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Each year GDS supports a charity, voted by the staff, which they support with a range of fundraising activities throughout the year. This year (2021) GDS chose the Trussell Trust.

Karl Snelling, Managing Director at GDS, was honoured to be invited to the formal opening of the National Buried Infrastructure Facility (NBIF) at the University of Birmingham.

GDS are delighted to announce that they have won the “Wellbeing at Work” category at last nights Inspire Business Awards. The award ceremony, held at the Hampshire Court Hotel, celebrated the success of local businesses in North Hampshire.

GDS are delighted to be a finalist at the upcoming Inspire Business Awards, within the Wellbeing at Work Category (Sponsored by Festival Place, Basingstoke). The results will be announced on Thursday 25th November at the award ceremony. Good luck to all the finalists. 

GDS are extremely proud to be listed by Ground Engineering Magazine as the only manufacturer in the top 40 UK Geotechnical Companies ranked by turnover (2021 GE100 Survey). We also made the top 40 Geotechnical Companies ranked by UK staff numbers list.

Clayton Dodd, Sales Director at GDS exhibited at the 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization this week in Budapest. The conference title was "Towards Synergy at Site Characterisation" and featured a series of short courses and keynote lectures from invited speakers. 

GDS has ventured a second time beyond their PC’s as Nick Warren and George exhibited at British Geotechnical Association Annual Conference, held at the Institute of Civil Engineers Headquarters in London.

During the afternoon of the 9^th of March 2018, a mobile slump occurred in an approximately 300 m section of the southern embankment of the Cadia Valley Operations (Cadia) Northern Tailings Storage Facility (NTSF), located in central-west New South Wales, Australia. The embankment slump resulted in a release of tailings from the NTSF, with the released tailings captured within the adjacent South Tailings Storage Facility (STSF).

GDS has finally ventured beyond their PC’s as Clayton, Krystle and George exhibited at Geotechnica, at the Warwickshire Event Centre. This is an annual trade event aimed at promoting Geotechnical Services, which encompasses Instrumentation, Laboratory Services, Ground Preparation and Drilling Services – bringing disparate industry sections together under (and outside) one roof.

On Tuesday 25th May, GDS were delighted to be recognised as the Judges Scientific ‘Company of the Year’ for 2020! GDS achieved the award based on their growth in 2019/2020, along with their record of 5 years continuous growth.