Network Rail and Amco Giffen have worked on a temporary fix for the site of a recent “sinkhole” caused by a significant underground spring under the tracks at Caldercruix on the Airdrie-Bathgate rail line in Scotland.
Author Archives: Nia Kajastie
Round table: Past, present and future of the piling industry
To mark the 60th anniversary of the Federation of Piling Specialists, former chairs took part in a round table discussion covering the past, present and future of the industry.
Coal Authority’s mine data made available to the public sector free of charge
The Coal Authority has revealed a new three year data plan, which includes giving public sector organisations access to its information on underground mine workings for free.
Murphy bags piling package for expansion of Jameson distillery
Murphy Ireland has won a piling contract on Irish Distillers’ €250M (£125M) project to build a new facility at the Midleton Distillery in Country Cork.
HS2: TBM quartet tackles differing geology on twin bore tunnel under London
All four tunnel boring machines are now working on High Speed 2’s Northolt tunnel, which is divided into two sections with different geological challenges.
‘Who is willing to take up the mantle of being a future geotechnical industry leader?’
GE editor Nia Kajastie asks how the geotechnical engineering sector could pass on learnings more efficiently.
North Wales railway washout fixed within four days
Network Rail’s in-house team has completed emergency repairs on a section of the Conwy Valley Line that suffered a washout last week – less than a kilometre away from prior resilience works.
Volker Stevin installs piles for Sunderland’s new Wear footbridge using bespoke cantilever frame
Volker Stevin, together with Volker Ground Engineering, has used a cantilever solution to install piles for a new high-level footbridge as part of the Riverside Sunderland regeneration scheme.
Ramboll to design foundations for Sottish offshore wind farm
Thistle Wind Partners has awarded Ramboll a foundations design contract for its Bowdun offshore wind project located off the Aberdeenshire coast.
Scotland Excel informs industry of £70M engineering framework
Local authority procurement body Scotland Excel is planning to tender a civil engineering and technical consultancy framework, which is expected to include geotechnical services.