How Igne battled birds and bombs in the Orkney Islands
In 2020, Igne's UK land team took on an atypical project in the Orkney Islands. While the services provided were normal (UXO risk mitigation ), some …
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Supporting the safe construction of a hybrid solar windfarm
Igne’s unexploded ordnance threat mitigation team has been working to support a valued client as they develop a new hybrid solar windfarm.
Drilling a water borehole for the world’s largest beverage company
To facilitate the production of the world’s largest beverage company's specific vapour-distilled water product, into which electrolytes are added, Igne…
Drilling Supervisor Neil Snowball increases efficiency by 350%
We caught up with Neil this week to find out how he managed to increase the efficiency of a predrilling process by 350%!
Refurbishing water boreholes
As well as drilling boreholes and inspecting and maintaining them, the teams at Igne are often called to wells that need refurbishment.
Intrusive surveys to support Rochester Airport’s expansion plans
Rochester Airport's expansion plans have been supported by Igne who were called to conduct intrusive UXO surveys.
Supporting the development of A roads - a case study
Igne supported Balfour Beatty’s developments to the A63 in Hull by providing unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk mitigation services.
Reinjection borehole at Lord's
A team from Igne worked on site at Lord’s cricket ground in London; they drilling a new reinjection borehole for an open loop ground source heating system…
How a borehole saved AkzoNobel £65,000
Igne helped AkzoNobel apply to the Environment Agency to increase abstraction rates, and then installed a pump capable of pumping 50 million litres a …
Care home reduces water bill with borehole
We helped a care home reduce their mains water reliance and subsequent high costs by installing a private water borehole.
How to remove iron from drinking water
The presence of iron in ground water is a direct result of its natural existence in underground rock formation; here's how to treat borehole water to …
Repairing a water borehole
We repaired a water borehole for a commercial client after one of their boreholes was damaged during service works; the contractor involved was unable…
A reliable domestic water supply
The Wild family was faced with an inconsistent water supply problem, with their private spring drying up over the summer months - so they contacted us…
Private borehole installation in Powys
Tony Goff from Churchstoke near Montgomery, Powys had no mains water. His cottage was fed from a private spring, and although the spring had never dried…
Reduced borehole performance, Kent
A commercial water borehole at a paper mill in Kent was affected by the borehole pumping suspended solids - this had reduced the borehole performance.
Punctured well screen, West Sussex
We were called out by a commecial water supplier to urgently diagose and repair a punctured well screen that was affecting public supply in West Sussex…
Repairing a collapsed borehole
We repaired a collapsed borehole for a textile company near Mansfield. Our investigation showed that the borehole wall had collapsed at depth, possibly…
Borehole renovation for a food manufacturer
This case study details a project undertaken to drill a 720mm borehole for a food processing facility to rectify issues left by a former drilling company…
Intrusive UXO surveys for pile foundations
Igne conducted over 3,300 intrusive UXO surveys at London's Royal Albert Dock, to ensure the proposed pile foundation locations were free from WWII ordnance…
UXO survey & clearance central London
Tideway is building a 25km Super Sewer under the River Thames and Igne helped with UXO surveys and clearance operations at multiple sites in central London…
UXO & IED awareness training
Igne visited Green Watch at Redbridge Fire Station to deliver unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive device (IED) awareness training.
IED threat awareness training for Redbridge firefighters
‘The aim of today is to give you an overview of methods of attack employed by terrorists and to increase your level of awareness of the IED threat.’ – …
CPD training keeping construction sites safe
Igne was working with Westridge Construction Ltd to provide unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveying services to support their redevelopment of a school site…
Capping artesian pressure
Igne’s borehole experts responded to an emergency callout from a construction client whose site was flooding because of a free flowing artesian well…