Ground investigation work is data-intensive by nature. A single site assessment can draw on dozens of borehole logs, laboratory test results, environmental surveys, and historical records, each locked in a separate PDF, each requiring manual extraction before any analysis can begin.
JF Hunt is using Compass: Terra to change that. By building a Contextual Site Model from structured borehole data, their team can move from raw PDFs to spatially-aware site intelligence in a fraction of the time it previously took.
01 The challenge
For a prospective remediation site, understanding the true character of the ground requires aggregating borehole logs, contamination records, stratigraphic data, and groundwater conditions from across a large body of fragmented documentation. Traditionally, that aggregation is manual, time-consuming, and has to be repeated from scratch on every new project.
The result is that a significant proportion of a ground investigation team's time is consumed not by analysis, but by data wrangling before the analysis can even start.
02 Building the Contextual Site Model
Compass: Terra's AI-powered extraction turns PDF-locked borehole data into structured records, each connected to a real-world location and depth. Once extracted, the data is assembled into a Contextual Site Model: a spatially-aware, queryable representation of the site that reflects the full picture of the ground.
The model is interactive. The JF Hunt team can explore ground conditions across the site, visualise contamination extents in three dimensions, and interrogate the data in ways that were not practically possible before without significant manual effort.
Platform capabilities in use
- AI-powered extraction of borehole and ground investigation data from PDFs
- Contextual Site Model construction from structured borehole records
- Interactive 3D visualisation of ground conditions and contamination extents
- Ongoing project analysis using a continuously-updated spatial data layer
03 A foundation for live project work
The Contextual Site Model is not a one-off deliverable. The same capability applies to live projects, giving the JF Hunt team a structured analytical foundation that is continuously updated as new data comes in. Rather than rebuilding the picture manually on each project, the spatial intelligence layer persists and evolves.
This means less time spent on data collation and more time spent on the engineering judgements that actually require human expertise.
To find out how Compass: Terra can work for your ground investigation team, read the full case study or get in touch.