Earthworks

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F Rudd & Sons is a Tomato distributor based in Knutsford, Cheshire. As part of an expansion to their business, F Rudd has contracted Cambridge HOK (CHOK) to oversee a 96m x 150m extension to the existing glass house facility.

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The Trafford Waters project aims to create, a new sustainable community across 53 acres of land on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal adjacent to Trafford City. The regeneration will create 3,000 new homes for 5,000 key workers, young professionals and families. It will be one of Greater Manchester’s largest mixed-use developments supported by a new school, health centre, 800,000 sq ft of commercial office and work space, convenience retail set in attractive public spaces.

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Phase 2 of Protos provided road access for the new Energy Recovery Facility to be operated by Covanta and the second phase of plots of at Protos to be brought forward for development.

The infrastructure works included new access roads to adoptable standards, new nature areas to create habitats for wading birds and water voles, two new bridges, upgrading the existing canal berth onto the Manchester Ship Canal, water supply to phase 2 plots and new service infrastructure.

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The South Heywood Link Road Scheme comprised the construction of a 2.2km link road from Junction 19 of the M62 motorway to the employment areas off Pilsworth Road.

An infrastructure priority for both the local council and Transport for Greater Manchester (TFGM), the link road has provided HGV traffic from the South Heywood employment area – and its numerous logistics parks – with a dedicated route to the motorway, 17km shorter than the existing return journey, and directing HGVs away from Heywood Town Centre, Birch and other local roads.

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Buckingham Group were appointed by DP World to construction three new container parks as part of the ongoing development to the London Gateway Logistics port.

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Protos is a 54-ha energy, innovation and industrial park near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, northwest England. The Phase 1 contract was for delivering over 2 km of new and improved roads, new roundabouts and new and temporary bridge structures.

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Western Gateway Infrastructure Scheme (WGIS) is part of a wider project to increase road network capacity and improve transport links over the Manchester Ship Canal to support development.

Working in joint venture, Hochtief and Buckingham Group built 2km of dual carriageway from the A57 to Bridgewater Circle, improved roundabouts at junctions10 and 11 of the M60 and widened roads leading to the Trafford Centre. We also built two bridges, including a 50m lifting bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal.

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This Car Park for Manchester Airport situated between Styal Road and Shadow Moss road commenced in February 2014 and was completed in December.

This was one of the first projects undertaken by Galliford in a new framework agreement with Manchester Airport Group. A wet autumn and early winter period had left the site sodden, causing many problems and eventually leading to the requirement for ground Stabilisation to be introduced. TPS, working in co-operation with the Stabilisation contractor successfully carried out the Earthworks, drainage and granular surfacing works throughout this period.

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Working adjacent to the New Jaguar Engine factory this project was the second phase of the construction of a vital link between the new prestigious Enterprise Zone and Junction 2 of the M54.

This required building two new bridges and widening the existing canal bridge to facilitate the new link roads to the Motorway. Two large embankments were required to be constructed using existing material from the site.

As well as the new access link roads to the motorway, four additional roundabouts and associated roads were constructed at the same time.

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During the construction of the Junction 2 I54 motorway link Staffordshire County Council used the opportunity to prepare a large site for future development by lime Stabilisation of the materials on site. This contract was tendered and secured separately from the main contract. TPS teamed up with Combined Soils Stabilisation Ltd provide a one stop shop for this project. This has proved successful and TPS & CSSL have worked together on several projects since.

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Construction of an online roundabout on the A518 and associated link roads to the New Beacon Business Park in Stafford.

Work initially started with 278 works on the A518 all carried out under traffic management on restricted hours. This work allowed traffic flows to be maintained whilst the rest of the works were undertaken.

Alterations to drainage, excavation of new carriageway ,roundabout and spur roads were undertaken. Drainage including a twin 450mm drainage pipeline to act as flood retention system was installed. Extensive ducting ,capping, MOT, kerbs, edgings and tactile paving followed. TPS carried out all of these works on a labour, plant and materials basis. Careful segregation and handling of arisings resulted in a reduction in imported capping layer material.