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A reinforced soil wall was built on challenging ground to support a brownfield housing development in London.
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Elephant & Castle redevelopment scheme overcomes geotechnical challenges
A new ticket hall for Elephant & Castle Tube station in south London has been excavated in close proximity to live tunnels within challenging geology.
Ground movements monitored on HS2 site with fibre optic instrumented geogrid
A system for detecting subsurface ground movements, combining geosynthetics and fibre optic sensing cables, is in use on a High Speed 2 cutting.
Tunnelling: Denmark’s Fehmarnbelt tunnel begins to take shape
Contractors have cast the first tunnel element for the record breaking Fehmarnbelt road and rail crossing between Denmark and Germany.
Retaining walls: Complex ground engineering on Hull’s A63 upgrade
The team delivering a major new underpass for the A63 Castle Street improvement scheme in Hull has overcome challenges of building in soft ground conditions by carrying out site tests in advance.
Shoring success on Hastings rail line with value engineered solutions
Network Rail was able to efficiently remediate one of its high risk assets - the landslide-affected Wadhurst cutting - through collaboration with the project team that led to value engineered solutions.
Highways: Fixing ageing geotechnical asset on A40 Brecon Bypass
Collaboration across design, construction and maintenance teams was crucial for the successful remediation of a landslide-damaged cutting on the A40 Brecon Bypass.
Tunnelling: How engineers at Silvertown rotated the UK’s largest TBM
The Silvertown Tunnel project in east London involves innovative solutions for a range of engineering and logistical challenges. They include rotating a 1,800t tunnel boring machine on nitrogen skates.
Ground investigations to help stabilise Southend’s soft cliff coastline
Ground investigations were required at Southend-on-Sea, where the soft cliff coastline has suffered ongoing ground movement and cracking.
Offshore engineering: Building a deep water port in the Outer Hebrides
A rock blasting, piling and dredging programme is underway for a major new deep water port that is set to transform the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.