Keltbray Group will be offering all its customers the use of Wagners Earth Friendly Concrete (EFC) on their temporary works projects. Through its in-house design consultancy, Wentworth House Partnership, Keltbray has been testing the applications of EFC, alongside other eco-friendly concretes, across a diverse range of project types. The engineering…
Two workers from Birmingham-based civils firm Callan Connect are to trial wearable technology that could prevent hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) or "white finger". The operatives will pilot the HAV Sentry Glove on works to be carried out in Coventry for City Fibre, a London-based internet network provider. Coventry tech…
Engineering specialist Maccaferri has released images showing how a slope reinforcement system it supplied helped reopen a Scottish road that was closed for more than three years following a landslip. The Oxfordshire-based company delivered a Green Terramesh package to the RH Irving-led team working on the B6318 at Langholm near…
Construction of the timber pavilion at the International Quarter in Stratford is pushing ahead now work has been undertaken to ensure the basement of the development does not impact on a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) tunnel below. The pavilion sits above a DLR tunnel and required protection against the ingress…
Precast concrete pile manufacturer Centrum Pile has announced that it is now recycling all waste material generated at its factory in Newark, Nottinghamshire. The company has said that the work to recycle all scrap metal, concrete, electrical equipment, waste oil and waste oil containers, scrap batteries, oil rags, fuel filters,…
Huesker believes it has achieved a world-first with the launch of its Eco Line geogrid products which are made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (pet) bottles. The first product in the new range it the Ha Telit C asphalt reinforcement grid, which was first launch 40 years ago, and other products…
Gas protection and waterproofing systems from Visqueen have been specified for Fresh Wharf, a development of 900 homes being built on reclaimed industrial land next to the River Roding in Barking, east London. The mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments, and a number of townhouses, is being developed in…
Construction of Milan’s Metropolitan line called for construction of a 1km long cut and cover tunnel but high hydrostatic pressures and proximity to a canal meant that waterproofing water a key component of the project. Main contractor Costruzione Grandi Lavori Fincosit subcontracted the waterproofing to Eng Prati, which used Preprufe…
For the last six months, equipment from Mabey Hire has helped support a cofferdam to deliver construction of a key element of new flood defences in Lincolnshire. Bam Nuttall and Mott MacDonald used a Supershaft Plus hydraulic frame alongside Super Bracing struts to allow construction of the floodgate on the…
The Titan 196 micropile was launched by Ischebeck Titan at the Bauma construction equipment exhibition in Munich, Germany in April. With 196mm diameter and 7,000kN capacity, the Titan 196 is the largest in the company’s micropile range. According to Ischebeck, the micropile was developed for specialist applications where high loads…
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