Chrisp Street Market
A £280 million redevelopment of this famous market in east London
- Location
- East London
- Client
- Telford Homes plc
- Date of investigation
- May and Nov 2019
- Scope
- Combined geotechnical and environmental investigation
A £280 million redevelopment of this famous market in east London, to include refurbishing current shops and increasing the size of the market, increasing affordable homes, a new cinema and residential apartments.
The investigation included the following:
- Phase 1 Desk Study (Preliminary Risk Assessment)
- Phase 2 intrusive investigation including 14 cable percussive boreholes to 45m depth and 15 shallow window sampler boreholes for environmental assessment
- Geotechnical interpretative report including foundation recommendations and design parameters
- Environmental assessment
Depth reached
45m
Bars drawn to scale against the 71.50m deepest hole on our featured projects.Cable percussive (14 holes)
A busy, live site
We undertook a combined geotechnical and environmental investigation on a busy, live site, requiring close liaison with tenants, property owners, the highways authority and the local authority.


