Reflecting on one of our standout projects from 2021, Foundation Piling delivered the foundations, retaining walls, and soil-reinforced structures for a new Amazon distribution hub off the M62.

The scope included 460 soil nails, 200 linear metres of reinforced slopes and gabion walls, 2,163 CFA bearing piles (450mm diameter) into varied rock strata, and 568 linear metres of cantilevering contiguous walls — with retained heights reaching up to 11 metres along the motorway.

We applied a range of innovative design and delivery methods, including curving the retaining wall to optimise reinforcement, repurposing temporary guide walls into a permanent capping beam, and using ground mapping to predict pile lengths in advance. These techniques helped reduce concrete use and significantly cut embodied carbon.

All design work was completed in-house by our multidisciplinary team, enabling us to complete the project on time and well under budget.

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