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Civil Infrastructure

Mincon – Crown Bridges Light Rail Project, Heksinki, Finland

January 15, 2023/in Civil Infrastructure

 

Project Crown Bridges Light Rail Project
Date

 

2021-2027
Location

 

Helsinki downtown to the expanding suburbs of Laajasalo and Kruunuvuorenranta,
Client

 

City of Helsinki, YIT Suomi Oy, NRC Group Finland Oy, Ramboll Finland Oy, Sweco Finland Oy and Sitowise Oy. The contractors for the overall Crown Bridges contract are YIT Suomi Oy and Kreate Oy.
Business Sectors

 

Civil & Geotechnical Engineering
Services (Technical Disciplines)

 

Drilling in sensitive and complex ground conditions comprising steep topography, granitic rock and soil embankments; deployed M-Wall ring bit casing system  using patented Spiral Flush technology, allowing control of  high pressure DTH drilling in sensitive ground conditions
Project Objectives/ Outcomes

 

 

The Crown Bridges Light Rail (Kruunusillat) project is one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Finland in recent years. When the projected is finished in 2027, a total of three new bridges, including a 1,200-metre-long bridge that will be the longest one ever built in Finland, will connect Helsinki downtown to the expanding suburbs of Laajasalo and Kruunuvuorenranta, shortening the travel distance from 11 km to 5,5 km. This new scenic route is designed for light rail and pedestrians only, encouraging people to use public transport and travel by bicycle.
Our Role

 

Construction started in 2021 and Mincon’s drilling expertise has played a significant role, using Mincon’s patented Spiral Flush technology.
Geoscience Ireland Contact

 

christovangemert@mincon.com

Mincon plc

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Dam Site Investigation by Mincon in Finland

November 26, 2022/in Civil Infrastructure

 

Project Melo Dam Renovation
Date

 

2022
Location

 

Melo Hydroelectric Powerplant, near Noika, Finland
Client

 

PVO-Vesivoima Oy & KFS Finland
Business Sectors

 

Civil & Geotechnical Engineering
Services (Technical Disciplines)

 

Drilling in sensitive and complex ground conditions comprising steep topography, granitic rock and soil embankments; deployed M-Wall ring bit casing system  using patented Spiral Flush technology, allowing control of  high pressure DTH drilling in sensitive ground conditions
Project Objectives/ Outcomes

 

 

Successful remediation of water seepage through the 140m long dam using a watertight steel pipe-pile wall.
Our Role

 

Specialist drilling and piling contractor ; geotechnical collaborator
Geoscience Ireland Contact

 

christovangemert@mincon.com

Mincon plc

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NICHOLAS O’DWYER – Lusaka to Ndola Dual Carriageway, (T002/T003)

September 1, 2022/in Civil Infrastructure

Project

Design Review of Approximately 321km of the Lusaka to Ndola Dual Carriageway, (T002/T003) including bypass roads in Kabwe and Kapiri Mposhi and 45km of the Luanshya-Fisenge-Masangano Road

Location

Lusaka – Ndola, Zambia

Client

National Road Fund Agency

Business Sectors

Roads

Services (Multidisciplinary)

  • Preliminary Design

Our Role: 

  • Review of previous designs
  • Field investigations
  • Review of Design of Main Contractor

Project Objectives/ Outcomes

The project section of the Road starts from Lusaka and stretches an estimated distance of 321km to Ndola. The project also covers works for construction of bypasses in Kabwe and Kapiri Mposhi and the construction of the Luanshya to Fisenge to Masangano Road. The road section is now earmarked for upgrading to bituminous standard.

 

Geoscience Ireland Contact | Michel Davitt <mdavitt@nodwyer.com>

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Rossaveal Deep Harbour

May 18, 2022/in Civil Infrastructure

Specialist offshore engineering and design consultancy, Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions Ltd (GDG), with their specialist dredging sub consultants, Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP), have been appointed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) to undertake the detailed design, tender and construction phases of the Rossaveel Deep Water Quay Development, at Rossaveel Fishery Harbour Centre (FHC), Co. Galway.

Rossaveel FHC is located on the north-east shore of Cashla Bay, approximately 40km west of Galway city, serving the fishing fleets that operate off the coast of Galway. The existing harbour at Rossaveel is constrained, as no deep-water facilities are currently available to accommodate modern fishing vessels, which continue to increase in size as the industry trends towards larger and more sophisticated boats. To address this, the construction of a new 200m long quay and associated dredging to provide -10m CD on berth (Chart Datum) and -7m CD in the navigation, has been agreed. A reclamation area will also be constructed directly behind the quay, which will provide connectivity from the quay to the existing onshore facilities at the harbour. The development of the harbour infrastructure will attract additional vessel activity and therefore create local employment opportunities in rural Ireland.

Project

Rossaveal Deep Harbour

Location

Co Galway

Client

DAFM

Business Sectors

Marine Civil Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines)

  • Civil, Structural and Safety

Project Objectives/ Outcomes

Appointed design consultants, following initial conceptual engineering phase.

Our Role

GDG’s role has included the preparation of a peer review report, aimed at providing alternative concept design options, analysis of the wave climate and loading conditions and associated ship navigation simulations, optimisation of dredge volumes, and general development of an efficient conceptual design for the deep-water infrastructure. ADBP has provided technical and contractual advice relating to the dredging aspects of the scheme.

Geoscience Ireland Contact | pdoherty@gdgeo.com

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Geospatial Services for UK House, London | Murphy Geospatial

April 26, 2022/in Civil Infrastructure

Project

Geospatial Services for UK House, London

Location

London, UK

Client

Blue Sky Building

Business Sectors

Civil Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines)

  • Aerial / UAV Surveys
  • BIM
  • Laser Scanning
  • Property Consultancy
  • Inspection

Project Objectives/ Outcomes

The UAV survey was undertaken by our Specialist Engineering Services (SES) team due to its prominent central London location and the requirement to fly as close to the building as possible. By undertaking a comprehensive UAV flight at close range (in line with all necessary UAV legislation and OH&S requirements), high-resolution imagery could be collated and inspected by our in-house Building Surveying team to provide a detailed Schedule of Condition Report.

In addition, the survey was undertaken to produce a full, accurate, and detailed scan-to-BIM model of the building facades in Autodesk Revit. Undertaken by the Digital Engineering team, the modelling was to be used by the architect, lighting designer, and various other project stakeholders to plan and refurbish the building.

Our Role:

Murphy Geospatial was commissioned to undertake various geospatial services at UK House, a landmark heritage building on the North side of Oxford Street, London.

The primary brief of the project was to undertake a UAV/drone survey of the building roof and facades for the dual purpose of condition reporting and accurate as-built BIM modelling.

Results:

By federating and updating the client’s existing survey and design information into a common BIM environment, Murphy Geospatial provided a singular BIM model of the building externals for all stakeholders to work from.

Geoscience Ireland Contact | Jonathan Butler at jbutler@murphygs.com or Andy Kitson at akitson@murphygs.com or call +44 203 598 3775

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London Underground Monitoring | Murphy Geospatial

March 10, 2022/in Civil Infrastructure

Project

London Underground Monitoring | Murphy Geospatial

Location

London, UK

Client

Regent’s Crescent

Business Sectors

Civil Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines)

The task of reconstructing John Nash’s Regent’s Crescent without damaging it’s Grade 1 listed façade or the Jubilee Line tunnels running just below presented many challenges. Management of those challenges was achieved, in part, through insight from a unique monitoring programme built around Senceive remote monitoring technology in the hands of experts from Murphy Geospatial. The bespoke solution enabled ground risk and impact on third parties to be measured and managed in a way that was safe, cost-effective and reliable.

Built in 1820, Regent’s Crescent is a prime example of Regency architecture and proposals to demolish and re-build the mixture of properties behind its iconic facade to deliver 83 high-end apartments required a robust monitoring plan. With the redevelopment including excavation of a full-footprint basement, safeguarding the tube tunnels was a fundamental part of that plan.

Established methods to monitor convergence and divergence in the tunnels including manual measurement and automated total stations were rejected because of drawbacks including the need for frequent access, power supply, extensive cabling and cost.

A total of 250 tilt nodes were installed in sets of five around the tunnel intrados, providing geographically remote stakeholders with virtually realtime insight into movement within the zone of influence. By establishing that the magnitude of movement caused by the construction activity above the tunnels was within predicted safe levels the monitoring helped to keep the construction programme on track and to satisfy third parties including London Underground and other property owners that their assets were not under threat.

Project Objectives/ Outcomes

The installation and monitoring of the tunnels took place over 5 years approximately. With the completion of Regent’s Crescent development last year in 2020. Murphy Geospatial delivered final monitoring reports to London Underground prior to removing the kit in 2020. Ongoing analysis of the data continues to get a better understanding on how tunnels of this type behave when put under stress from above.

Our Role

Monitor movement of London Underground tunnels to reduce costs and risk during the demolition and construction works.

Geoscience Ireland Contact | Andrew Masters, Head of Department – Monitoring, amasters@murphygs.com

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Thomond Paving | Roadstone

March 3, 2022/in Civil Infrastructure

Project

Thomond Paving | Roadstone

Location

Ireland

Client

Private Home

Business Sectors

Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines)

Supply and consultancy

Project Objectives/ Outcomes

The Limestone blend provided the visual effect required to replicate the tones of natural cobble stones but at a fraction of the cost.  The paving provided a durable paving product that can accommodate light traffic, parking and turning areas and requires minimum maintenance or protection from the elements

Our Role

To provide a functional and aesthetically pleasing courtyard to allow a very modern style house to nestle into a traditional rural setting

The courtyard would need to reflect the various hues of traditional cobble stones to portray the ambiance of a traditional rural courtyard.

The courtyard needed to reflect a variance in pattern and lines to create a canvas to enhance the clean lines of the modern home.

The product would have to be robust to accommodate pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

Roadstone supplied 450 m² of dual size, 60mm Limestone Blend Thomond Paving and 10m² of 60mm Verona Midnight Setts to this modern dwelling.

Roadstone also supplied 50 tonnes of laying grit for the paving and 200 kgs of granite sand in 20kg bags, to joint the paving. All the materials were supplied locally from Roadstone’s paving plant in Gooig, Co. Limerick

The Thomond Limestone Blend was laid as the body of the paved surface with the Verona Midnight Setts being used in a double row as an inset border. The paving was laid on 6mm grit and jointed with a kiln dried white granite sand which was sympathetic to the paving colour.

The paving contractor then sealed the paving, using a liquid sealer, in order to set the jointing sand, enhance the colours and provide extra protection from the environment.

 

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One South County, Dublin 18 | JB Barry

February 3, 2022/in Civil Infrastructure

Project 

One South County

Date

 2015 – 2021

Location

Leopardstown, Dublin 18

Client 

Cyril McGuire

Business Sectors

Civil Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines)

Civil, Structural and Safety

Project Objectives/ Outcomes

12,840 sq.m five story contemporary HQ, LEED Gold targeted, emphasising sustainability with its penthouse garden roof, terraces and fully glazed facade.

Structural Elements include:
• Concrete frame with lateral stability provided by concrete cores.
• Columns typically on 7.5 x 8.0m grid.
• Floor plates are typically 300mm flat concrete slabs.
• Frames step back at 5th floor to allow generous terraces and a roof garden to the edge of the building.
• The two wings of the building are connected by 3 no bridges at each floor in a glazed atrium supported on a steel structure.

Our Role

JB Barry and Partners provided Civil/Structural, PSDP and Assigned Certifier Services for this project from initial concept through permitting, detailed design / tender and construction.

Geoscience Ireland Contact | Kieran O’Dwyer (kodwyer@jbbarry.ie)






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Mincon Spiral Flush Technology For Skanska

February 1, 2022/in Civil Infrastructure

Project Title:

Skanska Leverages Mincon Spiral Flush Technology For Major New York City Transit Project

Location:

New York City

Client:

Skanska

Date:

2021

Business Sectors:

Civil Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines):

Design and Build

Our Role:

Mincon’s patented Spiral Flush technology recently played a key role in a Skanska-led project to modify a rail junction called the Harold Interlocking – the busiest rail junction in North America.

The Harold Interlocking primarily serves Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), but also supports train movement for New Jersey Transit and the New York and Atlantic Railroad.

Skanska’s task was to design and build a Support of Excavation (SOE) for the construction of a 200-foot-long (61 metres) concrete cut-and-cover structure that connected a bored tunnel to a 600-foot-long (183 metres) open-approach structure.

The key structural element chosen for the solution was a “mini” soldier pile measuring 18-inches (457mm) in diameter, but the nature of the site presented multiple challenges.

The first challenge was the glacial till, which contains nested cobbles and boulders in the subsurface that can be hard to drill through.

Second is the restrictions placed by the surrounding rail infrastructure, which eliminated the use of large drilling rigs due to the presence of overhead obstructions while also eliminating the use of impact and vibratory methods due to settlement concerns.

The drilling site was also surrounded by active rail tracks, which meant that equipment had to be delivered by train during rail off-hours, further limiting equipment size.

The site wasn’t suitable for using a conventional DTH systems due to the risk of damage to the rail infrastructure from flushing during drilling.

Mincon’s Spiral Flush systems offer a unique air control feature that entirely contains flushed air within the casing, avoiding disruption to the surrounding soil and nearby foundations.

The Mincon DTH hammer used for this project was attached to a modified excavator that was equipped with a drill mast and hammer controls using an excavator-mounted drilling attachment.

By partnering with Mincon, Skanska was able to overcome traditional objections to using air drilling near rail infrastructure, a practice banned by most rail agencies.

“The work was completed on time and on budget without any major issues,” concluded Skanska in its article. “Teaming with specialty equipment and tooling suppliers resulted in a site-specific drilling system that overcame the challenges presented by a very difficult site.”

You can read the full feature by Skanska to learn more about this project in the digital version of Foundation Drilling magazine.

Geoscience Ireland Contact:​ christovangemert@mincon.com

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Heathrow Expansion | ByrneLooby

January 24, 2022/in Civil Infrastructure

Project Title: 

Heathrow Expansion | ByrneLooby

Location:

Heathrow Airport, London

Client:

Heathrow Airport

Date:

2021

Business Sectors: 

Civil Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines):

  • Design
  • Risk Assessment
  • Site Investigation

Our Role:

The Heathrow Expansion Programme is a £14bn project to construct a third runway, taxiways linking it to the rest of the airport complex, a new terminal building and satellite, additional stand areas, new airport gateways, carparks and other associated infrastructure. It will involve re-routing the M25, diversion of rivers and substantial earthworks to achieve.

The ByrneLooby team were appointed to provide specialist landfill permitting advice in relation to the part excavation of the three existing permitted landfills and to prepare permit applications for four new landfills. To support the permit applications ByrneLooby designed the remedial works, the new landfills and carried out the associated environmental risk assessments. Our role in this project was wide-ranging and multidisciplinary including earthworks design, site investigation support, hydrogeological risk assessments, stability risk assessments, air quality assessment, design of landfill gas, leachate and odour control systems, environmental monitoring, regulatory compliance and advice on landfill tax.

ByrneLooby’s primary role was to secure advance Environment Agency approval of the proposed works in advance of the project moving into the construction phase. This required the preparation of seven full permit applications, including three to allow the existing MSW landfills to be partly excavated and remediated and for four new engineered containment landfills to be developed alongside the proposed new runway. The new runway is to be constructed over the top of the existing three landfills posing some complex remediation and foundation design issues. The existing leachate and landfill gas control systems will be replaced and a new capping system installed. The four new landfills are to be constructed to EU/UK standards and were designed to take account of their close proximity to a working airfield with associated access restrictions.

Geoscience Ireland Contact:

Siobhan Warfield (SWarfield@byrnelooby.com)

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