Construction HEADLINES

A 25m high gantry extension now added to Van Oord’s Svanen will allow it to install ever-larger monopiles for offshore wind farm applications Credit: Van Oord A 25m high gantry extension now added to Van Oord’s Svanen will allow it to install ever-larger monopiles for offshore wind farm applications Credit: Van Oord
PILING

Van Oord's Svanen upgraded for larger monopiles

Heavy lift installation vessel grows 25m taller overnight as upgrade programme continues

03 May 2024
Anja Frazier of Bauer Financial Services with a happy ECA customer whom she has helped to finance a new rig Credit: ECA
PILING

BFINS and ECA provide foundation industry expertise in equipment financing

How foundation contractors can finance the purchase of new heavy plant with the help of BFINS

01 May 2024
Van Elle recently set a new record for the deepest continuous flight auger (CFA) piles ever undertaken by the company Credit: Van Elle
PILING

Van Elle achieves record depth on Britannia Phase 2B Project

Van Elle recently set a new record for the deepest CFA piles ever undertaken by the company

26 April 2024
The panel discussion during the recent Bauer Spezialtiefbau ‘Schrobenhausener Tage’ lecture chaired by Florian Bauer (centre) with Marcus Daubner, Prof. Dr Christian Moormann, Richard Gutjahr and Frank Haehnig (left to right) Credit: Bauer Spezialtiefbau
PILING

'Schrobenhausener Tage' 2024: New horizons in specialist foundation engineering

Geotechnical solutions and the role of AI were the focus of this year's Bauer Schrobenhausener Tage

25 April 2024
Oscillators provide effective solutions to difficult foundation engineering problems Credit: Roc Equipment
PILING

Casing oscillators address many obstacles facing DoTs

The benefits of oscillators in the construction of case-drilled shafts on infrastructure projects

24 April 2024
Anja Frazier of Bauer Financial Services with a happy ECA customer whom she has helped to finance a new rig Credit: ECA
PILING

BFINS and ECA provide foundation industry expertise in equipment financing

How foundation contractors can finance the purchase of new heavy plant with the help of BFINS

01 May 2024
Van Elle recently set a new record for the deepest continuous flight auger (CFA) piles ever undertaken by the company Credit: Van Elle
PILING

Van Elle achieves record depth on Britannia Phase 2B Project

Van Elle recently set a new record for the deepest CFA piles ever undertaken by the company

26 April 2024
PILING

'Schrobenhausener Tage' 2024: New horizons in specialist foundation engineering

25 April 2024
PILING

Casing oscillators address many obstacles facing DoTs

24 April 2024
The cutterhead of TBM Anne from the Victoria Road Crossover Box Credit: HS2
INFRASTRUCTURE

HS2 launches fourth TBM under London

New tunnelling machine joins three others digging high-speed line under London

10 April 2024
INFRASTRUCTURE

UK Power Networks and Barhale build tunnel to power HS2 construction to Euston

Micro-tunnel under the Grand Union Canal in West London to support HS2 main tunnelling completed

09 April 2024
INFRASTRUCTURE

XCMG opens South America finance operation

XCMG Machinery's first financing leasing company in South America opens in Chile

08 April 2024
INFRASTRUCTURE

Sandvik distributor Avesco takes on broader role in Europe

Swiss family-owned company Avesco has been a Sandvik distributor in Switzerland since 1999

03 April 2024
INFRASTRUCTURE

XCMG tackles global construction equipment industry talent shortage

XCMG introduces training programme to tackle talent shortage in the construction equipment industry

02 April 2024
A 25m high gantry extension now added to Van Oord’s Svanen will allow it to install ever-larger monopiles for offshore wind farm applications Credit: Van Oord
PILING

Van Oord's Svanen upgraded for larger monopiles

Heavy lift installation vessel grows 25m taller overnight as upgrade programme continues

03 May 2024
PILING

BFINS and ECA provide foundation industry expertise in equipment financing

How foundation contractors can finance the purchase of new heavy plant with the help of BFINS

01 May 2024
PILING

Van Elle achieves record depth on Britannia Phase 2B Project

Van Elle recently set a new record for the deepest CFA piles ever undertaken by the company

26 April 2024
PILING

'Schrobenhausener Tage' 2024: New horizons in specialist foundation engineering

Geotechnical solutions and the role of AI were the focus of this year's Bauer Schrobenhausener Tage

25 April 2024
PILING

Casing oscillators address many obstacles facing DoTs

The benefits of oscillators in the construction of case-drilled shafts on infrastructure projects

24 April 2024
Specialist teams from CAN carrying out stabilisation work on the white cliffs behind the Port of Dover Credit: RSK Group
GROUND CONTROL

CAN takes to Dover's iconic white cliffs for vital stabilisation project

CAN starts a 20-week geotechnical programme at the Port of Dover designed to protect the chalk face

22 April 2024
GROUND CONTROL

UK rail line reopens after Network Rail completes landslip repairs

Redhill to Tonbridge railway line reopens after emergency landslip repairs completed by engineers

16 April 2024
GROUND CONTROL

Soil replacement using the honeycomb method

A high-frequency vibrator is inserting honeycomb structure as part of a soil remediation project

10 April 2024
GROUND CONTROL

Bauer rigs mixing it up in Hawaii

Pacific Foundation’s use of Bauer BG rigs for a Hawaiin Single Column Mixing project

08 April 2024
GROUND CONTROL

New standards for drilled shaft cleanliness in West Virginia

To provide quantifiable data in the drilled excavation market, PDI has developed the SQUID

05 April 2024