ESP were appointed to provide Earthworks Design Services. This involves the construction of a new transition embankment (approx. 185m long).
The transition embankment will support the railway down from the existing Avonmouth Branch Line on to
newly reinstated railway sidings. The reinstated sidings will require that that an existing earthwork be widened to accommodate the new sidings’ layout, the extent of the widening is about 400m long.
Both these constructions will require the installation of band drains to speed the consolidation of the ground beneath the earthworks and thus control the rate of settlement that will occur.
Services Provided:
- Engineering design inc. ‘for construction’ drawings
- Optioneering
- Settlement analysis
- Network Rail approvals
