Project:   Skye Bridge Geophysical Survey Client:     Miller/Morrison/Trafalger House
	A feasibility study for a proposed road crossing between the mainland and the Isle of Skye included hydrographic/geophysical surveys of three possible routes in 1985. Caledonian Geotech recommended the presently adopted route as being the least problematical.
	In February 1990 a detailed geophysical survey of the selected route revealed the presence of disadvantageous geological structures and high water current velocities, not hitherto recorded. Despite extreme weather conditions, fieldwork was rapidly and successfully completed in response to a tight time schedule and a complex report was issued within six days of the cessation of field operations. Caledonian Geotech identified geological structures which required particular attention owing to their potential engineering implications. The firm proposed a scientifically appropriate programme of work for investigating these features safely, cost effectively and in detail, as an alternative to expensive and potentially hazardous drilling in deep water.
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