Our focus for energy infrastructure clients is using modern ground improvement and in situ testing methods to reduce construction timeframe, lower construction costs, improve quality, reduce risk and reduce your environmental footprint.
Situations include:
- Battery Energy Storage Solutions (BESS)
- Hydro Electric Dams and Pumped Hydo
- Solar Farms
- Tank Farms
- Wind Farms
- Bulk Earthworks
- Foundations
- Hard stands and lay-down areas
- Temporary Works / Working Platforms for Cranes and Piling Rigs
- Access Tracks and Internal Roads
- Overhead Transmission Lines
- Pipelines
- Cable Trenches
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Typical conversations with consultants, pre-contracts teams and constructors are around answering questions like:
- How to reduce time between compaction testing and getting results
- How to assess compaction at all stages for trenching and trench backfill
- How to compact much deeper lifts of freshly placed or in situ material and test the compaction integrity
- How to increase compaction uniformity and eliminate under and over rolling
- How to increase placed loose lift thickness (even double) with standard vibratory rollers and then test compaction
- How to reduce the need to remove and replace uncontrolled fill and unsuitable clay soils
- How to assess bearing capacity for temporary works platforms
What questions are you looking to answer? We’d love to hear from you.
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