Ground engineering Archives - Construction Management

A2 Engine tool to speed up early planning around ground movement

A digital platform called Gemma has been launched to help engineers assess ground movements during early project planning.

Once injected, the resin expanded and hardened fast to block water infiltration and strengthen the backfill in the tunnel. Image: Geobear.

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Resin injection provides quick fix for Kier’s rotting-tunnel problem

Geobear had two weeks to stabilise a soggy tunnel meant to support a new railway.

View of the temporary works specialist that Altrad RMD Kwikform recently provided to K Rouse Civil Engineering. It is a bespoke integrated ground shoring and formwork solution to support a challenging excavation for the construction of the new Fujifilm Borealis biotech manufacturing facility in Billingham.

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In pictures | Bespoke ground shoring built for challenging large excavation

Temporary works specialist Altrad RMD Kwikform has provided a bespoke ground shoring and formwork structure for K Rouse Civil Engineering for the construction of the Fujifilm Borealis biotech manufacturing facility in Billingham.

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Skanska starts trial of electric drilling rig

Skanska has begun a trial of a plug-in electric drilling rig to work on HS2, which it claims is a world first.

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Treviicos shores up the levee in Florida

This year, ground engineering specialist Treviicos expects to finish a decade-long project to shore up the 230km Herbert Hoover Dike in southern Florida. Rod Sweet reports.