Leader rig piling projects

With a value worth around £180m, the Southsea Coastal Scheme is the UK’s largest local authority-led coastal defence project, stretching for 4.5km from Old Portsmouth to Eastney. The scheme will help to reduce the risk of flooding to more than 10,000 homes and 700 businesses.

In April 2023, VolkerGround Engineering was contracted by Eurovia Infrastructure Ltd to design and construct Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) bearing piles and a King Post wall. This work was done as part of the wider IPort Bridges scheme, which includes the construction of a 16.2m clear span composite deck bridge, with integral reinforced concrete abutments and wingwalls.

VolkerGround Engineering has successfully completed a combination of steel sheet piling and continuous flight auger (CFA) piling for WINVIC, in Birmingham, to enable the construction of a 25-storey student accommodation building.

In April 2021 VolkerGround Engineering embarked on its largest project to date, the cofferdams required for the construction of the Colne Valley Viaduct, on behalf of VolkerStevin, who were working with the main works civils contractor Align, a JV comprising Bouygues, VolkerFitzpatrick and Sir Robert McAlpine.

In April 2020, VolkerGround Engineering was awarded a contract by VBA, a joint venture between VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and AtkinsRéalis, to install a 2,211.9m2 sheet piled retaining wall, as part of a multi-million-pound project to build new flood defences along the banks of the River Lune in Lancaster.

In February 2020, VolkerGround Engineering was awarded a contract from VBA to install 478 linear metres of sheet piles in Egremont, Cumbria, as part of the Skirting Beck flood risk management scheme.

Lincolnshire Lakes is a strategic regeneration development in Scunthorpe which will include the development of 7,739 new homes and recreational facilities.

In 2018, VolkerFitzpatrick began a joint venture with Kier to undertake the Luton DART project in Bedfordshire.

VolkerGround Engineering was awarded a contract to install temporary sheet piles on the Anchorsholme Pumping Station. This enabled the building of a pumping station within a completed circular cofferdam in Anchorsholme.

In 2008 MPT, a joint venture between VolkerFitzpatrick (Rail) and Laing O’Rourke in consortium with Thales, secured the design, construction and maintenance contract to deliver the network expansion of Manchester Metrolink. 

VolkerGround Engineering was awarded a £0.9m contract by Modebest to undertake steel piling works at Park Royal, London.

In July 2018, VolkerGround Engineering commenced the installation of 9800m2 of sheet piles, to form a retaining wall to raise the flood defences in Strood, South East England.

The Port of Dover is one of the world’s busiest passenger ports and handles up to £122bn of trade anually. In order to meet the demands on the cargo business, and the high volume of traffic at the port, the Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) scheme was launched.

VolkerGround Engineering was awarded a £100,000 contract by Modebest to support the works at White Hart Lane, London.

VolkerGround Engineering was contracted by John Sisk and Sons to work on the redevelopment of the former BBC studios on Oxford Road, Manchester.

In May 2017 VolkerGround Engineering completed a £0.75m contract for Marcus Worthington Group, to undertake Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) piling and steel sheet piling works, to enable the development of 280 apartments at Newcastle’s Stephenson Quarter.

In 2017 VolkerFitzpatrick (Rail) was awarded a contract to design and construct Network Rail’s new Meridian Water train station. The station is part of London’s major ‘Meridian Water’ regeneration programme and is expected to accommodate up to four million passengers over the next 20 years.

VolkerGround Engineering was awarded the design and construct project by sister company VolkerFitzpatrick, to install retaining walls across a planned area of the Greenwich Peninsula; known to have extensive underground obstructions caused by a former power station.

The Intercity Express Programme (IEP) is to deliver a fleet of new long distance trains onto the railway network to replace the current intercity fleet and ultimately increase passenger capacity.

The Thameslink Hornsey depot, which is expected to be completed in 2016, is being constructed within a live operational rail environment adjacent to the East Coast mainline and the existing Hornsey depot.

With a proven history of successful Flood Alleviation Schemes, VolkerGround Engineering was awarded the substantial piling works for the Templeborough to Rotherham Flood Defence works.

The devastation caused by floods in the town of Carlisle made the news throughout the country and prompted the Environment Agency to take immediate action to protect the local community.

VolkerGround Engineering completed the installation of approximately eight hundred and twenty tonnes of temporary steel sheet piles in lengths ranging from seven to eleven metres.

VSD Avenue is a fully integrated joint venture comprising VolkerStevin Ltd, Sita Remediation and Deme Environmental Contractors (DEC NV).

VolkerGround Engineering completed the installation of steel sheet piles to form the split level car park basement of a new apartment block in Durham.

VolkerGround Engineering completed the installation of steel sheet piles to form the steel intensive car park basement of the new Ramada Hotel & Conference Centre at Newcastle International Airport.

In January 2011 VolkerStevin was awarded the Colwyn Bay Coastal Defence Project by Client Colwyn Bay Borough Council. VolkerGround Engineering's sub-contract was for the removal of existing and installation of new sheet piles to form the re developed coastal outline adjacent to the town.

This contract required the installation of temporary sheet piled cofferdams and trench retaining walls for the landfall works of the 468km long 34" SEAL gas pipeline connecting the Elgin/Franklin offshore gas fields to Bacton, Norfolk.

VolkerGround Engineering carried out the installation of a sheet piled cofferdam and retaining wall for the construction of R.J McLeod's new ferry landing on the Isle of Canna.

The Prescott Channel was built in 1930-1935 as part of the flood relief scheme for the River Lee Navigation in the East End of London, and was named after Sir William Prescott, the then chairman of the Lee Conservancy Board.

In March 2007 British Waterways required the installation of steel sheet piles into the bankside of Auchinstarry Basin.

In January 2008 VolkerGround Engineering carried out the installation of steel sheet piles to form the retaining walls to the new access road to Newcastle University.

August 2005 saw the start of our contract for Gleeson Construction Services for the installation of 9.0m long sheet piles forming two cofferdams to house the construction of a new selector tank and aeriation tank at Perth Waste Water Treatment Works.

After numerous ‘early stage' meetings with main contractor Bilfinger Berger in October 2008 VolkerGround Engineering were awarded the first piling works of the five hundred million pound Edinburgh Trams Scheme.

In December 2006 work commenced on the former Tweedale Press & Beehive Buildings site in Berwick, Northumberland.

VolkerGround Engineering carried out the installation of steel sheet piles to form the steel intensive car park basement of a new apartment block on the site of the former Rose & Crown Public House in Newcastle upon Tyne.

In September 2006 work commenced on the installation of 11.0m to 18.0m long piles to form the steel intensive basement car park of Carillions new office development on the banks of the River Tyne.

In March 2007 we were approached by Barton Civil Engineering and asked to install 29 No. 7.0m long sheet piles. These piles would act as a permanent retaining wall forming the lower access to the council offices as the existing brick wall was failing.

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