On the afternoon of the 30th of September 2022, 24 of WJ’s staff from our HR and finance; tendering and design; technical; monitoring; and operations departments, and our Senior Management team took to the roads of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire as part of a charity treasure hunt on behalf of our chosen charity YoungMinds.
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WJ Charity Treasure Hunt in aid of Young Minds
Dan Carpenter October 3, 2022
Ground Engineering Awards 2022
Dan Carpenter September 12, 2022On Tuesday 6th September 2022, WJ joined more than 800 clients, contractors, designers and geotechnical experts in Central London for the annual Ground Engineering Awards.
WJ supporting YoungMinds Trust
Dan Carpenter July 20, 2022On Saturday 23 July 2022 our MD Richard Fielden will be setting off to cycle from Lands End to John O’Groats (approximately 1000 miles!) in just 10 days and is hoping to raise £10,000 for Young Minds Trust, a charity which works with children, young adults and their families to help to look after their mental health.
“Clearing the air – drilling’s contribution to clean air?” – WJ featured in GeoDrilling International
Dan Carpenter May 18, 2022‘Going green’ has been a big part of WJ’s ethos for a number of years as we believe it is important for us as a company and an industry to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable. At WJ this has included a signfican in new electric drilling and dewatering plant and equipment.
“Clearing the air – drilling’s contribution to clean air?” – WJ featured in GeoDrilling International
When the South Korean engineering and construction company, SK ecoplant, whose annual global revenues are about £4 billion, required a dewatering contractor to help to solve a problem with a series of distressed high speed railway tunnel cross passages under construction on the Bujeon – Masan Railway Project on South Korea’s south coast, they turned to WJ. Obviously.
WJ Ski Trip 2022
Dan Carpenter March 10, 2022At WJ we are all part of a big closely-knit family, and recently enjoyed our first ever staff holiday with a ski-trip to Northern Italy.
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WJ take to the airwaves
Dan Carpenter October 11, 2021Ground Engineering is one of the foremost trade magazines for the UK Geotechnical, Engineering Geology and Geo-Environmental Industries, and their podcast Breaking Ground is the voice of the geotechnical industry in the country, having covered topics as diverse as piling, sustainability and geothermal energy!
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Happy 40th Birthday!
Dan Carpenter September 21, 2021The 21st September is a very special day for everyone connected to WJ as it is the 40th anniversary of our formation!
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Dr Toby Roberts at the British Tunnelling Society
Dan Carpenter September 17, 2021The British Tunnelling Society, an Associated Society of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), formed 50 years ago provides a crucial form for development of the tunnelling industry in the UK and overseas, and recently invited WJ’s Chairman, Dr Toby Roberts to speak at an evening event regarding “Dewatering Strategies for Underground Infrastructure in the London Basin”.
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WJ recognized by the Considerate Constructors Scheme
Dan Carpenter August 11, 2021The Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) is designed to raise standards in the construction industry in areas as diverse as appearance, health and safety and the environment.
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