11/07/07 More new contracts for Consolidate

Scottish based ground engineering specialist Consolidate is enjoying a record year with a number of major contracts ongoing and others in the pipeline.

At Gorebridge in Midlothian, the company is working on a £350,000 contract for a social housing scheme for Midlothian Council. Working with contracting engineer the Mason Evans Partnership, the work at Barleyknowes involves the infilling of a mine shaft and coal seam ranging in depth from 5m to 25m

A total of 930 bore hills are being drilled, which are then pressure injected with approximately 7,500 tonnes of grout to consolidate the ground.

At Wishaw, a £410,000 contract is underway for a joint housebuilding contract for Stewart Milne Homes and Gladedale. This work is being carried out on the site of an old open cast mine at Morningside, which has been back-filled and remedied for building work. Again working with the Mason Evans Partnership, Consolidate is drilling 14,000 holes in seams around the boundary of the site that are being infilled with 10,000 tonnes of grout. The whole process involves around 30,000m of drilling.

Meanwhile, at Sauchie a contract is ongoing at the site of a new hospital for Clackmannanshire Community Health Services. Worth £400,000, Consolidate is working with main contractor Roberston Contracting of Stirling to stabilise the ground. This involves the drilling of 1,600 bore holes into seams varying in depth from 6m to 28m.

Consolidate also recently completed a project for Scottish Ballet in Glasgow. This was to prepare the ground for a new ballet school on the site of the Old Tramway Theatre. Working on two coal seams, over 220 holes were drilled for the injection of 600 tonnes of grout. This was a tricky job because of a nearby railway line, which meant that engineers had to take careful precautions to ensure that the work didn’t result in any surface disturbance.

The contract was worth £150,000 and was completed two weeks ahead of schedule.