Project Reports

Floating excavators tackle unusual dredging on Somerset Levels

Excavated material is loaded onto tracked hoppers for use as agricultural improvement fill.

The effectiveness of dredging the Rivers Tone and Parrett in flood-hit Somerset may have been open to debate, but the skill of those involved in the work is not.

Galliford Try re-engineers devilish London job in real time

The scheme has seen a complicated array or propping and geotechnical workings

High-end office space is a rare commodity in London’s St James’s but a new development promises to deliver just that while bringing an architectural gem back to life.

London’s Dulwich Park sees MGJV battle severe flood risk

Compaction of backfill for the embankment

The Grade II-listed Dulwich Park in south London is the focal point of an unlikely flood-alleviation project, which has seen public and private sectors working together with local community groups.

Demolishing Didcot: 45 years of power downed in six seconds

Didcot Power Station cooling towers blowdown 2

The demolition of Didcot Power Station’s southern cooling towers made headlines in late July – a six-second blowdown into which contractor Coleman and Company put months of preparation amid intense local public and political pressure.