At the 2024 GE Piling & Foundations conference, the Federation of Piling Specialists' Stuart Norman and Glenigan's Allan Wilen gave a pre-general election view of the piling industry's performance.
Cementation Skanska worked with Mabey Hire to support a three level basement excavation as part of the 2 Finsbury Avenue development in London.
Federation of Piling Specialists sustainability committee member Nirmal Tiwari on sustainable fuel alternatives to standard diesel for construction plant and equipment.
Van Elle has been fined £233,000 for safety breaches after a lorry driver was struck and killed by the mast of a piling rig at a residential development site in Scotland in 2021.
Raison Foster Associates’ Chris Raison discusses ways the new UK National Annex to the second-generation Eurocode FprEN 1997-3:2024 could help clarify pile design requirements.
Steel forgings company Sheffield Forgemasters and main contractor Vinci Building have moved to the next phase of constructing the UK’s largest open-die forging facility, with piling contractor Cementation Skanska getting to work on the building’s foundations.
Constructing a new bridge across the River Dyfi and associated floodplain in West Wales was technically and logistically challenging.
Geotechnical contractor Keller is involved in piling works for the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway’s project to replace the 135 year old Bridge 27 along the 8km long heritage steam train line in West Yorkshire.
Piling contractor Cementation Skanska has installed a plant safety system with “intelligent” cameras that recognise the human form on its fleet of large diameter piling rigs and cranes.
Dimitrios Selemetas on rethinking foundations and moving to a more performance based design for sustainability.
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