Experience | Safety | Progress

Clear prices.
Experienced UXO support.

Plan your groundworks with confidence. Straightforward watching brief rates, reduced daily rates for longer bookings, and project costs agreed before work begins.

Request a fast quote

UXO watching briefs

Know your daily rate from th​e outset

.Experienced EOD support for excavation, trenching, trial pits and other intrusive groundworks, delivered within the agreed scope of your project.

1 - 4 days

£425 /day

For short programmes and individual phases of work.

5 - 9 days

£400 /day

Reduced daily pricing for lo nger bookings.

10+ days

£375 /day

Our lowest listed daily rate for extended programmes.

All daily rates apply per engineer, per standard eight-hour day. Mobilisation and applicable additional charges are shown below and confirmed in your quotation.

Your watching brief

Additional charges

Mobilisation  Confirmed in your Quotation
Additional hours beyond eight hours​.
Weekday daytime work
£75 /hour
Saturday work 1.5× standard rate
Sunday work 2× standard rate
Evening work 1.5× standard rate
Downhole equipment surcharge Dependent on equipment required 

Your quotation sets out the engineer cover, working hours, equipment and reporting required for your site​.

Any applicable travel, accommodation or specialist requirements will be identified in your quotation before booking. 

Your quotation also confirms any applicable VAT and the charging arrangements for additional hours, weekend and evening work.

Our approach

Competitive pricing.
Above-market engineer pay.

Our lean overheads allow us to offer clients competitive rates while paying engineers approximately 25% above typical industry rates *—helping us attract and retain the best and most experienced professionals.

*Industry rate comparison based on our engineers' experience working across the UK UXO sector.

Pricing questions

Is this a daily rate or a fixed project 
total?

The watching brief prices above are daily rates. 
Your quotation confirms the planned number of days and additional charges. 
A fixed project total applies only where expressly stated in your quotation

What happens if the programme changes?

Contact us with your revised requirements so we can confirm availability and agree any change to the cost.

Can you price longer projects?

Send your site location, proposed groundworks and expected dates. 
We’ll confirm the appropriate support and agreed costs

A clear scope. A clear price.

Our watching brief prices are fixed daily rates for a standard eight-hour day. Your quotation confirms the planned attendance and any additional charges. 
If additional days or changes to the scope are needed, we agree the associated costs with you.

Where a fixed project price is offered, your quotation identifies exactly what it covers and how any additional requirements will be handled.

Get a written quotation

Tell us where, when and what you’re planning.

Send your site location, proposed groundworks and expected dates. 
We’ll confirm the appropriate support and agreed costs.

Request a fast quote