Engineers with big heads find Pennine’s way is best

30 May 2007

Specialist ground engineering company Pennine has started work on preparing ground for the new M6 motorway link at Carlisle.
The Lancashire-based firm moved on site after being awarded the prestigious £1.4M contract by main contractor, Carillion. Over a 20-week period, the 24-man team will use up to three rigs to insert no fewer than 4,395 vibro concrete columns (VCCs) with enlarged heads over an area 12,484m² at up to 90 columns a day.
The VCCs are necessary to strengthen the load bearing capacity of former moss land, comprising soft silt, peat and gravel. Work on the six-lane 9km M6 missing link between the motorways to the north and south commenced in July 2006.

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