We believe Cognition Land and Water to be one of the most dynamic and multifaceted specialist contractors in the Land Remediation and Ground Engineering industry.
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What we do
We offer our clients comprehensive solutions, providing a wide range of services from civil engineering, to enabling, remediation, earthworks and groundworks. We have the necessary skills and experience to solve your ground engineering challenges and we offer innovative solutions to save time and money.
Finsbury Circus Gardens is the largest public open space within the City of London and directly faces Cognition’s London offices in Salisbury House. Over the last decade much of the Garden...
From October 2022 to June 2023, Cognition Land and Water was commissioned by St William Homes to undertake contamination remediation, ground obstruction removal, materials management, earthworks,...
As per Cognition tradition, before any physical works commence on site following the Christmas break, we held our annual safety stand down across all live sites.
As we wrap up another incredible year, we want to take a moment to express our gratitude to each and every one of our employees for their dedication, hard work, and commitment and thank you to all...
On Tuesday 10th December, Cognition’s Areeb Khan and Aaliyah Brown Murphy volunteered to participate in Business Education Event’s 'BEE interviewed' programme at Finchley Catholic High...
Cognition Land & Water is in the midst of completing a major remediation, enabling works and earthworks package at the Meridian Water SIW project in Enfield, working with Taylor Woodrow to...
To kick off the festive season, our colleagues in Cognition Land and Water’s London office decorated the Christmas tree just in time for the start of December.
According to new research commissioned by construction industry not-for-profit, Deconstruction, 68% of UK adults would not consider a career in the construction sector, associating the industry...
In The International Green Apple Environment Awards 2024, Cognition Land and Water received a highly commended certificate for our Queenborough & Rushenden Regeneration Project and we won...
Cognition Land and Water’s Technical Director, Andy O’Dea, and Environmental and Sustainability Manager, Tomaz Vernick, attended the prestigious International Green Apple Environment...
The 19th November marked International Men’s Day, which celebrates worldwide the positive value men bring to the world, their families and communities. It highlights positive role models and...
The presentation ceremony for The International Green Apple Environment Awards is taking place today, but before we tell you all about the event, there is one more of Cognition Land and...
The presentation ceremony for The International Green Apple Environment Awards 2024 will take place on Monday (November 18th) at Kensington Palace, London.
In this exciting conclusion to our series on Cognition Land and Water’s nominations for The Consultancy and Engineering Awards 2024, we are proud to announce that we are shortlisted in the...
Yesterday we revealed one of the three categories Cognition Land and Water is shortlisted in for The Consultancy and Engineering Awards 2024, now it is time to announce the second!
The shortlist for The Consultancy and Engineering Awards 2024 has been revealed. The awards celebrate the excellent work completed by engineering consultants, acknowledging and uplifting the...
At Cognition, we are determined to create positive work environments for all our employees. As a ground engineering and remediation contractor, we make every effort to adhere to our ‘safety...
Cognition has successfully completed enabling works at the Meridian 2 (leeside gasholder) site for a greatly valued repeat client, Countryside Partnerships.
We’re thrilled to celebrate the Geological Society's recent recognition as the Best Professional or Learned Society 2024, awarded by Memcom at their prestigious Excellence Awards in...
At Cognition Land and Water Ltd, we strive to provide sustainable, innovative and ethically responsible service to all our clients by considering the impact of all our activities on the...
Throughout our works in Compton, Cognition has been a feature in the Penny Post, a local newsletter for the residents of Compton. It has been a great source for the community to use to keep up to...
On 25th October, Cognition Land and Water held a company-wide indoor go karting social to bring together employees from across Cognition. Due to the nature of site work, our colleagues are...
On 17th October, three representatives from Cognition joined the directors of Berkeley St Edward for a day of Clay Pigeon Shooting at the prestigious Royal Berkshire Shooting School.
After successfully completing remediation and ground improvement works for Elivia Homes at Sayers Common earlier this year, Cognition Land and Water has been appointed by Elivia Homes again to...
Yesterday evening, a group from the Cognition Land and Water team attended the Brownfield Awards 2024, which brought together the brownfield community to celebrate the excellent work undertaken by...
This morning, Cognition’s Paul Hone and Emilia Holloway attended a recruitment day, hosted by Enfield Council, at Southbury Leisure Centre. Cognition collaborated with Taylor Woodrow and...
For this year’s world mental health day, the official theme is "It is Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace", which is so important as work makes up such a big part of our adult...
Cognition Land and Water is a gold sponsor of this year’s Brownfield Awards, which celebrate the fantastic work completed by professionals within the Brownfield Community.
On Sunday 6th October 2024, the last race of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB took place at the Brands Hatch Circuit. The two racers that Cognition Land and Water and Cognition Clean Energy are...
We are excited to announce that our new division, Cognition Clean Energy, has recently acquired a fleet of Tube Trailers, enabling them to efficiently distribute hydrogen and hydrogen related...
Having attended the RemSoc and Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) Land Condition Community Early Careers Network speed networking event, Environmental Science student from the University...
At Cognition Land and Water, community engagement is at the core of our approach. We recognise that for our work to be successful, it is essential to maintain transparent communication with local...
From 21st-22nd September, the racers in the ‘Cognition with CCK’ team, Richard Hosking and Charles Rainford, competed at Silverstone National in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2024.
On Thursday 19th September, Cognition held our most recent social for our employees based in Meridian. It was a very fun evening of teambuilding and socialising for the team.
The annual ESS Contaminated Land Expo at the NEC is the leading event for professionals addressing environmental challenges through solutions for land remediation, soil contamination, and...
The Innovation Deciphered podcast episode featuring Cognition Land and Water’s Construction Director, Graham Bucknell, and Technical Director, Andy O'Dea, has 8.3k views on the Invennt Ltd...
Cognition were out in full force at the Meridian Water Strategic Infrastructure Works (SIW) project summer BBQ, with free drinks and food for all who attended.
Last evening, a group of the Cognition Land and Water team attended the Construction News Specialists Awards Ceremony, which celebrate the achievements of the UK's best specialist contractors and...
Cognition Land and Water recently hosted another placement student, Matthew Andrioli, an Environmental Science student from the University of Reading, for a two-week long placement.
Cognition Land and Water’s Construction Director, Graham Bucknell, and Technical Director, Andy O’Dea were guest speakers on ‘Innovation Deciphered’, a podcast where they...
The focus of the most recent Cognition Land and Water “Lunch and Learn” session was the potential water management challenges we regularly face on complex civil engineering and...
Cognition Land & Water is the midst of completing a major remediation and earthworks package at the Meridian Water SIW project in Enfield, following our appointment by Taylor Woodrow.
Taking advantage of the bridleway that runs past our office window, three brave souls from the Cognition Harwell office (Charlie Jarvis, Jack Goddard and Andy O’Dea) headed out on a Friday...
We’re excited to announce that the Meridian SIW site has won our Project of the Month! The team has done an outstanding job, earning top marks across all health, safety, and environmental...
Cognition Land and Water has made massive progress on our Compton site at the former Pirbright Institute so much so, that we are aiming to complete the works some two months ahead of schedule!
As part of the comprehensive package of solutions to complex civil engineering and remediation problems that Cognition Land and Water provides our clients, we encourage Early Contractor...
Cognition makes every effort to minimise the impact our works have on the daily lives of residents. We are committed to being mindful of them and how our works might be impacting them.
As the racing season is starting back up after the summer break, we would like to take this opportunity to update you all on the 'Cognition with CCK’ racer’s progression in the Porsche...
Last week was an extra special week at Cognition as we hosted work placements for two local unemployed people at the Meridian Water SIW project in Enfield.
The Contamination & Land Remediation (CLR) Expo is the leading event for professionals addressing environmental challenges through solutions for land remediation, soil contamination, and...
The AGS has released an engaging new video aimed at inspiring graduates in geology, geography, environmental science, and civil engineering, and those with a passion for the environment, to...
We're delighted to share that the Meridian 2 Gas Holder site has been chosen as our Project of the Month! Scoring an impressive average of 94.1% across three health, safety, and environmental...
On Wednesday, at our Compton site, the Homes England Head of H&S and other representatives of the client team and their project managers completed a H&S audit/inspection.
Cognition Land and Water were delighted to attend the Construction News Awards 2024 at a swanky gala event in the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane, London.
Cognition’s site at the former Pirbright Institute gained an impressive 44/45 total score on a recent Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) Audit. Our Compton site involves a complex...
Last week, Cognition held our introductory social value workshops, led by our external advisors, CHY Consultancy. They took place in two consecutive parts with the first workshop aimed at updating...
Back in October 2021, the Cognition Land and Water shares were transferred to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), providing indirect employee ownership of the company for the benefit of all...
Cognition Land and Water is delighted to have attended an industry outreach day at Worcester Sixth Form College. Promoted by the AGS, the event aimed to inform students about geology and related...
From October 2022 to June 2023, Cognition Land and Water were commissioned by St William Homes to undertake contamination remediation, ground obstruction removal, materials management, earthworks,...
It is our absolute pleasure to announce that Cognition Land and Water is the recipient of the Ground Engineering Awards’ Contractor of the Year Award 2024.
St James West London are hosting a charity bike ride on Saturday 6th July, raising funds for West Youth Zone. This is the 7th themed ride they have organised, and the theme of this iteration of...
Cognition Land and Water Limited was commissioned by Elivia Homes to undertake remediation and ground improvement on disused former brick field land at Furze Field, Reeds Lane, Sayers Common.
Yesterday was Fairview’s third 5-a-side charity football tournament. Cognition Land and Water were silver sponsors of the event; us and the other participating companies raised an amazing...
Last week Thursday, The Pitch Off took place. Held at Angels Yard, and run by Launch It, it was a business mentoring initiative for small/new businesses occupying Angels Yard.
Since June 2023, Cognition has carried out the decommissioning of cooling water tunnels and a 19.1km long gas pipeline at the former Barking Power Station for City of London Corporation...
In preparation for the wider remediation and redevelopment of historically industrial land at Meridian Water in Enfield, London, Cognition Land and Water was appointed by Taylor Woodrow as a...
As The Pitch Off draws closer, we grow even more excited to see the creativity, ingenuity, and entrepreneurship of the small businesses partaking in this competition, with a prize of £2500...
Back in December, Mike completed an intensive week-long course covering fire safety principles, the causes and prevention of fires, and emergency planning.
Cognition are silver sponsors of the third annual Fairview charity football tournament. This year’s charity is the Nightingale Cancer Support Centre, who provide services that support cancer...
This year, Cognition Land and Water is a gold sponsor of the Brownfield Awards. The Brownfield Awards celebrate the fantastic work completed by professionals within the Brownfield Community.
The Constructions News Specialists Awards (CN Specialists Awards) celebrate amazing projects, technical innovations, and forward-thinking companies in the construction industry.
Cognition is proud to be sponsoring Becca Hathaway and Carly Goggin for their HR and Accounting exams. They have both been valuable members of the Cognition team for a year and a half now and we...
On the back of the recent successful visit of Homes England’s Estates Management Team, our Compton site has cause for celebration once again having passed an external client’s H&S...
This week (Monday 13 May to Sunday 19 May) is Mental Health Awareness Week. It provides a great opportunity to increase understanding and reduce stigma surrounding mental health.
Cognition Land and Water is making great progress in contamination remediation, ground improvement, demolition and enabling works at a new housing development site in Sayers Common, on behalf of...
CIRIA is the Construction Industry Research and Information Association. They are an independent, not-for-profit body doing work to address issues, challenges, and opportunities for innovation and...
Cognition Land and Water is carrying out enabling works, demolition, remediation and earthworks at the Former Pirbright Institute in Compton, Berkshire on behalf of Homes England.
Cognition is pleased to have attended the RemSoc Conference 2024, on the 17th April. RemSoc is the only UK society dedicated to the remediation of contaminated and brownfield land.
April is Stress Awareness Month, in which Cognition is providing staff with the tools, space, and knowledge to prevent and reduce stress in the workplace to support their mental health.
In becoming a certified Carbon Neutral Company in 2020/21, Cognition has committed to continuously improve our energy performance and focus on reducing our main sources of emissions such as fuel,...
With the goal of reducing risks on site to protect our employees, suppliers, and stakeholders, Cognition has set our Health & Safety objectives for 2024/5.
Since Cognition Land and Water was founded in 2005, we have made great strides to be the most dynamic, multi-disciplinary contractors in the industry, providing tailor made solutions for each...
Andy O,Dea, Tomaz Vernik, Alfie Davison and George Wilson will be attending the AGS Annual conference on April 25th at One Great George Street in Westminster, London.
The shortlist for the Construction News Awards 2024 has been announced and Cognition have succeeded in being shortlisted for two categories: Project of the Year (under 20m), and Specialist...
As we are amid Global Asbestos Awareness Week (April 1st – 7th), HSE is calling on our support to share their ‘Asbestos & You’ campaign with our workforce to help ensure the...
Since May 2023, Cognition has been decommissioning, demolishing and remediating the former Pirbright Institute for Animal Health in Compton, West Berkshire on behalf of our client, Homes England.
Having achieved our Carbon Neutral Company certification for the third year running, Cognition is now focussing on further definition of our emission sources, with the aim of identifying greater...
Last week saw our graduates complete the last session of their development programme. They presented a mock tender, with the goal of securing an engineering contract, to senior members of staff.
This year marks the 3rd annual Fairview charity football tournament, to be held on June 13th 2024. Cognition will be sponsoring the tournament and drafting a team to compete in the matches, after...
The shortlist for the Ground Engineering Awards 2024 was recently announced and Cognition have been successful in making it to the shortlist for three different categories.
Cognition Land and Water is currently carrying out demolition, enabling works and contamination remediation at the former Pirbright Institute in Compton, Berkshire to prepare the site for...
Providing solutions in the growing clean energy industry, Cognition Clean Energy endeavours to be the leading provider of hydrogen and low carbon infrastructure in the UK.
The Association of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) is a not-for-profit trade association that aims to improve standards within the geotechnical and geoenvironmental...
Following our recent glowing report from the EA after their compliance inspection at the Former Pirbright Institute at Compton in Berkshire, the Cognition team has just received the inspectors...
As our demolition, enabling and remediation works continue at the Former Pirbright Institute at Compton in Berkshire on behalf of Homes England, we have just had great news following a recent EA...
We recently had a very interesting presentation from one of our new graduates, Graduate Environmental Engineer, Alfie Davison, on some of the topics he covered in his BA degree from University of...
Congratulations to the management and site team at our decommissioning project in East London, which got an ‘excellent’ score and 43/45 in a recent Considerate Constructors Scheme audit.
We are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed enabling and remediation works for St William Homes’ (Berkeley Group) at the former Bow Common Gasworks site in East London...
We are delighted to announce that Cognition Land and Water Limited will be funding and be on the Project Steering Group for a new CIRIA research project on 'Odour management in brownfield projects...
Thanks to the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) for inviting our Technical Director Andy O'Dea to speak at the Land Condition Symposium in Bristol. A really...
We are delighted to report that Cognition Land and Water Limited has been awarded our Carbon Neutral Company certification for the third year in a row. Through our various carbon...
Last weekend we headed to Brands Hatch for the final two rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB. After 2 interesting races Charles secured 4th in the Championship. It has been a fantastic season, we...
Every year on the 10th October, organisations all around the world come together to raise awareness for mental health issues. As a company we recognize and value the importance of mental health in...
After almost a year onsite, we are on the home straight at Bethnal Green Gasworks! A final Director's Audit was carried out last week by Andy O'Dea as the project wraps up for Cognition. Great to...
Following our transition to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) in 2021, Cognition Land and Water is pleased to announce some exciting changes to the senior management. From 4 September...
Cognition’s band of brave football warriors went into battle again in another client charity football tournament in late July. This time the event was organised by our friends at Cala...
Cognition Land and Water Limited has been contracted by St William Homes to undertake contamination remediation, gasholder base decommissioning, materials management, earthworks, pile mat...
Cognition has recently completed our contract at the Bow Common Gasworks site. We have worked with St William for the last six months to complete the enabling works, remediation, ground...
Cognition recently participated in the Fairview Charity Football Tournament to raise money for Noah's Ark Children's Hospice. Noah’s Ark help babies, children and young people with...
Cognition has successfully completed a significant groundwater remediation project at a former fuel depot at Fulham site. The main source of contamination in the ground at the site was...
Delighted to have been given the opportunity to present on this critical topic to over 300 people in a recent IES webinar. You can find details and the webinar recording at the link below.
Saturday – Qualifying P5
Qualifying was wet for us. During the session, we only had 1 new set of wets to use, so elected to go out after the first 5 minutes of the session on heavily used...
‘It was a tough one to swallow at Donington on the weekend. Sometimes, lady luck just isn’t on your side, and this was definitely a good way of summing up our weekend.
Focusing on "Sustainable, environmentally conscious remediation services", the article recognises Cognition as a leading specialist contractor for land remediation, brownfield reclamation, ground...
This season, Cognition Land and Water are sponsoring Charles Rainford in the Porsche Carrera cup. Charles was the pro-Am Champion last year. Building on this success, Charles has moved into the...
Well done to Albert Brahilika, Conor Farrell and all the team at Plumstead West Thamesmead who have been awarded Contractor Health and Safety Monthly Scores Winner by Berkeley...
The Bow Common project was the highest scored for H&S and Environmental compliance across all Cognition projects in February!
It generates a robust Friday Pack for the client and...
Well done to the project team at Morelands, Chelmsford, which has won Project of the Month based on their health, safety and environmental audit scores for January!
Well done to all the Cognition Land and Water team at our Watermeadow Court project in Fulham following a recent Considerate Constructors Scheme (#ccs ) audit of the site. Overall we...
As part of his Transition Year between GCSEs and Sixth Form, Daniel Collins spent a week student work experience placement with Cognition in December 2022. Dan has a keen interest in science...
Cognition Land and Water has been commissioned by St William Homes to carry out contamination remediation, ground improvement, earthworks, enabling works, pile mat construction and piling...
Richard Hosking and the crew of CJ2 are undertaking an epic trans-Atlantic challenge from Tenerife to Barbados in order to raise money for Combat stress. Combat stress is the UK’s leading...
The Association of Geotechnical And Geoenvironmental Specialists offers a number of FREE helplines and a discussion forum to members...
CHEMICAL SAFETY HELPLINE, LEGAL HELPLINE, AGS DATA FORMAT...
Construction News has just published their Specialist Index 2022 and we are pleased to see that Cognition Land and Water is now the eighth largest specialist contractor in the ...
We seem to be overwhelmed with crises these days - climate, cost-of-living, energy. But in our industry, we also have our very own crisis - the UK Soil Crisis!
Great to get going with the contamination remediation and ground engineering works at Bow Common Gasworks for St William. Not bad progress two days into the project!
On Friday 30th of September, Cognition participated in the Berkeley Homes Charity football tournament. We were honoured to be a part of this event, in total £49,000 was raised for...
Great progress is being made by the Cognition Land and Water team on the remediation and ground improvement of a former landfill site in Greenham Lane, Newbury for our client Persimmon Homes. The...
After substantial investment into more sustainable fuel and energy solutions across all operations, Cognition managed to significantly reduce total carbon emissions comparing to last year.
Congratulations to Andy O’Dea, Technical Director at Cognition Land and Water, who has been awarded by the Association of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Specialists for...
Cognition Land and Water has been working on the Silvertown Tunnel project for the past two years on enabling works, contamination remediation, services diversions, civil engineering and...
Would you like a busy, exciting and rewarding role with a leading UK remediation and ground engineering contractor? Due to the continued growth of our business and our strong forward workload...
The Land Trust, in partnership with Land Promoters and Developers Federation and The Home Builders Federation, are conducting a major study across the industry to gather opinions...
In a wide-ranging and comprehensive interview with Jon Goddard and Andy O'Dea, we gave our views on "how employing a quality ground engineering contractor is key to the success of a...
Cognition has an excellent track record of undertaking radiological remediation projects across the UK. Most of the sites we work on remain licensed nuclear sites due the nature of the site...
Two engineers from CGL consulting engineers have been brushing up on their contracting skills through secondments with Cognition. This follows a three month secondment by Jack Goddard with CGL at...
Cognition has undertaken the task of decommissioning a former RAF refuelling depot in Chichester. The 5-hectare site will be redeveloped for commercial use The fuel depot contained four 700,000...
Cognition is working for BAM Construction to deliver the new Heathside School in Walton, which will help meet local educational needs by providing 900 secondary education spaces. Esher and Walton...
Coming to the end of 16 months of contamination remediation, ground improvement and earthworks at the former Klondyke Industrial Estate on the Isle of Sheppey.
Many congratulations to Cognition’s Sebastian Chetan for the high praise and recognition he has received from our Client, RiverLinx CJV, on the Silvertown Tunnel project where...
Well done to David Skinner, Mark Hosking and the whole team over at our Heathside School project in Walton where we have just been awarded Sub-Contractor of the Month by our client, BAM...
Excited to see the launch of the shiny new Cognition Land and Water website. Our shop window has just had a major spruce up! Have a look and let us know if there's anything else you would like to...
The largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) to be used in the UK is being delivered for the Silvertown Tunnel project after it passed its final tests. Read about it here.
It is great to see that CN has recognised Cognition has gone further than that and bucked the trend reporting that Cognition, “which has expanded from its original focus of land remediation...
New Civil Engineer, the pre-eminent news magazine for the civil engineering sector, has featured the enabling works for the Silvertown Tunnel in its most recent edition…
Our Technical Director, Andy O’Dea, has recently been awarded a new post nomial to add to those currently after his name, but this one more dear to Andy than most.
Now that Covid restrictions have eased and face to face meetings and public gatherings are back on the agenda, the conference season is well and truly in full swing. Cognition has taken advantage...
We are delighted that Cognition Land and Water has been featured in a 6-page spread in the October 2021 edition of Building Design & Construction Magazine.
In a previous news article we announced that Cognition’s would be supporting St James White City’s Palace to Palace charity bike ride from Buckingham Palace to Windsor and finishing in Reading...
St James White City and its contractors (including Cognition Land and Water’s Technical Director, Andy O’Dea) will be taking on a 101km Palace to Palace Cycle, starting at Buckingham Palace,...
In line with Cognition’s strong performance in 2019 and our healthy order book for the year ahead, Cognition Land and Water has trebled our space at Harwell Innovation Centre.
David Skinner (Contracts Manager) and the whole Cognition Land and Water team at our former Homebase site in Wandsworth have again been scored ‘Excellent’ in a recent Considerate Constructors...
Reducing our environmental impact and managing our operations and site works to minimise adverse effects on local ecology are key issues that Cognition looks to address and improve upon...
Cognition Continues Switch to More Sustainable Energy Sources
As part of our commitment to be a Net Zero Carbon company , we are continuing our move to more sustainable energy sources on...
Following a rigorous assessment and audit process, Cognition Land & Water is pleased to have completed the renewal process for our membership of Constructionline Gold.
Between Covid lockdowns and recent sodden weather it’s taken a while to get it off the ground, but finally a brave bunch from Cognition got in the saddle and went on an adventure in the Cotswolds.
In June 2021, the CIWEM Contaminated Land Network Newsletter featured an article by our Technical Director on how Cognition Land and Water has prospered in the pandemic (and also coped with...
At Cognition Land and Water, we have already achieved Net Zero Carbon ahead of programme. As the company grows, we will continue to focus on reducing our carbon production but until that time,...
The Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) has created a special area on their website and in their monthly newsletter to profile members. This is a great way to promote the work of...
In 2020, Cognition adopted our Zero Carbon Policy with the aim of becoming Carbon Neutral by the end of 2021. We recently reported that, even at this early stage of the year, we have achieved...
At Cognition, we pride ourselves on being an environmentally friendly and conscious company with a deep focus on the sustainability of our work. In 2020, Cognition adopted a Zero-Carbon policy...
If we didn’t know better, we might think that Google are stalking us and our remediation and materials management project at the Former B&Q Site in Wandsworth! A series of aerial photos of...
Technical Director, Andy O’Dea and Operations Director, Jon Goddard of Cognition Land and Water recently gave their thoughts on the issues and solutions around the Sustainable Management of...
In an update to our project at the former Klondyke Industrial Estate on the Isle of Sheppey, Technical Director, Andy O’Dea, outlines progress made and next steps on the project.
Great news that Meridian Water has struck a deal to build film and tv studios at the site - and to be open in super-quick time in Spring 2021! Cognition was proud to have played a part in the...
Cognition Land and Water has been carrying out the remediation and earthworks of the former Homebase site in Wandsworth. These works are on behalf of Legal & General Investment Management...
Cognition Land and Water has recently invested in drone (UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) technology to support us on site surveys and collecting powerful imagery for client presentation, community...
On 11 December 2020, our project team at Newbury Gas Works completed the final concrete pour for the groundworks and reinforced concrete frame contract. The concrete frame has been completed...
Cognition Land and Water is working with our client, Taylor Wimpey, on turning a former industrial site at Worcester Park into a high quality residential development.
CIRIA's upcoming guidance on the Sustainable Management of Surplus Soils was recently profiled in the AGS November 2020 newsletter . Cognition Land and Water is delighted to be funding the...
Cognition Land and Water is delighted to have been appointed by Swale Borough Council and Homes England to carry out extensive remediation and land raising at their Klondyke Site on the Isle Of...
First-rate site management and diligent adherence to our rigorous safety procedures has resulted in Cognition Land & Water being rated ‘excellent’ in a recent audit by the Considerate...
Newbury Gas Works is an ongoing civil works project, situated within the Sterling Industrial Estate. The site had a long history of industrial use, leaving a heavily contaminated site within a...
Cognition Land and Water has been appointed by Homes England to carry out the demolition of remaining buildings and structures at the former Imerys China Clay site at Marsh Mills, Plymouth.
Andy O’Dea, Technical Director at Cognition Land & Water, has recently renewed his membership of RemSoc, the only UK society dedicated to the remediation of contaminated and brownfield land.
Dealing with a very large mixed residential and commercial use building development in the UK, Cognition had to ensure their remediation strategy was both cost-effective and sustainable.
Cognition has been carrying out the remediation and earthworks of the former B&Q site in Wandsworth on behalf of Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM). The re-development will see...
Cognition was appointed by Homes England to carry out demolition and remediation works at the former Marsh Mills China Clay works at Coypool in Plymouth.
After successfully completing the remediation at the former Sterling Cables site in Newbury, Cognition Land and Water Limited have been awarded the contract for the groundworks and concrete frame...
In the summer/autumn 2018, Cognition was awarded several smaller non-licenced asbestos jobs in South East of the country mainly involving screening and picking of cement bonded asbestos in soil.
Cognition Land & Water was contracted by Berkeley Homes to undertake the main bulk earthworks (basement excavation) at the West End Gate development in Paddington W2.
On Thursday 26 January 2017, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan visited Cognition at the Meridian Water regeneration site as construction enabling works formally started on Enfield Council’s £6bn...
Cognition has been appointed by Enfield Council to carry out groundwater remediation works at the Meridian Water development in North London. £3.5 billion will be invested in the 85 hectare site,...
Cognition are contracted to carry out remediation and stabilisation works at the Rhodaus Town site in Canterbury to prepare the site for redevelopment as student accommodation, whilst providing...
Cognition is offering an innovative solution for the remediation of free phase oil contamination of groundwater. Already achieving great success in dealing with contaminated sites across much the...
Cognition carries out major remediation works at a cluster of three sites located in Great Shelford, Cambridge. The three sites, located in an industrial area undergoing a major rejuvenation...
BAM Nuttall appoints Cognition to undertake all treatment of grossly contaminated soils and water at a former gas works in Nine Elms for either reuse on site or off-site disposal.
Cognition are appointed to remove asbestos and carry out stabilisation within the grounds of Latchmere House, a property with an interesting and secretive history.
Cognition completes the remediation of Parcel 2 at Cannon Wharf in Lewisham, part of Barratt London's new development of luxury residential apartments, Greenland Place. An emphasis is placed on...
Following the successful works on phases 1 – 3 of Royal Wharf, Cognition have once again been appointed to continue with phase 4 of the project in Silvertown.
Cognition was contracted to carry out remediation works at Kingston Gasworks, prior to the construction of luxury residential apartments and a large basement car park. The soils and groundwater...
Cognition undertook remediation works at the site of a former petrol station and car show room in Cuffley, Hertfordshire that was contaminated with PAHs, TPHs, and lead.
Cognition was awarded a contract to remediate the basement area of a site in Guildford, prior to its redevelopment for residential and commercial use. Excavated material was processed, segregated...
Cognition was contracted to remediate a former industrial site in Hogarth, Chiswick. The site was to be redeveloped for residential housing with a large basement. The remediation works involved...
Wimbledon Hill Park is a luxury residential development, comprising apartments and townhouses, set alongside 19 acres of protected parkland. Cognition was contracted to carry out earthworks at the...
Cognition Land and Water are joining forces with Berkeley Homes (West London Ltd) by rowing along the River Thames from Oxford to Kingston on the 7th and 8th November.
Cognition was contracted to carry out remediation and earth works at the Key Site in Godalming, Surrey. The site in central Godalming was occupied by the police station as well as a number of...
Cognition was contracted by Magnox Ltd to carry out cement stabilisation of soil material to support the Solid Intermediate Level Waste Encapsulation (SILWE) plant which will be constructed at...
Cognition is delighted to announce our successful appointment on the Magnox Land Quality Services Framework. The four year framework encompasses a range of land quality services across a...
Cognition has successfully carried out the investigation and remediation of a former waste tip containing old tart barrels within the grounds of Damhead Creek Power Station, Rochester, Kent.
Cognition carried out large-scale remediation of extensive asbestos contamination at a former clay pit and tile factory in Surrey. Asbestos contamination emanated from the old asbestos clad/roofed...
Sophie Hosking, Olympic gold medallist, and former Cognition chemist, has announced that she is retiring from rowing to pursue yet another challenging career.
Cognition has been contracted to develop a remediation strategy and carry out remediation work at the former London Docklands. Although common to many brownfield redevelopments, Cognition was...