by DougW71 | Dec 17, 2024 | Case Study
In May 2021, the Yorkshire Wildlife Park opened the new ‘Point Lobos’ expansion featuring a family of six California sea lions. The sea lions arrived from California via ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. The pool, constructed from steel reinforced shotcrete holds three million... 
by DougW71 | Dec 12, 2024 | Case Study
In October 2022, five tank wagons in a freight train transporting cement powder from Clitheroe, Lancashire, to Mossend near Glasgow, derailed close to Petteril Bridge Junction in Carlisle. A number of wagons were damaged and there was significant damage to the track... 
by DougW71 | Dec 12, 2024 | Case Study
A typical slope stabilisation project requiring excavation, soil nails, reinforcing mesh and a sprayed concrete facing should not pose any real issue for a specialist contractor involved in this form of civil engineering, with the only real expected issues being... 
by DougW71 | Dec 12, 2024 | Case Study
Possibly our largest sprayed concrete piling contract of the year took two of our crews to Chesham in Buckinghamshire for works to be completed in two distinct phases. Sprayed concrete overlay and infilling from the capping beam down five metres was the first phase... 
by DougW71 | Dec 12, 2024 | Case Study
A commission to construct an underground cavern structure around a new build swimming pool and sauna saw our Managing Director and gunite crew travel to Southern Ireland for something very out of the ordinary. A ninth century Celtic keep requiring a complete rebuild... 
by DougW71 | Dec 12, 2024 | Case Study
A failing railway embankment in Lewes, Sussex requiring emergency remediation to prevent local residents’ gardens collapsing onto the railway line was accepted at short notice by GSSL and completed in the shortest possible time. Two committed GSSL crews agreed to work...