Bachy Soletanche Awarded Full Sutton Prison Geotechnical Works
Bachy Soletanche has commenced work on the contract to deliver the geotechnical works for a new prison in Full Sutton, East Riding of Yorkshire. The contract was awarded by Principal Contractor, Kier, who are operating as part of the Alliance 4 New Prisons collaboration. The scheme, officially launched by Damian Hinds, Minister for Prisons and Probation, is part of [...]
Bachy Soletanche supports two social inclusion charities through the VINCI UK Foundation
Through its sponsorship of the VINCI UK Foundation, Bachy Soletanche has recently secured £6,000 of funding for two charities that are helping to tackle social inequality across London’s most underprivileged areas. The sponsored charities, Doorstep Library and Brent City Netball Academy, have each received a £3,000 grant to help support their work. Both charities were nominated by Emma-Louise Sylvester, [...]
iGuard Scoops Safety Innovation Trophy at the FPS Awards 2022
Bachy Soletanche’s commitment to health and safety was recently recognised when the company scooped the Safety Innovation prize at the 2022 Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) awards. The company was awarded the trophy for the innovative iGuard and training solution, developed alongside TSS2. The iGuard (ignition guard) is an access control module that can be retrofitted to tracked piling [...]
Looking after your wellbeing: World Mental Health Day 2022
Over the past few months, we’ve heard a lot about the cost-of-living crisis and the impact it is having on our finances. Fuelled by soaring prices of fuel, energy and food, the UK economy is experiencing its highest inflation rate in 40 years. Compounded by recent tax and interest rate hikes, this is leading to the biggest squeeze on [...]
Innovation Prize Supporting Lancashire Conservation for Ribble River Trust
This time last year, Bachy Soletanche donated its VINCI Environment Award prize money, which it won for the development of an emissions-busting exhaust filtration system, to conservation charity, Ribble Rivers Trust. One year later, we decided to catch up with the Trust to find out about the vital work they have been carrying out over the past 12 months [...]
Triple Success at the 2022 Ground Engineering Awards
Bachy Soletanche had an outstanding evening at the Ground Engineering Awards, picking up trophies in the Contractor of the Year, Health and Safety, and UK Project of the Year categories. The Contractor of the Year title was awarded in recognition of Bachy Soletanche’s outstanding accomplishments over the past year, including those relating to business growth, training and development, carbon [...]
Bachy Soletanche Welcomes Tamás Kaltenbacher as New Managing Director
Bachy Soletanche has recently appointed Tamás Kaltenbacher as its new Managing Director. Tamás joins the company from HBM, the Hungarian subsidiary of Soletanche Bachy, where he worked as the Managing Director for the past six years. Tamás has worked for Soletanche Bachy for a total of 17 years and throughout this time, he has gained experience in management, [...]
What To Consider When Reviewing A Piling Tender
The Debate within Geotechnics: What To Consider When Reviewing A Piling Tender Submission. This next edition in Bachy Soletanche’s series of thought leadership reports exploring the value within geotechnics and what to consider when comparing a piling tender. The complexity of piling tenders can vary so much from one to the next that sometimes it’s hard to [...]
HS2 trials ‘first of a kind’ electric drilling rig in bid to cut carbon in construction
HS2 Ltd’s construction partner Balfour Beatty VINCI Joint Venture (BBV), is currently trialling the world’s first all-electric, high-capacity drilling rig on a construction site in Warwickshire, as the Joint Venture steps up its plans to meet HS2 Ltd’s ambition for diesel-free construction sites. Andrea Davidson, HS2’s Air Quality Manager said: “We are proud to be working with our supply [...]
Crossrail: Our Contribution to the Elizabeth line
Today marks the official opening of the Elizabeth line. In this article, we look back at Bachy Soletanche’s contribution to what is more commonly known in the construction world as Crossrail. The Elizabeth line is a new railway route providing faster and more direct connections across London and beyond. The 100km-long line stretches from Reading and Heathrow in the [...]
Bachy Soletanche conclude successful scheme at EcoPark South
Bachy Soletanche and Vibro Menard have recently completed a ground engineering package for North London Waste Authority’s EcoPark South project in Edmonton, London. The team of geotechnical experts provided the ground engineering design and construction for the park’s two new waste management facilities: The Resource Recovery Facility (RRF) and the Reuse and Recycling Centre (RRC). They also carried [...]
Ground Engineering Awards 2022 Shortlist Success For Bachy Soletanche
Bachy Soletanche has been shortlisted for 17 entries at the Ground Engineering Awards 2022. The company is a finalist in a total of ten categories, with a particularly strong showing in the Sustainability, Health and Safety, and Equipment innovation sections. The shortlist is recognition of Bachy Soletanche’s continued commitment to delivering excellence in the ground engineering sector, its [...]