Pipe jacking and microtunnelling case studies :

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Urban main drainage and flood alleviation

Road, rail and canal and river crossings

Specialist applications

Urban main drainage and flood alleviation

 
Albrighton Flood Alleviation Scheme
PROJECT

Albrighton Flood Alleviation Scheme

DESCRIPTION

Urban storm water relief scheme incorporating curved microtunnel

CONTRACTOR

Barhale plc

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Blackburn UIDs
PROJECT

Blackburn UIDs

DESCRIPTION

Installation to relieve flooding to agricultural land in rock, firm clay and wet loose silt

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Channel Reach, Crosby, Sefton
PROJECT

Channel Reach, Crosby, Sefton

DESCRIPTION

Sewer upgrade to relive storm flooding in wet sand

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Corwen Flood Prevention
PROJECT

Corwen Flood Prevention

DESCRIPTION

River flow relief to prevent urban flooding in wet sand and gravel

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Cross Lane, Warrington
PROJECT

Cross Lane, Warrington

DESCRIPTION

New gravity sewers in Cross Lane, Warrington in firm to stiff clay

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Denshaw Road, Delph
PROJECT

Denshaw Road, Delph

DESCRIPTION

Sewer upgrade to prevent overflowing during heavy rainfall in strong mudstone

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Fleetwood Storage, Tunnel Works
PROJECT

Fleetwood Storage, Tunnel Works

DESCRIPTION

Pipeline connection to wastewater treatment works in split face of wet loose silty sand overlying firm clay

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Greenlaw Park ll Project
PROJECT

Greenlaw Park ll Project

DESCRIPTION

New foul and surface water installation for residential development in clay with some rock outcrops

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Main Road Sidcup
PROJECT

Main Road Sidcup

DESCRIPTION

Upsizing of sewerage network in residential area to alleviate flooding in firm clay and silt and sand lenses

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Meadowhead to Stevenston, Irvine
PROJECT

Meadowhead to Stevenston, Irvine

DESCRIPTION

Storm water relief to prevent sewers overflowing into watercourses in clay, sand, gravel, and made ground

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Millharbour Sewer Diversion
PROJECT

Millharbour Sewer Diversion

DESCRIPTION

Offline replacement of trunk sewer to facilitate new construction project

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Mullingar Improvement Scheme
PROJECT

Mullingar Improvement Scheme

DESCRIPTION

Sewerage improvement in confined urban location in variable sands, gravels and very fine silts

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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St Martins Flood Alleviation Scheme
PROJECT

St Martins Flood Alleviation Scheme

DESCRIPTION

Flood relief in Shropshire village under highway and private land through firm dry clay

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Skibbereen Sewerage Scheme
PROJECT

Skibbereen Sewerage Scheme

DESCRIPTION

Storm, foul and combined sewers in tidal consolidated silt overlaying weak silt

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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Stratford City Bridges Deep Drainage
PROJECT

Stratford City Bridges Deep Drainage

DESCRIPTION

Surface and foul water sewers for East London shopping development

CONTRACTOR

Morgan Sindall

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Weston Square, Barry, Flood Alleviation
PROJECT

Weston Square, Barry, Flood Alleviation

DESCRIPTION

Flood relief to residential properties in weathered and fresh Mercia Mudstone below the water table

CONTRACTOR

Morgan Sindall

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Willowburn Culvert Replacement
PROJECT

Willowburn Culvert Replacement

DESCRIPTION

Offline replacement of collapsed culvert to relieve flooding in clays, sands and gravel

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Enfield Sewerage Scheme
PROJECT

Enfield Sewerage Scheme

DESCRIPTION

Urban sewer network in Enfield, Meath County, installed by microtunnelling

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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Chester Northgate
PROJECT

Chester Northgate

DESCRIPTION

New surface water sewer for Northgate, Chester

CONTRACTOR

V J Donegan & Co Ltd

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A63 Castle Street Sewer Diversions
PROJECT

A63 Castle Street Sewer Diversions

DESCRIPTION

Diversion of trunk sewers to enable major road scheme

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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Inglewood Sanitary Trunk - Calgary, Alberta
PROJECT

Inglewood Sanitary Trunk - Calgary, Alberta

DESCRIPTION

2.5m ID sewer pipes and associated shafts and crossings

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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Thame Tideway Putney Embankment Foreshore
PROJECT

Thame Tideway Putney Embankment Foreshore

DESCRIPTION

2.286m ID connection tunnel to Thames Tideway and associated works

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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Kakolanmaki Outlet Pipeline, Turku, Finlannd
PROJECT

Kakolanmaki Outlet Pipeline, Turku, Finlannd

DESCRIPTION

2.5m ID pipejacked tunnel (804ml ong) and associated shaft works

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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Road, rail and canal and river crossings

 
Bargeddie, Scotland
PROJECT

Bargeddie, Scotland

DESCRIPTION

Undertrack rail crossing for sewer diversion as part of M8 diversion

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Beckton to Woodford Pipeline
PROJECT

Beckton to Woodford Pipeline

DESCRIPTION

Continuous crossing of 11 railway lines and the A118 in Thanet Sands

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Belfast Sewers Project
PROJECT

Belfast Sewers Project

DESCRIPTION

20 metre deep river crossing in soft clays and running sands

CONTRACTOR

Morgan Sindall

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Chatterley Whitfield Country Park
PROJECT

Chatterley Whitfield Country Park

DESCRIPTION

Replacement of collapsed culvert under site access road in variable ground and constant groundwater flows

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Ellergill Culvert Undertrack Crossing
PROJECT

Ellergill Culvert Undertrack Crossing

DESCRIPTION

Undertrack culvert replacement and reinforced concrete headwalls to prevent storm flooding

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Ferneigair WwTW
PROJECT

Ferneigair WwTW

DESCRIPTION

Outfall sleeve under the M74 in soft to firm brown clay with partings of silt

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Outwood to Buckland Water Main
PROJECT

Outwood to Buckland Water Main

DESCRIPTION

Sleeves for water mains under railways and roads in stiff clay

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Penketh Hall Nook, Warrington
PROJECT

Penketh Hall Nook, Warrington

DESCRIPTION

Railway and canal crossing sleeves for welded MDPE outfall pipes in clay

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Burham Strategic Water Main
PROJECT

Burham Strategic Water Main

DESCRIPTION

Water main under M20, River Medway and Network Rail tracks

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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Paddington New Yard
PROJECT

Paddington New Yard

DESCRIPTION

Sewer diversion as part of London's Crossrail project

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Ferryhill Culvert Replacement
PROJECT

Ferryhill Culvert Replacement

DESCRIPTION

Sewer replacement under railway following culvert collapse

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant
PROJECT

Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant

DESCRIPTION

New waste water system to remedy spills to river

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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Cockburn & Calrossie Trunk Sewer relief works
PROJECT

Cockburn & Calrossie Trunk Sewer relief works

DESCRIPTION

Trunk sewer installation in and urban environment including road and rail crossings

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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Schola Green Pumping Station - Network Rail UTX
PROJECT

Schola Green Pumping Station - Network Rail UTX

DESCRIPTION

1200mm ID Untertrack crossing and associated works

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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Hodder Aqueduct Large Diameter Trunk Main Diversion
PROJECT

Hodder Aqueduct Large Diameter Trunk Main Diversion

DESCRIPTION

1200mm Motorway crossing and associated works

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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The Greenway sewer diversion
PROJECT

The Greenway sewer diversion

DESCRIPTION

Trunk sewer diversion to enable HS2 portal works

CONTRACTOR

Barhale

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Specialist applications

 
CHP Pipeline Tunnels and Shafts
PROJECT

CHP Pipeline Tunnels and Shafts

DESCRIPTION

Sleeves for power station combined heat and power pipeline

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Hinkley 132 kV Cable Reinforcement
PROJECT

Hinkley 132 kV Cable Reinforcement

DESCRIPTION

Power cable ducts installed under Network Rail main line

CONTRACTOR

Morgan Sindall

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Pannal to Asselby Gas Pipeline
PROJECT

Pannal to Asselby Gas Pipeline

DESCRIPTION

Undertrack crossings sleeves for cross country gas pipeline

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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Shaw Brook Culvert Refurbishment
PROJECT

Shaw Brook Culvert Refurbishment

DESCRIPTION

Hand excavated culvert replacement in stiff dry clay, weak sandstone and existing structure

CONTRACTOR

A E Yates

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West Cumbria Water Supplies Project - Thirlmere Transfer
PROJECT

West Cumbria Water Supplies Project - Thirlmere Transfer

DESCRIPTION

Raw water transfer tunnels, including 1.24Km pipejack as part of a 100Km pipeline scheme

CONTRACTOR

Ward & Burke

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North London Heat & Power Project
PROJECT

North London Heat & Power Project

DESCRIPTION

Diversion of trunk sewers to enable district heat & power project

CONTRACTOR

Barhale

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