Bachy Soletanche

Bachy Soletanche in A46 Coopers Hill landslip stabilisation scheme

The Anchors, Grouting and Mini-piling team of specialist geotechnical contractors, Bachy Soletanche, has just completed a restricted access landslip stabilisation scheme on the A46 Coopers Hill for main contractor Dawnus and Gloucestershire Highways, a JV between Atkins and Gloucestershire County Council, in a rural location in the Gloucestershire countryside.

Down 2 Earth - Spring Edition

The spring edition of Down2Earth is a 25th Anniversary special, download the pdf here.

Down2Earth - Spring Edition (4.3mb)

Lee Tunnel: end of the D-Walls on the overflow shaft

Bachy Soletanche Ltd in a joint venture with Morgan Sindall and VINCI Construction Grande Projets (MVB) poured the last diaphragm wall panel of the first shaft on 10 February 2011. This diaphragm wall is 1500mm thick, 89m deep and reinforced top to bottom. Over 10,700m³ of concrete has been poured and as much excavated soil discharged directly into barges located on the Thames via a conveyor belt.