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Project Value
£7,800,000
Client Name
Galliford Try
Project Type
Civil Engineering and Water Infrastructure
The Wakefield FAS Team were winners at the 2014 ICE awards
Wakefield Flood Alleviation Scheme
CPC Civils were successfully awarded the Wakefield Flood Alleviation Scheme (FAS) contract in 2010 and would complete works in 2013.
The Wakefield FAS Project was a major flood alleviation scheme to ensure protection within Wakefield for up to 1 in 100 year flooding
Split into several phases, the completed scheme would protect 715 homes and 59 businesses as well as the A638 dual carriageway.
Ings Beck Flood Alleviation Scheme was a National Capital Project delivered under the NCF Framework.
CPC Civils would work closely with Galliford Try as their sole Civil Engineering Sub Contractor throughout the duration of the scheme.
The scheme itself was a strategic plan to provide the City of Wakefield with a 1:100 year flood defence. The project would consist of many different types of construction in order to achieve the required standard. It would cover around twenty different working areas within the city.
Working areas would range from two large Dam Structures including:
- deep drainage,
- using large diameter concrete pipes,
- bulk earthworks,
- reinforced concrete structures and sheet piles
through to minor concrete repairs on existing structures.
We would also undertake a substantial road crossing under the six lane arterial road into Wakefield. Our team would achieve this without a single service strike.
Additionally, our team would carry out work in private gardens, public highways and retail developments.
Throughout the project we would work as close partners with the entire delivery team, constantly providing either best practice ideas or efficiency savings – fulfilling the true meaning of partnering.
On Phases M to Q, CPC Civils would install a new bypass road. This would be built over the existing water course.
To do so CPC Civils would install 110 meters of twin 3 meter by 2 meter pre-cast culverts. The culverts were fabricated off site by FP McCann, as a modular product, and installed by CPC Civils. Our team would complete the installation using a 120T Mobile Crane and culvert pullers.
Furthermore, the innovation in using the culverts to divert a main road during the construction work won CPC Civils and Galliford Try the Exemplar Performance Award from the Environment Agency.
The works on the contract phase S to T were to widen existing brooks and streams to reduce flood risk. Traditionally these streams were dammed off and over pumped whilst the works was carried out. We decided to temporarily divert the water course by burying a 600mm pipe beside the work area thus reducing fuel consumption and minimising risk of spillages of fuels and oils.
Although overall there was very little cost saving there was a far greater saving from an environmental point of view as following the pipe’s installation it did not require any maintenance.
