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LIV Lanseria Community Outreach

The GeoGroup recently organized an outreach program to support LIV Lanseria, a South African village dedicated to caring for orphaned and vulnerable children.  LIV Lanseria fosters a nurturing environment where children can grow into healthy individuals and future leaders.Our team of volunteers spent a fun-filled afternoon with the kids and staff at LIV Lanseria.  We kicked thi ...

March 2024 | Newsletter

Our March newsletter is now available online. In this issue, we look at: Success Story: GMU Completes Geotechnical Surveys for Kingfisher Feederline Project New to CPTu Testing: The Bumblebee Marooka Track-Based CPT-150 Branch Focus: Geomechanics Uganda LIV Lanseria Community Outreach ...

Human Rights Day 2024

Human Rights Day reminds us of the declaration we made as a country guaranteeing fundamental rights for all. Safeguarding these rights is an ongoing act, and not an easy one. It is one we can only do when we work together. We must stand against discrimination, amplify those voices not easily heard, and hold ourselves accountable. More specifically, in South Africa, it's a time ...

Branch Focus: Western Cape

OUR CAPE TOWN BRANCH: DELIVERING EXPERTISE IN GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONSEstablished in 2017 and led by Brett Mannix, our Cape Town branch is a trusted partner for geotechnical investigations throughout the Western Cape. We have a proven track record of success on diverse projects, from inland developments to coastal endeavours.Our team has played a key role in major projects, ...

February 2024 | Newsletter

In this issue, we look at the following: Success Story: Triumphs in Rehabilitating Chapman's Peak Drive Extensometer Exploration Training: Drilling & Geologists Branch Focus: Western Cape Province Human Rights Day ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

October 2023 | Newsletter

Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at the following: Olifantsnek | Geotechnical drilling Dissipation testing | How and why Our branches Steelpoort community outreach Read all the articles here: ...

Arbor Week | Tree Donations

For our contribution to Arbor Week in early September, the GeoGroup donated ten trees to Resthaven Ministries located in Rossettenville in the South of Johannesburg. These ten trees were delivered to their premises where our team members dug the holes and planted the trees for the residents of both the retirement home and the orphanage. In a few years' time, these trees would h ...