Project Value
£2m
Client Name
Kier
Project Type
Waterway Engineering
- Before construction could begin, CPC Civils had to create access into the canal by installing an access ramp and a 100m long haul road through the canal bed to reach a stranded canal boat for its safe recovery.
- Once the canal boat had been removed, the haul road needed to extend through the 60m of breached canal. This required large sections of concrete and other debris to be removed and the surrounding slopes made safe.
- The haul road was extended a further 60m to allow the construction of a permanent dam and the temporary fabric dam removed.
- A tracked dumper was required to reach the bottom of the breach where the repair works would being.
- Upon clearance of the river bank an excavation began at the toe of the embankment to find suitable ground to begin rebuilding.
- The rebuild was completed by laying and compacting layers of stone 150mm at a time, for a total of 14 metres to match the intact embankment profile either side of the breach.
220 metres of reinforced concrete wash-walls were built through the site and a waterproof geotextile membrane fitted throughout the confines of the wall to seal the canal bed. The membrane was lined with a 100mm thick fibre reinforced concrete layer to provide protection.
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Project Value
£1.2m
Client Name
May Gurney
Project Type
Waterway Engineering
CPC have been working on and around water since the mid Nineties and as such have gained a vastly experienced workforce.
Working with May Gurney, works to replace three hundred meters of the harbour / river wall for Waveney District Council took place in early 2013 Fifteen meter long piles, in pairs were driven to level in front of the existing failed wall, these piles were then anchored using over 120 No 85mm diameter steel tie bars to a line of back piles.
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