Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (Baffinland)’s Mary River mine site on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada is one of the most northern mines in the world. Amongst the richest iron ore deposits ever discovered, the Mary River Property consists of nine-plus high-grade iron ore deposits that can be mined, crushed, and screened into marketable products. Baffinland Iron […]
Sector: Retaining Walls
Shay Murtagh Precast manufacture Concrete Retaining Walls, L Shape Retaining Wall Panels or Wing Walls in a range of profiles wall height, wall thickness.
Colonnade to Coastguards Sea Wall
In an era of rising sea levels and increasingly severe weather events, a robust, long-term solution was required to safeguard the railway and the town of Dawlish in Devon. BAM was awarded the contract by Network Rail to complete the 415m second phase of the sea wall, including improvements at Dawlish station, a new Colonnade […]
Specialist Concrete Beams, Saltend Waste Water Treatment Works, Hull.
A thirty million pound contract for the improvement and expansion of a waste water treatment works. Awarded to Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB) in 2018. The work, due for completion in late Autumn of this year. Yorkshire Water’s plans to modernise the water treatment process at Saltend, near Hull, is a major part of its policy […]
Hard Landscaping, Harbour Central, Isle of Dogs, London
The high rise tower blocks that are now the main feature of The Isle of Dogs sparkle with glass, steel and granite. Those blocks contain some of the most prestigious addresses in the United Kingdom. Canary Wharf is now arguably the financial centre of London. With some of the biggest names in banking and associated […]
Tip Wall, Sierra Leone
Geosystems provided a HexLok solution to Dawnus Construction for the Tonkalili Iron Ore mine in Sierra Leone. In 2010 Dawnus commenced a series of projects for Africa Minerals (AML) including roads, foundations and related infrastructure for the facility and crushing plant. Geosystems designed and manufactured two HexLok reinforced soil tip walls. The first composite concrete […]
Peat Storage Facility, Shetland Islands
Geosystems were awarded the contract to manufacture and deliver a precast HexLok system for reinforced earth walls in the Shetland Islands. The panels were 150mm thick and each weighed 0.9T. The retaining walls were constructed in two tiers with heights varying between 6 and 9m.The project was completed in two phases and 9000 panels were […]
N11 Newtown Mount Kennedy
Geosystems designed and manufactured a GridLok system for the Morris-Sisk Consortium for works taking place on the N11 road from Newtown Mount Kennedy to Ballynabarny. The congested two lane trunk road was improved in several places to provide four lanes in compliance with modern motorway standards. For several sections embankments up to 13M high were […]
CWM Road Bridge, South Wales
Geosystems were commissioned to create a 122M train tunnel for Mowlem who were contracted by Network Rail and the Highways Agency/Welsh Assembly to create a by-pass road around the town of Cwm, nestled in the Ebbw Fach valley in South Wales. The new road crossed the railway line at a skewed angle which required a […]
Cill Beams for Upper Holloway Bridge North London
Shay Murtagh worked on the Upper Holloway Bridge throughout 2016 Over the Christmas and New Year period, Hochtief successfully completed the reconstruction of Upper Holloway Bridge in North London. The project is part of the electrification of the line between Gospel Oak and Barking and will result in an improved service with double the previous […]
M50 D & C Ltd – M50 Motorway Upgrade
About M50 Motorway Upgrade The M50 Motorway Upgrade (Phase 2) PPP Contract comprises the design, construction, operation, maintenance and financing of the upgrade. Approximately 24 km of the existing two lane carriage-way to three lane standard. The provision of auxiliary lanes between the M1 and N3 junction and between the N7 and Scholarstown junctions. The major […]