Year: 2019
Region: South West
Award Category: Civils Project of the Year
Organisation / Individual: KierBAM Joint Venture
National / Regional Winner: Regional Winner
- 770m of Sea Wall completed in 10-months (March to December 2018) delivered to nuclear standards of Safety, Health, Environment & Quality (SHEQ).
- 50,000m3 of insitu concrete placed in a SSSI marine environment, without environmental incident.
- 180,000m3 of excavation arisings processed & recycled to be used as backfill behind the wall.
- Very strict environmental constraints with regards working on the foreshore.
- Excellent Safety Record.
- The working environment is one of the highest tidal ranges in the world, with 10-20mm of silt deposited by the tide over everything, twice a day.
- Excavations, 10m below highwater.
- 20% of the excavation contaminated with Hydrocarbons, which had to be captured before they entered the marine environment.
- Exemplar project with regards collaboration between Contractor, Client, Workforce & Environment Agency.
- 16 month’s work completed in 12 months on a programme that was net of time risk allowance to start with.
