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Latest News and Updates from WJ Groundwater and across the Industry.
HS2 Bromford Tunnel
Dan Carpenter June 7, 2024HS2 is one of the largest and most complex civil engineering projects to be undertaken in the UK for many years, and it is these large scale complex infrastructure projects which WJ specialise in.
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Lower Thames Crossing
Dan Carpenter June 6, 2024Since our formation in 1981 WJ have an outstanding record working on some of the largest and most complex infrastructure projects in the UK, and in particular, in and around London. When it was announced that a new tunnel the River Thames was to be constructed, which would link Kent and Essex and help alleviate pressure on the Dartford Crossing, it was a project that at WJ we were keen to provide our experience and expertise on.
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A57 Mottram Moor
Dan Carpenter June 6, 2024WJ have an outstanding record delivering our services for key national infrastructure projects, and one of those recently earmarked by the UK National Highways is the A57 Trans-Pennine route, which is designed to alleviate congestion on the vital A57 and A628 roads between Manchester and Sheffield. In order to aid the design of this crucial update project, WJ were engaged by SOCOTEC to undertake pumping tests in the village of Mottram in Longendale on the edge of the Peak District.
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Ashford Wastewater Treatment Works
Emma Trill January 7, 2020Technically challenging groundwater control projects are WJ’s forte, and one of the most successful of these projects were the wastewater treatment works in Ashford, Kent.
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Silvertown Crossing Pumping Test
Dan Carpenter October 31, 2019There are over 60 River Crossings within London, including London Bridge, the Dartford Crossing, Westminster Bridge and numerous rail tunnels. In order to reduce the strain on these crossings, and in particular the Blackwell Tunnel, a new crossing will be constructed between the Greenwich Peninsula, home of the iconic O2 Arena, and the Silvertown Docks, along a similar orientation to the Emirates Airline cable car.
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Old Oak Common
Dan Carpenter October 31, 2019High Speed 2 (HS2) is a new proposed high-speed rail link connecting London and Birmingham, before being extended up to Leeds and Manchester, via Crewe. As part of these works over 330 miles of track will be laid, accompanied with 21 new or refurbished stations along the length. One of the key new termini that is to be constructed in London is at Old Oak Common.
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Royal Albert Dock, London
Dan Carpenter October 31, 2019The Royal Albert Dock in east London was opened in the late 19th century alongside the Victoria Dock and was one of the largest in London at the time, remaining a commercial dock until the 1980s. Since it was closed it has been primarily used for watersports and as a backdrop for the ExCeL Exhibition Centre and London City Airport.
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Colchester Northern Gateway
Dan Carpenter September 23, 2019The Geothermal industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of the energy industry in the UK, and is becoming an increasingly common option for new council developments. Fortunately for WJ, these geothermal systems require the construction and testing of deep boreholes which are one of WJ’s specialities!
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Ness Regional WTW, Loch Ness, Scotland
Dan Carpenter September 23, 2019WJ are an industry leader in dewatering and groundwater management systems in the UK, and therefore our work regularly takes us from Central London to the northern reaches of Scotland and everywhere in between. One of our most recent projects took us to the shores of the world famous Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland for a ‘monster of a project’!
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