Bachy Soletanche

Bachy Soletanche is heading to Manchester next week to join a wealth of industry experts at Interchange 25, the UK's only large-scale integrated transport infrastructure platform. If you are at the event, come and visit us on Stand 15, where you can meet our team, including Kevin Doyle, Martin Stanley (CEng MICE FGS), Chris Merridew, Caz Sumner and David Coyle. Tickets are free and can be booked here - https://lnkd.in/gRbmWgnA #BuildOnUs #GeotechnicalEngineering #Interchange

Two of our Plant Department apprentices, Subhaan and Will, recently visited BAUER Maschinen GmbH in Germany to continue their learning and development. Spending a week at the training centre, they attended a hands-on course which focused on electrical and hydraulic knowledge of Bauer machines. We take pride in ensuring our talented workforce receive the right training for their role, which in turn enables our business to continually deliver for our customers.     #NationalApprenticeshipWeek #BuildOnUs Find out more about our apprenticeships - https://lnkd.in/dQFF2CNC

Cut-off walls are an efficient solution for controlling groundwater flow and any contaminants that it may contain. Our team offers a range of techniques to meet the specific needs of your project. Depending on the chosen technique, advantages of cut-off walls include: ✅ Quick installation with minimal handling operations or removal of spoil ✅ Achieves very low permeabilities ✅ Prevents gas migration and enables in-situ groundwater treatment ✅ Capability to install walls at significant depths, meeting complex project demands Ready to find out more? Discover how our cut-off wall solutions can transform your next project: https://bit.ly/40l4XZM #BuildOnUs #Geotechnical #CutOffWalls

Bachy Soletanche recently completed a geotechnical and civil engineering works contract for Canary Wharf Group's Eden Dock bridge project. Our works included the installation of piled foundations and bridge piers for a new 60m long pedestrian bridge connecting the North and South sides of the Eden Dock. Our scope of works included: • UXO magnetometer surveys in the dock to allow the jack up barge legs to safely penetrate into the dockbed • Removal and storage of a pedestrian footbridge weighing 46t using an innovative marine lifting method from below to avoid the use of craneage • Mobilisation of three barges for the piling rig, service crane and logistics, plus support pontoons from land into the dock for the works • Installation of two 2.1m diameter, 29m deep rotary bored marine piles under polymer support fluid • Construction of the bridge piers on top of each pile, featuring a complex post-tensioning system to connect the piles to the bridge, including the use of architectural finished casings Due to the complexity of this project, a high level of planning and coordination was required between all parties. Some of the key challenges were: • Assembling the barges and piling setup. A historic ‘Banana Wall’ around the dock restricted loading close to the edge. As a result, all plant had to be lifted onto the barges, including our BG40 piling rig using a 1000t mobile crane. •The proximity of the piles to the Jubilee Line, with the closest pile being 4.1m away. Drilling in proximity to the tunnels required 24/7 working to ensure compliance with TfL procedures and monitoring of pile bore verticality throughout drilling using Koden and PRAD systems. • Complex multi-phase civils work with the installation of the post-tensioning cages connected to the piles and cast into the piers. This required Bachy Soletanche to draw on our experience gained from large projects like HS2 and Thames Tideway, where we are involved complex civil engineering work as well as specialist geotechnics. A special thanks to our supply chain partners for supporting us throughout this project, and for bringing their specialist expertise to support our team. Red7Marine, TUNNELCRAFT LTD, Brocks Gordon, London Concrete, ArcelorMittal Construction Solutions, Total Construction Supplies Ltd, Weldex, BALDWINS CRANE HIRE LIMITED, SOCOTEC UK, Pontoonworks Ltd, and Apex Engineering Services. #BuildOnUs #MarineEngineering

Season’s Greetings from all the team at Bachy Soletanche! ❄️ Thank you to our clients, supply chain partners, colleagues and wider network for a year of collaboration and success. In 2024, we delivered a wide range of geotechnical projects, continued to drive innovation, and restructured our business to better serve our clients across the UK and Ireland with three dedicated divisions. We are looking forward to 2025, but for now, enjoy the festive break and stay safe. #BuildOnUs #geotechnical #civilengineering

And that's a wrap for our Plant Yard team in 2024! 🎄 A huge thank you to our incredible team for their hard work, and to all our sites for trusting us to keep their projects moving. Here's to an even bigger and better 2025 🎉 Find out more about Bachy Soletanche's UK Plant Department: https://bit.ly/3BFD0SK #BuildOnUs #CivilEngineering #Geotechnical

As the year draws to a close, we are looking back on the last 12 months and revisiting some of the projects our teams have delivered. Our Northern, Southern and Projects divisions have worked on schemes across the country in a wide range of sectors. Thank you to all our clients and supply chain partners that have made this year possible. Find out how we can help develop your projects in 2025 by visiting: https://bit.ly/4iKawIu #BuildOnUs #GeotechnicalEngineering

Today we are celebrating #WorldTunnellingDay! 🚇 Our teams have worked on a range of projects involving tunnelling and shaft construction, recent schemes include HS2, Tideway, the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) and Shieldhall Tunnel. You can find out more here: https://bit.ly/4glBFPV Tomorrow our experts will be attending the New Civil Engineer Tunnelling Conference in London, if you are attending, come and say hello! #BuildOnUs #Tunnelling Photo credits to Tideway London

Bachy Soletanche is committed to reducing embodied carbon on our projects. Recently our team was involved in trialling different carbon binders in our concrete mixes on a scheme in Canary Wharf. You can find out more about our involvement in this Ground Engineering Magazine article: https://bit.ly/41coPyS #Sustainability #ConcreteInnovation

#FlashbackFriday In 2009, Bachy Soletanche designed and constructed the temporary hard/firm secant pile retaining wall to facilitate the remodelling of the existing dock entrance at Rosyth Dock Yard in Fife, Scotland. The 1300mm diameter secant wall piles were expected to terminate in the top of the Dolerite. The excavation within the wall was to extend down to the top of rock at an approximate depth of 26.5m. The solution, developed by Bachy Soletanche and BAM Nuttall, involved the installation of steel dowels through the bases of the hard piles to provide restraint at the toe of the wall. The secant wall, dowels and ground anchors were designed by Bachy Soletanche to provide a single composite solution. The project was a good example of Bachy Soletanche and BAM Nuttall’s ability to coordinate the various ongoing activities of a major project via efficient planning, good teamwork and site management. To read more on the project, visit: https://bit.ly/425mFQ9 #BuildOnUs #ProjectComplete #CaseStudy