Construction

Moi International Airport, Mombasa – Sinkholes or What!
Moi International Airport, Mombasa – Sinkholes or What!

The case of Mombasa airport was baffling – a JICA geological expert on the Dongo Kundu road construction site noticed what looked like sinkholes on the slopes rising up the airport hill brow. Staff at the airport had also found holes in the grassy berm along the runway and even filled some with rubble. They became worried because the holes…

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Water on the hill – Case of RIAT borehole
Water on the hill – Case of RIAT borehole

The Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology is a premier college situated on the hills overlooking Kisumu City, Kenya. The college’s expansion was curtailed for a long time by inadequate water supply. The director at Georama was called in to deliver a successful borehole for the institution. To put the difficulty of the task into perspective, the college stands at 1384m…

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Remote water location
Remote water location

 We occasionally get requests from supervising geologists, drillers or clients on active drill sites to assist in locating a new site because a site has turned out dry, and would we locate another before the rig demobilises? In such cases, we request for a snapshot of the previous survey data, GPS location of current drill site and extent of area…

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