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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]Balancing a set of challenges was the key to this successful project as high voltage power lines had to be navigated safely on the way to trenches cut into complex colluvial geology. The addition of a metal...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]Rail infrastructure scheme which required archaeological monitoring due to the proximity of the works to potentially significant remains.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_column_text] Project Details The scheme was centred on Rochester Rail station. We monitored all significant groundworks in order to record and investigate archaeological remains. The site lies on...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]This scheme will transform the current School site. As with many such applications, the new buildings have to be created whilst existing school buildings remain in use. The playing fields are often utilised for at least part of the re-build, as was...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]We offer a fully in-house service which encompasses all aspects of commercial archaeological works from desk-based to geophysical survey and seamlessly onto evaluation trenching and open area excavation.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_column_text]Project Summary  The 100-hectare site at Norwood Farm was the first large-scale geophysical survey undertaken by our...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]A programme of archaeological mitigation was urgently needed by a consortium of housing developers in order to ensure that their development schedule remained on track. Their archaeological Consultant had agreed a scope of works with the local authority archaeological advisor and we...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]On sites where the archaeological risk is an unknown, a variety of techniques need to be employed. Headland has a range of in-house expertise to call upon for our clients.  We can design an integrated programme of archaeological works to directly address...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]Large-scale development usually has a critical path. The programme and sequence must be followed to ensure the project does not suffer delays. Archaeology, badly managed, can be seen as an obstacle holding up other contractors up. Headland has a different approach to...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]Supporting our clients through the planning process often results in us providing expert witness at planning appeals. Headland has a full-time dedicated Expert Witness, and a track record of success at public inquiries.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_column_text] Project Summary Headland continues to work with RES (UK & Ireland)...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="introtext"]Headland has in depth experience of providing archaeological input in advance of the construction of many of the largest road schemes in the UK in recent years and we are now transferring our skills in dealing with linear schemes to the rail...