Sewage Treatment Plants – Improvement Programmes

As a key player in the major re-development of waste water treatment plants across Southern England, our client calls upon our specialist services regularly throughout the programmes of works on various sites. Our task is to assist in safely excavating areas around the facilities for various purposes, including –

• Excavating bases for new plant equipment - where existing services are anticipated

• installing/ upgrading earthing straps

• power house upgrades

• new cabling trenches

• shaft excavation

• exposing existing services for re-routing/ upgrading purposes

• exposing existing sewer pipework – both on facility and within public highways

Gas Utilities – Main and Consumer Connection Replacement

As part of their on-going infrastructure replacement programmes we work alongside many gas utilities contractors operating on behalf of the gas networks providers, assisting in safely exposing the various services (Water, electric and telecommunications) buried alongside gas pipework.

On occasions, we are also called out to help manage emergency situations, such as gas leaks …. or indeed explosions

Civil Engineering & Construction – Trial Inspection Holes/ Slit Trenches/ Foundations

With suction excavator’s ability to remove narrow slots of ground material it can be used in various applications, particularly where there is a danger of unknown services being present or the ground conditions need to be established as part of preparatory engineering design works

Environmental – Coastal Defences

Another specialist project to assist one of our civil engineering clients in excavating an existing sheet pile sea wall for repair works