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Code of Ethics

GeoGroup and its companies are committed to the following Code of Ethics.WHEREVER WE OPERATE WE WILL:Develop, implement and maintain management systems for health, safety and the environment that are consistent with internationally recognised standards which enable us to: Identify, assess and manage risks to employees, contractors and the environment. Strive to achieve lead ...

Staff Awards 2023

At the end of 2023, we celebrated our annual staff year awards to acknowledge the diverse strengths our team exhibited. It has been a long-standing tradition to celebrate our entire team but also to celebrate those individuals who went above and beyond as voted for by their peers.Here are the categories and the winners who earned these titles:🌳THE BEANSTALK AWARD, awarded to t ...

Training to Win | Ready for 2024

Investing in our staff's preparedness through proper training like first aid, crane operation, and Cone Penetration Testing (CPT), to name a few, is not just about ticking compliance boxes; it's about prioritizing a culture of education and safety that becomes a very important aspect of our onsite operations.Equipping the team with first aid skills empowers them to be immediate ...

Geotechnical Instrumentation: Safety & Stability

By Schalk Prinsloo (Geotechnician for Terra Monitoring) Geotechnical instrumentation plays a crucial role in ensuring the stability and safety of civil engineering structures, from dams and bridges to tunnels and skyscrapers. The advent of advanced technologies has brought about a paradigm shift in monitoring techniques, allowing for more precise and near real-time data coll ...

January 2024 | Newsletter

Wishing all our staff and clients a happy and prosperous new year! In this issue, we look at the following: Geotechnical Instrumentation: Safety and Stability Training to Win | Ready for 2024 Annual Staff Awards Our Code of Ethics To read the full publication, ...

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

A new addition to our equipment and services list is Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR).Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a non-destructive geophysical method that uses radar pulses to image the subsurface. It is a powerful tool for geotechnical investigations, as it can provide high-resolution images of buried objects and structures.How GPR works:GPR works by transmitting radar pu ...

In the Media | Terra Monitoring

Tailings monitoring tech making headway in African miningFrom Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly Geotechnical instrumentation supplier, installer and monitoring company Terra Monitoring – a subsidiary of geotechnical services group GeoGroup – is installing a ShapeArray electronic monitoring system for a mining company in South Africa. ShapeArrays monitor the deformation of soils a ...

About ShapeArray™

Terra Monitoring, a sister company of GeoGroup is now an installer of ShapeArray™.ShapeArray™ are automated inclination monitoring instruments that are widely used to measure the deformation of soil and structures in the Geotechnical Monitoring fields. They are particularly well-suited for long-term monitoring applications due to their durability and reliability. These units ca ...

November 2023 | Newsletter

Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at the following: New to Terra Monitoring | ShapeArray™ In the media | Creamer Media New additions | Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Holiday closing dates To read now, ...

Steelpoort community outreach

We recently had the privilege of participating in a heartwarming community upliftment initiative at a rural preschool in Steelpoort, South Africa. As a team, we were excited to donate educational items, blackboards, whiteboards, furniture, and a soft carpet to the preschool. We also donated food parcels and a gas stove so that the teachers would have the tools to prepare meals ...