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
Cable percussive (14 holes)
Bars drawn to scale against the 71.50m deepest hole on our featured projects.

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.

The site from above
The site from above
Borehole record from the project
Borehole record from the project

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