Cambridge piling

A Piletech team has delivered seven piles to work as tie back anchors for Brian Perry Civil’s C2-C3 Stormwater Outfall Project in Cambridge.

The outfall structure is being built to take stormwater from future developments. With a significant drop from the outlet where it meets the Waikato River, a sheet pile platform was constructed into the river to work off and to hold back the water. Screw piles were used for the tieback anchors to support the wall during excavation of the riverbed.

Piletech Project Engineer James Welsh said the job involved installing seven starters that were 4.75m long and up to six 2m extensions on each starter. “All piles were then tension tested for sign off.”

BPC’s team installed 3m long boss pipe sockets into the platform, allowing the Piletech team to work above in a very tight space.