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Cummins Power Generation
Long Eaton, Derbyshire
£1.35m
This scheme was situated adjacent to two live railways, with the closest being situated approximately 30m away, which added significant complexities for the construction team.
The first critical task was to construct a suitable platform for the installation of 79 steel driven 273mm diameter piles, 43 of which required boring prior to installation to break through an existing concrete slab approximately 2m below ground level.
On completion of the pile installation, the main slab works could commence. This included excavating for thickenings and cropping each pile to the required design height.
The main slab foundation included a straight forward steel reinforcement design, allowing for the pouring of the slab to commence ahead of schedule. The main slab, with the inclusion of the genset plinths resulted in 400m3 being poured.
The completion of the main slab ahead of schedule allowed our customer to bring forward delivery of the genset by a number of weeks.
Due to the proximity of the railway line, crane lifting, which is often used on such projects, was not possible. Consequently, a self-propelled modular transport system was utilized for the manoeuvring and placement of the gensets. Using such a system allowed for any potential third party delays related to the railways to be negated and ultimately aided in the project being delivered on time.
Other smaller items of the job included:
