Case Studies

Case Studies

Naas, Co. Kildare

The first outing on site for our new side grip vibro hammer which installed 5-6.5m sheets into medium dense ground conditions for Glebe Builders in Naas. The old store was demolished in early April to make way for newlarger supermarket but the boundary line required to retained temporarily whilst a new RC wall could be constructed for the new structure. TCL mobilised the excavator and new Movax SG80VA as space was tight on site for a rig and the site

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Balmostone, Donabate, Co Dublin

Glenveagh Homes commenced construction of 1,200 new homes at Balmoston,a 32 hectare site in Donabate, North Co Dublin. The first phase of construction consists of 432 affordable, private, cost rental and social homes. As part of the civil infrastructure for this site, Glenveagh has to install a deep water attenuation tank to manage the surface water run off more than 8m below the existing ground level. A challenging design with the natural water course only metres away TCL in-house geotechnical

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Bennetstown, Dunboyne, Co Meath

Rossmore Civil, working directly for Glenveagh Homes on a housing development in Dunboyne to construct 578 new homes, appointed Trench Control Ltd to design and install a 23m x 21m cofferdam with additional 5.5m x 10m pumping chamber annex to a dig depth of 6.5m. The ground conditions were particularly hard with localized boulder clay, therefor TCL needed to pre-auger the ground in order to achieve the toe depth required. In some areas the sheets refused on rock meaning a

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Station road Portmarnock

Pumping station, Full temporary works design supplied and issued by TCL design department

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Deep water regeneration project Teesside

Deep water regeneration project Teesside Project Brief – Graham’s secured the deep water regeneration project from clients Teessworks, to provide the first phase in an extensive regeneration program of the docklands in the Middlesbrough area. TCL were successfully appointed the piling package which included AZ sheet pile anchor wall and PU infill sheets to the front combi-wall as well as the placing and stressing of the anchor ties for the proposed new berthing platform. As the ground conditions in this area

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Berth 35, Dublin Port

Roadbridge had secured, through a joint venture with Keating’s, the redevelopment of Dublin Port and had already successfully extended and upgraded several berths prior to TCL being invited to tender. The subsequent demise of Keating’s meant the JV partnership had been dissolved leaving large areas of the development plan still to be constructed. On the foot of successful combi-wall installations for other contractors using the ALPS hydraulic gate system, Roadbridge approached Trench Control to engage them as specialist piling contractors

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Flood defence walls along the bank of the Water of Leith

Trench Control were appointed specialist piling sub-contractor by McLaughlin & Harvey to install steel sheet piles of varied lengths and specifications, installed using a number of different methodologies to suit the changing dynamic of the pile line View full project PDF

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Mode Wheel Flood Defence Works

McLaughlin & Harvey won this contract with clients Peel for Manchester District Council to install ground stabilization works along the canal side in Manchester’s Mode Wheel. Adjoining land owned by Valero has large petrochemical tanks that had been monitored for movement due to the underscoring of the river bank when water levels are high and the flood water are let through the old Mode-Wheel locks. TCL were appointed specialist piling sub-contractor to install new combi wall running parallel to the

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Slipways for car ferry crossing over Carlingford Lough

Trench Control Ltd were appointed specialist piling sub-contractor by L&M Keating Ltd to install sheet piling and steel tube supports for the proposed slipways either side of the Carlingford Lough proposed car ferry route. View full project PDF