Market Sectors Our teams of engineers are experienced in delivering innovative ground solutions across a range of sectors, providing advice and guidance throughout every project. Roads and Bridges Typical projects include temporary cofferdams and access jetties to facilitate the erection of supporting piers, sheet piling for permanent bridge scour protection and temporary sheet pile walls and support frames to protect existing buildings during new road construction. Industrial, Commercial and Residential Our experieince in this sector includes permanent sheet piling work to prevent ground movement and installation of temporary sheet piles, support and ground anchors to enable follow-on works. Our recent move into the bearing pile market has allowed us to expand our operations in this sector to include driven precast concrete and steel bearing piles.  With an ever increasing use of brownfield sites for these types of development, this method of constructing the foundations is more economic and proving to be more environmentally friendly as no spoil is produced. Ports and Harbours We have over 70 years experience in providing a complete pile installation service in both tidal and intertidal zones - including coastal defences, dock wall stabilisation, the construction of quay and jetty walls, sheet piled slipways, cofferdams for outfalls and mooring dolphins. Permanent Basements Our expertise covers steel sheet piles to retain the ground and carry vertical loads, which are increasingly being specified for permanent basements, car parks and underground water tanks. Canals and Inland Waterways Our portfolio includes the creation of jetties and floating mooring pontoons, concrete capped steel pile moorings, embankment stablisation, flood alleviation schemes and sheet piling to seal potential leaks. Environmental There is an increasing requirement in this developing sector for temporary and permanent cut-off walls.  Our expertise includes the use of sealants to restrict flow of contaminants through sheet pile clutches. Rail Sheet pile walls are commonly installed on embankments and through-cuttings for slope stabilisation.  We have also installed steel bearing piles to support overhead gantries.

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