Projects

A selection of civil engineering and construction works delivered for the UK's main contractors.

Workers lowering precast concrete manhole into sheeted excavation on Kilburn to Marehay rising main project, Derbyshire
Infrastructure Drainage Highways & Earthworks

Kilburn to Marehay Rising Main

Location
Derbyshire
Duration
18 months
Pipework
400–500mm ductile iron
Test Pressure
6 Bar

Installation of 4.5km of ductile iron pipework in highways with permanent tarmac reinstatement. Includes construction of Horizontal Directional Drilling drive and reception pits, with all connection works hydrostatically pressure tested to 6 Bar. Connected to new sewage pumping station and upgraded sewage treatment works.

Large diameter pipes being concrete-encased in deep sheeted excavation during Nuneaton sewage rising main installation, Warwickshire
Infrastructure Drainage Highways & Earthworks

Nuneaton Sewage Rising Mains

Location
Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Duration
6 months
Pipework
400mm & 600mm
Test Pressure
9.5 Bar

Environmentally sensitive installation of 600mm and 400mm new rising mains with online connections to existing mains in a Line-Stop pit. Installed over 1km from the existing pumping station, operating at 850 litres per second. Includes upgrade of roads and new parking areas within the STW.

Clumber Construction excavator and bulldozer trenching through farmland on Packington Final Effluent Rising Main, Leicestershire
Infrastructure Drainage Highways & Earthworks

Packington Final Effluent Rising Main

Location
Packington, Leicestershire
Duration
5 months
Pipework
800mm ductile iron
Test Pressure
6.5 Bar

Installation of 800mm ductile iron rising main over 2km through fields and roads, forming part of a 23km total scheme. Associated chambers with air valves, washouts and roll-over chambers, all pressure tested to 6.5 Bar. Full reinstatement of highways and farmland.

Derbyshire Waste Treatment Centre reception pit — steel sheet piled cofferdam installation time lapse, Derby
Infrastructure Highways & Earthworks

Derbyshire Waste Treatment Centre — Reception Pit

Location
Derby
Dimensions
39m × 19.2m × 12.3m deep
Structure
Steel sheet piled cofferdam
Support
Waling beam & propping

Clumber installed the complete temporary works package within the cofferdam excavation — five support frames and cross members — and carried out all enabling earthworks for the construction of the new waste disposal facility.