Crossrail: Our Contribution to the Elizabeth line
Today marks the official opening of the Elizabeth line. In this article, we look back at Bachy Soletanche’s contribution to what is more commonly known in the construction world as Crossrail. The Elizabeth line is a new railway route providing faster and more direct connections across London and beyond. The 100km-long line stretches from Reading and Heathrow in the [...]
Bachy Soletanche conclude successful scheme at EcoPark South
Bachy Soletanche and Vibro Menard have recently completed a ground engineering package for North London Waste Authority’s EcoPark South project in Edmonton, London. The team of geotechnical experts provided the ground engineering design and construction for the park’s two new waste management facilities: The Resource Recovery Facility (RRF) and the Reuse and Recycling Centre (RRC). They also carried [...]
Ground Engineering Awards 2022 Shortlist Success For Bachy Soletanche
Bachy Soletanche has been shortlisted for 17 entries at the Ground Engineering Awards 2022. The company is a finalist in a total of ten categories, with a particularly strong showing in the Sustainability, Health and Safety, and Equipment innovation sections. The shortlist is recognition of Bachy Soletanche’s continued commitment to delivering excellence in the ground engineering sector, its [...]
Top tips on how to support your colleagues
Are you concerned about the mental wellbeing of a colleague? Perhaps they’ve mentioned something to you or maybe they just don’t seem their usual self? In this article, we’re going to discuss some top tips that we have collated from experts across the mental health sector on how you can be there for colleagues who may be having a [...]
Why Mental Health Awareness Matters
In this article, a Bachy Soletanche employee, who would prefer to remain anonymous, shares their experience of their struggles with ADHD, the effect that this condition has had on their mental health and work life, as well as the support they received from the company to help manage it. By opening up the conversation around mental health, we can [...]
Earth Day: 8 steps we’re taking to reduce our environmental impact
The significance of Earth Day has never felt greater than it does this year. Over the past year, we’ve seen a global shift in the approach to environmental preservation, with more and more organisations joining the Race to Zero and a huge spike in companies offering low-carbon products and services. We’ve seen COP26 and Greta Thunberg consume our news [...]
Vicky Hill: A CAD Technician in Modern Construction
In this Insider Update, we chat to Bachy Soletanche CAD Technician, Vicky Hill, who shares the highs and lows of her time in the construction industry, what it was like to follow in her father’s footsteps, and how mastering jigsaw puzzles has been crucial to her success. What is a CAD Technician? As a [...]
Bachy Soletanche achieve 8th consecutive RoSPA Gold Award
Bachy Soletanche’s continued healthy and safety efforts over the past year have recently been recognised with another RoSPA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Gold Award, marking the 8th year in a row that the geotechnical contractors have received this prestigious award. The RoSPA awards recognise companies and teams across the world that uphold exceptional health [...]
Digital tools changing geotechnical project management
Bachy Soletanche Project Manager, Matt Rose explains how the rapidly expanding world of digital technology has shaken up the geotechnical industry and transformed project management. He also explores the next digital tools and advancements the industry needs to make to take project performance to new heights. As a project manager, you’re always thinking of [...]
Marking International Women’s Day 2022
Today, Tuesday 8th March 2022, marks International Women's Day. To mark International Women’s Day this year, we hear from Bachy Soletanche Senior Contracts Engineer and Vice Chair of the FPS Early Careers Group, Laylee Eftekhar, on the dos and don’ts of encouraging a more diverse industry. When it comes to diversity in the construction industry, although having [...]
Celebrating our world-class engineers on World Engineering Day
World Engineering Day is here and it’s time to celebrate our amazing employees and their engineering achievements! We asked five Bachy Soletanche employees what their favourite project has been since they joined the company and what historical engineering project they would’ve loved to have worked on. Sophie Vicard What has been your favourite project [...]
Bachy Soletanche’s Richard Totty recognised by the ICE for diversity contributions
Yesterday, Bachy Soletanche Technical Manager, Richard Totty, attended the Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) Diversity Reception – an exclusive thank you event held for those who have made outstanding contributions to the ICE’s Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) programme. Following on from the ICE’s Diversity and Inclusivity Action Plan launched in 2015, their FIR programme was established in 2021 [...]