Case Studies in Civil Engineering
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Bridging the gap – Sleepers in Selsey
Using: Wooden Railway Sleepers During the later phases of a coastline realignment scheme on the South coast it was discovered that an engine driven drainage pump gone AWOL and was now effectively, inaccessible. It was found on foot, but despite being light enough to be towed by an SUV or 4×4, it was the wrong…
Wind and weather – EKKI mats in the thick of it
Using: 5m x 1m x 100mm Ekki/Wooden Mats When it comes to temporary access for large plant and machinery, which must then be returned to pristine agricultural land, few ventures give rise to the challenges given by cross country runs of underground infrastructure such as water, gas and power mains. With an appalling run of…
Filling station curtilage – Making an excavation safe
Using: ALLOY PLATE 3.0 X 1.5 X 40mm An underground feeder line in a long standing petrol station site suffered a breach due to the concrete above being overloaded over a period of many years. The engineers sent to site were to isolate the problem and stem the leak, but in locating it a large…
S.E Area Gas main replacement – SGN/SSE
Using: Low Pros It is often said that the home is one of the most hazardous job-sites there is. So when a team of gas engineers turns up in a residential street, literally right outside your front door, bodies like SGN/SSE demand the absolute pinnacle of safety related hardware available. That’s why whenever they are…
Mains water re-routing – The Shard, London
Using: Modular GRP Plates Like a lot of the bigger developments in urban job sites of recent years, The Shard was no exception when it came to pushing the boundaries. Even relatively simple tasks like installing roadplates to protect services or open trenches was complicated by the sheer complexity of the existing underground infrastructure and…
WWTW, Kent – Large masses in small spaces
Using: Steel plates for Ballast/Test Weights/Kentledge Blocks A long standing customer contacted us with a basic concept for a temporary ‘stop end’ on a drain run within the confines of an older WWTW. In principle it was fairly straightforward and have normally involved stackable kentledge blocks, but there was a problem. Despite the area adjacent…
Working with U.K Airports – Protecting new concrete
Using: 6m x 3m x 25mm AIR SIDE – Steel C/W Bevelled Edge and SALLY Even those that have never set foot on a runway or airside apron will have looked out a plane window in wonder at the massive patchwork quilt of concrete panels that make up modern ground airport infrastructure. It is of…
Ashtead Level Crossing Works – Network Rail
Using: 6m x 3m x 25mm Anti Skid – Steel C/W Bevelled Edge and SALLY A fundamental planning oversight from many years ago had left a Network Rail maintenance manager with a really serious problem. A section of roadway on a level crossing was in dire need of repair. This would normally a difficult enough…
Mynachady Wind Farm – South Wales
Using: 4m x 2m x 25mm Airside – Steel C/W Bevelled Edge and SALLY As is often the case with wind farms, being as they, usually sited on remote hill tops, some heavy equipment has to be moved along roads and thoroughfares that are wholly unsuited for oversize traffic. This was certainly the case for…
Toyoda Gosei Ltd – Swansea – South Wales
Using: 4m x 2m x 25mm – Steel C/W SALLY A Japanese injection mouldings manufacturer, specialising in products for the automotive industry invested millions of pounds in its Swansea facility. This included a huge new concrete floor slab on which some new and very heavy injection moulding machines were to be installed. A series of…