with many of our colleagues in the SI community, CCGI are actively encouraging students to study Geosciences at University and then enter into the industry. So what is the life of a site engineer like? Scott explains a typical day – or night! The day time edition: My day starts quite early! Usually meeting […]
International Women in Engineering Day 2023
In 1919 at the end of the First World War the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) was founded to support women who had been employed as engineers. A change in the law to return women engineers to the home just as their sisters were admitted into the civil service and legal professions, led to the establishment […]
Investigating Coastal Stability
CC Ground Investigations Limited have recently been an integral part of the team delivering ground investigation data to investigate slope instability at Southend-on-Sea. Concept Engineering Consultants Ltd engaged CCGI to carryout multiple Geobor S rotary and cable percussion boreholes to investigate the ongoing cliff instability. The Geological Setting The British Geological Survey (BGS) indicated the […]
A day in the life: CCGI Site Agent Tom Hughes
Site agent Tom Hughes has recently returned to the office after managing a complex ground investigation in Essex. Tom shares his journey with CCGI with us: I’ve been an engineering geologist at CCGI for coming up to 5 years now, starting as a monitoring technician for 6 months and then becoming an engineering geologist through […]
AGS Safety Working Group Award 2023
We have great pleasure in announcing that Liz Withington our Principal Engineering Geologist has been selected as the winner of the AGS – Association of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Specialists Safety Working Group Award 2023. The judges said they were honouring her due to her continued contributions to the SWG, preparing and co-authoring safety guidance, magazine articles, providing comment and feedback […]
Modular rig to the rescue
A recent site in Eastcombe near Stroud, where a steep failing slope required one of our versatile and adaptable Modular Rigs with lead driller andrew leek and assistant driller Richard Preedy. After carrying all the component parts of the rig, up the slope, our crew assembled the rig to undertake three window sample holes to maximum 6m […]
New Rigs
CC Ground Investigations Limited are delighted to announce the arrival of our new SL Fraste, and our new PL Fraste with wireline capability. Director Mark Carden, Drilling Manager Jim Constantine and mechanical engineer Robert Day travelled up to the headquarters of EIJKELKAMP FRASTE UK for the handover with Business Development manager Kim Smith. This represents […]
International Women in Engineering Day
Today is International Women in Engineering Day, where we are looking towards the future, focusing on the inventors and innovators who will create change for good. International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) was born in 2017 to enable the celebration of women in engineering. #inwed is led by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) which was […]
QR Codes for Rigs
Continuing our 2022 digital journey, CC Ground Investigations Limited are currently adding QR codes to all of our rigs. The QR code will provide our Clients and supervising engineers direct access to all of the rig specific SH&E documentation -saving time, effort and trees! This makes for a more efficient roll out of any new certification and […]
Cable Percussive Rigs
In 2020, CC Ground Investigations Limited increased its cable percussive drilling capacity with the purchase of two more cable rigs. Eighteen months on, and despite the challenges of a pandemic, we now have a thriving team of cable drillers with extensive experience of drilling in the varying ground conditions of the UK. Following further investment this month, […]
CCGI – 20th Anniversary
In June 2001 Mark Carden and Rob Clarke purchased a Terrier rig, 20 years later here’s their story: CCGI 20th Anniversary Story
Above & Beyond Awards 2020
In recognition of the outstanding support and effort over the course of what has been a challenging year for everyone, CCGI has instigated an “Above & Beyond Award”. The Award has been presented to four staff members in recognition of their contribution to the Company during 2020. Each member of staff was nominated by their […]
New Additions to Our Fleet
CCGI are delighted to announce that we have added Geobor-S to our range of drilling services, plus the addition of three new multi-purpose drilling rigs into the fleet. Click on the information sheet for more details: New Drilling Services