Special projects are those where we have been commissioned to survey, develop and provide a designed solution, or to undertake a survey and report for a particular one-off project.
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SPECIAL PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
Bristol Port Dock Aviation
450mm dia. fuel pipelines, 450mm dia. valves and pump connections. Survey and stress-check analysis of pipelines and supports.
Reservoir for a fruit farmer, East Sussex
1.8-million-gallon lake/reservoir designed using imported local fill material for the perimeter bund for a fruit farmer in East Sussex.
Admiralty Building, Portsmouth Naval Base
Removal of steel mast and yardarm by extraction through the central tower. A mobile crane with a 37m-high jib was required, together with shear plates on steel masts and a lifting clamp designed to stabilise the yardarm.
National Portrait Gallery, London
Design of a scaffold support frame for the main steelwork erection.
Isle of Sheppey
Independent loading check on a 20-tonne excavator on a clay flood bank and design of a track excavator support frame with timber decking.
Fruit distributors, Paddock Wood, Kent
Check on a large underground reinforced-concrete tank to determine whether the roof slab could withstand the loading from 40-tonne trucks parked on top of it.
Chemical works sprinkler deluge system
Ring main and pumping-station foundations for a sprinkler deluge system at chemical works.
M4 bridge deck demolition, South Wales
Demolition of prestressed bridge decks over the M4, South Wales.
Sheet-piled cofferdam report, South Wales
Report on sheet-piled cofferdam construction, South Wales.
Piling frame rig check
Structural check on a leader piling-frame rig, including stability and components.
Tower crane jib collapse, Hythe
Report for insurers.
DLR extensions over Millwall Docks, London
Design of an acoustic steel-frame box for an 18-tonne piling hammer to reduce noise.