SLOUGH MULTIFUEL
15,000m³ soil removed to prepare enabling works for Slough Multi-fuel
SERVICES
Groundworks
TIMESCALE
August 2020 – May 2021
CLIENT
Scottish and Southern Energy
WHERE
Slough, West London
CATEGORY
Energy
The team worked extended hours to successfully achieve the tight timescales. This allowed the main build for the power station to start on time. The project was achieved with zero incidents.
Risks
Numerous unrecorded buried live assets. Working around live HV cables and gas pipes. Strict timescales with substantial financial impact for delays.
Value engineering
The main gas line traversing the site was safely diverted around the perimeter. This involved constructing 50 RC concrete foundations with precisely installed holding down bolts to secure the steel frame.
To manage the logistics, the team put together a detailed plan — safely removing over 4,000 lorry loads of material from site and importing over 2,000.
Works included
Principal Contractor duties
Removal of redundant pipes and cables
Breaking and removing 5,000m3 of concrete
Ground remediation
15,000m3 of unsuitable soil removed
7m deep cofferdam
250m long RC culvert
Service diversion