CASE STUDY
Temporary Works Design for Emergency flood defence works in Grange-over-Sands.
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The Project
The River Winster Emergency Works project required the installation of 130 linear metres of permanent steel sheet piles as part of emergency flood defence works in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria.
The piles replaced a temporary sandbag repair protecting the houses adjacent to the riverbank.
The Temporary Works Solutions
Wyre Design Works’ Principal Engineer, Dan, worked on this project as the Temporary Works Designer for VolkerStevin.
He worked closely with the operations team to develop the following Temporary Works designs:
A working platform for a 100t crawler crane.
Temporary retaining wall supporting the working platform.
Temporary linkspan abutment used to transfer plant to the barge.
The Challenges
The ground conditions were challenging and consisted of silty sands overlaying a high rockhead, with a groundwater table close to the surface.
Dan specified a series of in-situ tests during construction to optimise the working platform and verify the ground conditions, reducing construction costs while ensuring the crane could operate safely.
An ideal collaboration
This project was a fantastic example of collaboration, with all parties working together to provide the most efficient and seamless solution to complete the project.
“The emergency embankment stabilisation works were successfully completed by the end of 2020 as planned. This was only possible due to the collaborative and open approach to design requirements and build-ability issues. All parties should be proud of the part they have played in this first class example of collaborative delivery.”
Julian Wilson
Contracts Manager
VolkerStevin