Mudtech Lab — specialist fluids and technical support

I’m Ian Morrison at Mudtech Wareham Lab. We develop and supply specialist fluids and provide practical technical support across tunnelling, trenchless and geotechnical work, spoil conditioning and dust control.

We are happy to develop solutions for unusual or specialist applications.

We treat your project information as confidential.

Areas we may be able to help with

Have a look through the areas below and select anything that looks relevant. You don’t need to know exactly what you need — pick anything that seems connected with the problem, project or application you have in mind. If nothing quite fits, choose Unusual or specialist application.

Annular lubrication — reducing friction and jacking loads in pipe jacking, microtunnelling and structure jacking.

Bore cleaning — improving cuttings transport and removal where poor hole cleaning is limiting drilling performance.

Bore stability — maintaining unstable or water-sensitive formations during drilling and excavation.

Caisson sinking — lubrication and friction reduction to assist controlled sinking.

Clay inhibition — controlling hydration, swelling, stickiness and dispersion of reactive clays.

Concrete line clearing — fluid and non-cementitious systems for safely displacing concrete from pumping lines.

Concrete washwater treatment — separation, clarification and treatment to facilitate water recovery, re-use or disposal.

Cuttings transport — improving suspension and carrying capacity in drilling and circulation systems.

Diaphragm walling — support fluids and fluid-property control for excavation stability and concrete placement.

Directional drilling (HDD) — drilling-fluid design, bore stability, lubrication, hole cleaning and fluid-loss control.

Dust control — treatment of haul roads, yards, tracks, stockpiles and other dust-generating surfaces.

Environmental applications — developing lower-impact fluid and treatment systems where conventional products are unsuitable.

Fluid loss control — reducing filtration and fluid escape into permeable or fractured ground.

Foaming — foam systems for excavation, conditioning, lubrication and specialist applications.

Ground treatment — fluid and polymer systems for stabilisation, sealing and specialist geotechnical applications.

Jacking pressure control — lubrication and fluid optimisation where jacking loads are excessive, variable or unpredictable.

Lubrication — reducing friction in drilling, tunnelling, jacking and other ground-contact applications.

Microtunnelling — slurry, lubrication and ground-conditioning systems for small-diameter mechanised tunnelling.

Piling — support fluids and fluid-property control for bored piling and related excavations.

Pipe jacking — annular lubrication, friction reduction and fluid management for driven pipe installations.

Polymer drilling fluids — low-solids and polymer-based alternatives to conventional bentonite systems.

Separation and clarification — improving solids separation, settlement and recovery of process water.

Shaft sinking — lubrication, excavation support and fluid systems for shafts and similar structures.

Slurry conditioning — adjusting viscosity, suspension, filtration and separation characteristics to suit changing ground conditions.

Slurry tunnelling — design and optimisation of slurry systems for face support, transport and separation.

Spoil conditioning — modifying excavated material for handling, pumping, separation, transport or disposal.

Structure jacking — lubrication and friction reduction for box jacking and other large structures.

Suspension and settling control — keeping solids suspended when required, or promoting controlled settlement when they need to be removed.

Water treatment — clarification, flocculation and solids removal from construction and process waters.

Unusual or specialist application — something not covered above? Tell us what you're trying to achieve.

If you have a particular project in mind

A few details can help us understand it, but everything in this section is optional.

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This can be a defined project, an early idea, or simply a technical problem you’re trying to solve. Include any ground conditions, requirements or challenges that seem relevant.

If useful, upload photographs, drawings, sketches, borehole information, GBRs or anything else that helps explain the situation.

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Mudtech Lab — specialist fluids and technical support

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