The Morgan Sindall/VINCI/Bachy Soletanche partnership’s diaphragm walling with its Hydrofraise machine. One and three bite panels, which are 97m deep, have been successfully installed on site as part of the Lee Tunnel scheme.
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Specialist geotechnical contractors, Bachy Soletanche, has recently started work on a new grade separated interchange on the A41 in West Bromwich for a Balfour Beatty/Birse JV. Worth c.£2.5 million and expected to last 15 weeks, the project consists of heavy duty CFA and Cased CFA Secant Piling.
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Geotechnical specialists, Bachy Soletanche, has started work on a £360,000 piling project for Costain for its client, Viridor Laing (Greater Manchester) Ltd as part of the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority’s Recycling and Waste Contract, to construct the retaining walls and bearing piles for a new recycling and waste facility on Arkwright Street in Oldham.
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Leading geotechnical specialists, Bachy Soletanche and Carillion Pilling are currently working on an £18m geotechnical contract as part of carriageway improvements on the M1, junctions 10 – 13, Luton to Milton Keynes. The work is being carried out for the Costain Carillion Joint Venture working on behalf of the Highways Agency.
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Developed in the UK by Bachy Soletanche and Mastenbroek, a TrenchMix machine, newly arrived from construction projects in France and Switzerland, is currently helping provide flood protection at a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) in Nottingham.
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Specialist geotechnical contractors, Bachy Soletanche Ltd, this month started work on its first Tower project of the year, and first multi-storey residential tower order received in the last 2 years, with main contractor Sir Robert McAlpine for Heron Land Developments, along side the client’s engineer, WSP.
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Specialist geotechnical contractor, Bachy Soletanche, is working with main contractor KMI Water, a joint venture between Kier Construction, J Murphy and Sons and Interserve Project Services, on a project for United Utilities to treat the water that goes into the River Ribble using a storm water shaft solution involving deep Diaphragm wall shafts and Cased Secant Piling (CSP).
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Geotechnical specialists, Bachy Soletanche, in conjunction with main contractor, Laing O’Rourke, and geotechnical designer, Garassino Eng. SrL, has been announced as the winner of the ICE Engineering Excellence Awards’ Innovation Award for its work on the £5m Isle of Grain Pump House Cofferdam project.
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Paul Hodgson, Business Development Manager at Bachy Soletanche, gives his views on the impact of The Budget on the engineering and construction industries.
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Anchor, Grout and Mini-pile division improves load capacity of a Polar Park industrial unit.
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Specialist geotechnical contractor, Bachy Soletanche, along with the project team of Severn Trent Water, main contractor, Forkers and the client’s engineer, Mott MacDonald, have developed a novel solution for a storm water tank in Washwood Heath, Birmingham.
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In a joint venture with Arup Geotechnics Bachy Soletanche were very pleased to accept the 2010 Ground Engineering Magazine prize for works at The Pinnacle Tower in the City of London, in the section Geotechnical works greater than £1m.
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