Geo-technical specialists, Bachy Soletanche Limited is currently in the early stages of a high profile piling foundations contract for the Lancashire Schools BSF project in Burnley. The piling work will be completed at the beginning of next year, ready for the construction of a new schooling complex including a Primary School, Concourse Community Centre and Sixth Form College, providing leading edge learning facilities in the Burnley area.
Read MoreLeading geotechnical specialist, Bachy Soletanche Limited (BSL) has announced that it has taken controlling interest of vibroflotation and ground improvement contractor, Vibro Group with immediate effect. The acquisition by Bachy Soletanche will provide the support structure for the Vibro Group to further increase its scope and capabilities in the marketplace.
Read MoreLeading geotechnical specialist, Bachy Soletanche Limited (BSL), is in the process of providing piling work for a hat trick of hospitals, with projects underway in Manchester, St Helens and Whiston. The projects encompass foundation work for new buildings and extensions at the three multi million pound developments. The new projects are part of a programme of improvements and modernisation at NHS facilities in the north west of England, which is due for full completion in 2010.
Read MoreGeotechnical specialist, Bachy Soletanche Limited (BSL) has completed one of its high-profile projects in the city of Bristol, having provided foundation work at the Hartwell House development. The site of the new office development is just five minutes walking distance from the massive Broadmead expansion project currently under way, and the two projects provide a great example of BSL’s unique versatility.
Read MoreLeading geotechnical specialist Bachy Soletanche Limited (BSL) has managed to shave down both the length of time required for the work and the depth of the piles involved during an efficient piling project on the banks of London’s Regent’s Canal.
Read MoreLeading geotechnical specialist Bachy Soletanche Limited (BSL) has provided the first exceptional performance at London’s latest theatre – providing the innovative piling and foundation solution to support a new theatre and residential development in Islington Green. The theatre itself will be situated below ground level, with an adjoining residential complex above ground that will include luxury apartments and town houses.
Read MoreBachy Soletanche, the leading geotechnical specialist, has recently completed two separate projects in the historic city of Lancaster, providing piling solutions for a new office complex and a new luxury apartment development. Working simultaneously on the two projects, the Bachy Soletanche teams were less than two miles apart during the work.
Read MoreLeading geotechnical specialist Bachy Soletanche Limited (BSL) has demonstrated its innovation and organisation in equal measure during ongoing piling work at a waste-water treatment plant in Wigan. Due for completion on 11 July, the project would usually require large-diameter auger (LDA) piling, but BSL has managed to utilise the faster, more cost-efficient continuous flight auger (CFA) process.
Read MoreLeading geotechnical specialist Bachy Soletanche has completed piling work to support a new bridge over the river Avon, which will form a key component of the new A429 Barford Bypass. The £210,000 contract involved the construction of one hundred and four piles to support two abutments and three piers that will carry the weight of the new bridge from the banks of the river.
Read MoreWhen facing the second phase of large-diameter auger (LDA) piling at 1, Aldgate Union, leading geotechnical specialist Bachy Soletanche faced a unique question; How can a one hundred tonne piling rig be mobilised onto a site that has an underground shopping centre directly underneath? Without extra support, the ceiling of the disused Aldgate Union Shopping Centre risked collapse when the weighty Bachy Soletanche rig sat directly above, constructing LDA piles up to thirty-five metres deep.
Read MoreBachy Soletanche, the leading geotechnical specialist, has completed piling work at Duke Street in Liverpool, following a direct request from the developer for a specific Site Supervisor to work on the project. Rob Harrison, who has worked for Bachy Soletanche for over sixteen years, was requested by name to work on the Duke Street piling work following his previous performance on projects for the Pierse Group.
Read MoreBachy Soletanche Limited is helping BAA Edinburgh Airport, one of the UK’s fastest growing airports, to continue its meteoric rise – providing a piling solution as part of the enabling works for its new £14m pier development, which will further enhance the airport’s capabilities and the passenger experience.
Read MoreLeading geotechnical specialist Bachy Soletanche has recently completed its latest Irish contract, providing micro piling to support the basement construction of the new Joels Hotel complex on the Naas Road, Dublin 22. The work was coordinated through Bachy Soletanche’s Ireland office, opened in September last year, and involved the construction of over three hundred mini-piles during a two month programme that began in December.
Read MoreBachy Soletanche, the leading geotechnical specialist, has begun work on site at King’s Waterfront in Liverpool. The high-profile project is due for completion in 2007, and involves the construction of an arena, conference centre and hotel complex – revitalising the King’s Waterfront area on the banks of the Mersey River. Bachy Soletanche is providing piling for the arena and the conference centre, as well as the multi-storey car park to be situated on the site, in a two-phase project worth a combined £2.6million.
Read MoreBachy Soletanche, the leading geotechnical specialist, has commenced piling work at Bristol’s Broadmead centre as part of a high-profile redevelopment of the city-centre shopping precinct. In a project that is one of the country’s biggest city-centre regeneration programmes for fifty years, the piling work carried out by Bachy Soletanche will help to create the foundations for impressive new commercial and leisure facilities planned for the extended Broadmead centre.
Read MoreLeading Geotechnical specialist Bachy Soletanche has just completed the piling work at 1 Wood Street, Cheapside, London. The piling work will form a foundation for a new office block development for Land Securities being managed by Bovis Lend Lease.
Read MoreIt is in the nature of piling and foundation work to have more obstacles below ground than above, but with a disused underground shopping centre directly beneath the development site, 1, Aldgate Union provided some unique obstacles for leading geotechnical specialist and Bachy Soletanche.
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