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Quarry Design, Development and AfterusePGW&A is a Limited Liability Partnership of experienced extractive industry engineers comprising the merged businesses of Mark Pritchard Ltd and Professor Geoffrey Walton & Associates. We work for operating companies, landowners and propsective developers and have produced benchmark guidance reports on a range of topics from geotechnics to quarry afteruse. Geoffrey Walton is Visiting Professor of Mining at the University of Leeds. He is a Chartered Engineer with a PhD in Mining Engineering and a degree in Geology with 40 years experience of working in and advising the extractive industry sector. He is a member of the Academy of Experts. Professor Walton is also Managing Director and Chairman of DustScan Ltd., a dust monitoring and consultancy service.Mark Pritchard is a Chartered Engineer with a First Class Honours Degree in Geotechnical Engineering and a Masters Degree with Distinction in Mining Engineering. He has over 20 years experience within the quarrying and landfill sectors.The keynote of our business approach is sound design and advice that may not necessarily be conventional, but will certainly be original. Our services include: •Design and development planning of quarries for building stone, aggregates and industrial minerals •Quarry afteruse, especially involving built development and landfill •Quarry management •Building stone production and options •Geotechnical engineering •Health and Safety, notably relating to geotechnical and stability matters•Advice on the production of Artificial Soils and the use of PAS100 and PAS110