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Author & technical reviewer

Harvey Keates

Director, CORE COMPANIES LTD

Experience

Practical product and contractor perspective.

Harvey Keates grew up working alongside the Keates family landscaping and surfacing business, gaining practical experience of installation, contractor requirements and product supply. He joined the CORE senior leadership team in 2019 and leads the Group’s commercial strategy, market development and product communication.

Commercial product, application and installation-context review. Project-specific engineering, geotechnical, drainage and arboricultural design remains with the relevant qualified project professionals.

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Technical guides

Guidance written and reviewed by Harvey.

Cutaway showing biaxial geogrid interlocked between compacted aggregate layers above geotextile.

Ground reinforcement

Geocell vs geogrid: what is the difference?

Black geocell panels expanded across a prepared granular layer during installation.

What is geocell and where is it used?

A roll of CORE geotextile laid out ready for installation.

Woven vs nonwoven geotextile: which do you need?

Black modular water storage crate used within a below-ground drainage system.

Water management

Soakaway vs attenuation: what is the difference?

Illustrative visualisation of a construction team installing cellular confinement across a prepared granular base.

Sub-base reinforcement

How do you reinforce a sub-base over weak ground?

Cutaway of a roadside embankment with geocell visible beneath soil and a vegetated finish.

Slopes and erosion control

Using geocell on slopes: what needs to be designed?

Illustrative visualisation of CORE TRP Panels being installed above ground around a mature retained tree.

Tree root protection

What goes into a no-dig tree root protection build-up?

Commercial building beside landscaped permeable parking at Cambridge Science Park.

Permeable surfaces

Permeable car park design: a practical checklist

Illustrative view of a temporary aggregate access route under construction.

How do you design temporary roads and working platforms over weak ground?

Completed public realm planting and pathways at Oxford North, edged with CORE PRO EDGE.

Landscape edging

How to choose landscape edging for commercial projects