Bridgebank

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The Project
The TRU East Alliance in the UK is responsible for delivering the Transpennine route upgrade, a modern high speed railway for greener, more reliable train services between York, Leeds and Manchester.

Partial electrification, replacement of over/under bridges, pedestrian foot bridges, improved sidings, platform upgrades and drainage work, including tunnel boring works carried out beneath the line, were all carried out.

Rail re-alignment, replacement track points, and signal gantries were just some of the highly complex packages of work involved.

In May 2024, on one section of the railway beside the village of Barkston Ash, the contractor had a complex and time-sensitive challenge to replace an end-of-life brick arch over bridge, which was spanning the A162, a main access route into York. The bridge carried trains on the CFM line linking the Northern cities of Leeds and York. The project was planned for months in advance, including allowing for a rail diversion route so that passengers could still travel by rail between the two cities.

 

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The Challenge
The works were planned within a 101-hour working window in a four-day blockade and the works were serviced from a compound with no direct access onto the track for machinery from road level.

The removal of track ballast, spoil and the replacement of new bulk material was fully dependent on 700t Ainscough and Conquip lifting accessories. The team needed to remove the brick arch and abutments approximately 14m long and made up 650 tonnes of brick and stone material, lift and shift this back to the compound with the Conquip Smart-Release BulkX, before the replacement could begin with 45t PCC sills and 65t Steel U becks providing a basis of a modern and stronger metal structure.

Excavators and cranes were in-use and on-site to support the contractor teams working day and night to complete the rail replacement.
The Solution
Conquip provided the Smart-Release BulkX skip with a capacity of 16,000 litres, the largest size that is available, to carry out large volumes of excavation and movement of material.

The solution, which is remote operated and fully electric to provide the highest operational uptime possible, increases the rate of excavation and removal of materials from and to a range of locations on any site, while improving safety and removing people-plant interface risks.

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Results
The highly engineered Smart-Release BulkX provided a reliable and flexible method for the team to move materials from the lower compound up onto track. The provision and use of two skips meant that there was always the availability of one full of the required materials, with no downtime in the delivery of materials to the team at the working face.
"The delivery was on time and to a high health and safety standard and the product has been well received on site, with training offered and arranged. The follow up meetings after returning the product shows that Conquip never stop wanting to improve the system."
John Joyce | Construction Manager, Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU East Alliance)
Project feedback
"Having managed the works since 2023 and well into 2024, it’s been a pleasure to work with the Conquip team. The customer service has been sharp and client-focused, so while we worked 24hr possessions, the out of hours support they provided was excellent."
John Joyce | Construction Manager, Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU East Alliance)
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Transpennine Route upgrade

TRU East Alliance (Network Rail, J. Murphy & Sons, VolkerRail, Siemens & Systra) with Ainscough Crane Hire

Transpennine Route upgrade

North England, UK

Fully-electric Smart-Release BulkX used on replacement railway bridge project

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The Project
CJL Construction Ltd was selected to carry out the installation of deep drainage and utilities in the groundworks phase, prior to the construction of a Persimmon Homes development of 80-100 homes. For this project, CJL enlisted Conquip to supply a temporary works service and a range of shoring equipment.

Conquip provided its ‘Standard Shoring Solutions’ temporary works design and CJL hired a range of Trench Boxes, Lightweight Trench Boxes, Manhole Boxes, as well as ancillary trench access and safety equipment. In addition, an Excavator Pipe Laying Hook was on-site, for unloading and manoeuvring pipes and Road Plates were used on the uneven terrain.
The Challenge
Trench safety is vitally important on groundworks projects and can be problematic without the necessary equipment. To support trench excavation around the site with safety in mind at every point, the experienced CJL team installed Conquip’s shoring boxes, allowing them to lay foul water and storm water drainage pipes across the 1.5-hectare site in Yatton, near Weston-super-Mare.

Another challenge CJL faced was unloading the concrete pipe sections from delivery trucks and manoeuvring them into position.

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The Solution
Keeping to the fast-paced, 12-week long project schedule was vital so before work started, a temporary works design was requested, to allow planning schedule to be created.

The solution designed by Conquip supported the trench excavation to a depth of 2.3 metres in heavy clay soil and shoring boxes were included to facilitate safe and efficient pipe laying. The robust design and build of Conquip shoring boxes allowed CJL to install them maintaining speed of installation and providing a suitable safety barrier for operatives to lay the pipe sections in the trenches.

The Trench Access Platform and the Davit Fall Arrest System guaranteed safe movement of the site team in and out of the trench using the access ladder and the Excavator Pipe Laying Hook meant that the site team could move the pipe sections quickly and easily, increasing on-site efficiencies.

Our range of equipment is adaptable to varying site requirements, accommodating a range of pipe sizes and applications, providing customers with end-to-end shoring solutions. Click here to find out more.
Project feedback
"We've been working with Conquip on four or five of our sites that need shoring boxes. This one in Yatton is for our client, Persimmon Homes. Having just moved over to Conquip as our shoring partner, we're very impressed. The temporary works and design team are quick and efficient and the ordering process and customer service for the boxes we needed was seamless - you don't have to give them very long to get the order here on time. On this project, they have delivered exactly what they said."
Graham Cheeseman | Drainage Construction Manager, CJL Construction
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Persimmon Homes Development

CJL Construction Ltd for Persimmon Homes Severn Valley

Persimmon Homes Development

Somerset, UK

Temporary works design & shoring kit supply for housing development in Somerset