Projects

Stobart Rail

Gill Civil Engineering were employed to pave 13,000 square metres of aircraft apron and equipment areas of 300mm thickness over a bound base on a labour and plant only basis.

MOD Boscombe

Client: Lagan Construction Limited
Contract Period: January 2009 – November 2009
Country: United Kingdom
Total Contract Value: £11.4 million

The military airfield at MOD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire, United Kingdom, saw a major runway redevelopment in three phases. Our contribution allowed the project to be completed ahead of programme in less than 11 months, whilst the airfield remained fully operational.

Carried out for Lagan Construction Limited, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, the £11.4 million design and build project involved the replacement of the northern and southern thresholds with Pavement Quality concrete.

Working on a live military airfield presented a significant challenge for the delivery team. Detailed plans and specific safety procedures were developed to manage the operational risk and we participated in regular workshops to monitor performance and identify potential improvements with the client and other parties.

Concrete was manufactured using on-site concrete batching plants, to control the quality of the materials produced and avoid any delays in delivery. In total, 11,000m3 of concrete was manufactured and laid.

Boscombe

Costain

We were employed as subcontractors to provide materials, mix, transport and place over 33,000 cubic metres of PQC and 14,000 cubic metres of wet lean concrete base by predominantly hand lay paving method. The subcontract package also includes the demolition of existing pavements, earthworks, formation and sub-base preparation.

BAM Nuttall

Client: BAM Nuttall
Value: £4.3m
Contract: RAF Marham
Scope of Works: Taxiway and Dispersal Areas PQC

We were employed as subcontractors to provide materials, mix, transport and place over 34,000 cubic metres of PQC and wet lean concrete base by a combination of Slipform and hand lay paving methods to taxiways and aircraft dispersal areas.

Pavement construction was 330mm PQC on 175mm WLC. The project was phased carefully to allow airfield operations to continue.

Lagan Construction Limited

In early 2012, work began on a major programme of essential maintenance and improvements that will equip Guernsey Airport to continue serving the island for the next 30 years. This is known as the Airport2040 project. This represents the largest development in the airport’s 73-year history, and one of the most wide-ranging and complex construction projects ever undertaken locally.