Fast, design-led soakaway testing to keep drainage design moving and programmes on track.
Soakaway testing is rarely a box-ticking exercise. It sits directly on the critical path between planning, drainage design and technical approval.
Our service is built around one objective: getting reliable infiltration data into the hands of designers as quickly as possible.
By prioritising rapid mobilisation and high-speed reporting, we ensure your civil and drainage engineers have the reliable data they need to progress without the weeks of waiting that often stall project timelines.
Where infiltration results are marginal or ground conditions are complex, we provide technical input to help teams understand what the data actually means for layout, drainage strategy and construction.
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Testing is mobilised quickly and aligned with project timescales.
Test locations and depths are agreed to support drainage and earthworks design, not just minimum compliance.
Results are interpreted in the context of infiltration feasibility and drainage strategy.
Where infiltration is constrained, we support teams in understanding implications and alternative approaches.
Soakaway testing, also known as infiltration testing, is undertaken to determine how quickly water can drain into the ground and whether infiltration drainage solutions are viable.
Soakaway testing results provide the essential data needed to secure planning and technical approvals while informing drainage design and construction strategy.
Our reporting offers definitive clarity, confirming that infiltration will work as intended or identifying exactly what adjustments are required to your strategy to maintain project momentum.
While scope is always tailored to each project, our testing packages provide a comprehensive data set to support your design team:
We provide targeted support at every milestone to ensure ground conditions never stall your progress.
Early-stage testing to support planning submissions and develop viable infiltration strategies.
Engineering-grade data to inform detailed drainage design and secure Section 104/38 technical approvals.
Final verification of ground conditions prior to earthworks and drainage installation to confirm design assumptions.
Targeted testing and technical interpretation where infiltration feasibility is uncertain or disputed by regulators.
We quickly review site details, access and objectives, and get our team on-site within 1 week of instruction.
Our engineers undertake soakaway testing at agreed locations and depths required to inform and validate your drainage design.
Receive your report within 2 working days of site works, keeping your programme on schedule.
Ongoing support where required, to clarify and discuss results of complex or marginal data.
We provide the expertise to simplify complex challenges for faster approvals of tough planning requirements.
Still have any questions about soakaway testing or planning?
We aim to attend site within 1 week of instruction, subject to access and ground conditions.
Reports are issued within 2 working days of completing site works.
Yes. Testing and reporting are undertaken to support planning submissions and drainage design.
If infiltration is marginal, we provide expert technical input to help your team interpret the data and explore alternative drainage strategies or modified site layouts.
Yes. We regularly coordinate testing with civil engineers, drainage designers, and groundworks contractors to ensure testing depths and locations align with your proposed scheme.
