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From humble beginnings to world’s busiest train station
From its humble beginnings in 1863 as a small-town station for a single line running along the Fylde coast from Lytham, Blackpool Central Station boomed into a bustling station to rival crowded terminals worldwide. In the early 1900s the station was enlarged to include 14 platforms to accommodate the large… ∞
12th March 2020 -
A142 Ely Southern Bypass Temporary Bridge Jacking and Restraint to Allow Bearing Replacement
The Ely southern bypass is a new road connecting the A142 at Angel Drove to Stuntney Causeway, including bridges over the railway line and the River Great Ouse and its floodplains. The Bypass will ease congestion in and around Ely by providing a new link between Stuntney Causeway and Angel… ∞
21st November 2018 -
Trelleborg’s New UK Hyperbaric Testing Facility
Trelleborg’s offshore facility based in Skelmersdale is being upgraded to include a new testing facility that will house two state-of-the-art hyperbaric test chambers. The new equipment will be able to simulate extreme deepwater pressure conditions, enabling accurate testing of subsea and drilling equipment. Hyperbaric testing is the only way to… ∞
21st November 2018 -
PaSCoE completes Combined Heat & Power Scheme Design
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) engines provide great renewable power generation, turning biogas from sludge digestion at wastewater treatment plants into the power that runs the treatment sites (heat and electricity) PaSCoE has recently completed 2No. civils design schemes for CHP plants at sites in the North West for… ∞
29th June 2017 -
New Temporary Works Guidance Documents
Two new temporary works guidance documents have been published by BSI and are currently open for public comment until 16 July 2015. Guide to the Application of European Standards in Temporary Works Design PAS 8812 gives guidance on the application of European Standards in the design of temporary works in… ∞
5th July 2015 -
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
Subject to Parliamentary approval, the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 will come into force on 6 April 2015 (www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l153.htm). HSE Guidance The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued the draft text of L153, Guidance on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/draft-l153.pdf). This is being made… ∞
28th January 2015 -
Thames Water Utilities Impact Assessment
The £6bn Thameslink Programme has now entered its second phase of project delivery. This monumental scheme, driven forward by the rapidly expanding demand for rail services, is focused on transforming the Thameslink transport artery into a more accessible link through the heart of London. In order to deliver these modifications,… ∞
10th August 2014 -
Back to Nature for Two Cumbrian Reservoirs
Ben Gill is being reconnected to the River Ehen. Engineering work on the weir of Ennerdale Water in the 1950s raised the level of the lake, increasing its storage capacity and ensuring a more secure potable water supply. As part of this work, one of the tributaries of the River… ∞
9th August 2014 -
New Bridge Installed at Burnley Business Park
The new £50 million 70-acre business park is one of the most exciting developments in the North West and will create 1,400 new and sustainable jobs. Offering high quality, flexible accommodation with footprints from 2,000 sq ft to 700,000 sq ft, Burnley Bridge Business Park is planned across four zones…. ∞
11th June 2014 -
Ground Engineering Award 2014 Winner
The Ground Engineering Award 2014 has been awarded to the United Utlilities Piethorne & Wickenhall Water Treatment Works Access Road Stabilisation project. PaSCoE provided the Geotechncial Design for the scheme with Eric Wright Civil Engineering Ltd providing the construction services. An existing access road to the Piethorne Water Treatment Works… ∞
11th June 2014 -
Geotechnical Design at Preston Waste Transfer Station Reaches Ground Engineering Award 2010 Final
In order to protect the proposed Preston Waste Transfer Station from a 1 in 200 year flood from the adjacent River Ribble the level of the site had to be raised by up to 3m. The increased loading from the 3m high platform was predicted to result in unacceptably large… ∞
11th June 2014