Tag Archives: Piling

Redeveloping the Old War Office building in central London as a luxury hotel with an extended basement required a comprehensive foundation system.

An incident where a tremie pipe fell onto a live carriageway is one of many challenges that geotechnical contractors have faced on the Silvertown Tunnel project, delegates heard at the GE Piling and Foundations conference.

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.

A Van Elle subsidiary has completed the largest indoor helical piling project in the UK as part of work to expand a data centre in East London.

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.

Ground Engineering's May 2024 issue reports on the piling and foundations work involved in the redevelopment of the Old War Office in London, and geological investigations for the Ebbw Vale train frequency enhancements.

Expanded Geotechnical business leader John Chick talked about ways of avoiding basements "going wrong" at the 2023 GE Basements & Underground Structures conference.

Bauer Technologies will support main infrastructure contractor John Sisk & Son with piling solutions for York Central on one of the largest brownfield sites in England.

An incident in which a piling rig accidentally pierced the ceiling of a metro tunnel in Istanbul in January shows the importance of site investigations and planning, industry leaders have said.

Neom has said that the world’s biggest earthworks operation is underway as contractors move 2M.m3 of earth per week to construct the Line, a linear city in the Saudi Arabian desert.