Scope of Work

• Maintenance of existing tracks

• Stripping and stock piling of unsuitable materials from existing embankment downstream face

• Stripping of unsuitable materials from the embankment footprint to nominal depth below the natural ground surface

• Material conditioning within borrow pit area

• Borrow fill placement on 3:1 batters including:

• Tyne, water, compact and proof roll loose material

• Lightly scarifying, ensuring sufficient overlap

• Picking up of 200-250mm of conditioned material from borrow pit

• Placement of 150mm layer of loose conditioned material onembankment wall and progressively cut into existing slope with aminimum 300mm high stepped bench

• Keeping area moist whilst compacting and rolling, until the area reached compacted to a maximum layer of 200mm

• Final Trimming of Embankment

• Supply and installation of vertical continuous sand drain and horizontalfinger sand drains

• Supply and installation of 20mm clean rock toe drainage, 200mm dia. slotted uPVC pipe to perimeter toe drain and end finger drains

• Supply and installation of 2m Dia. X 2.5m (H) precast concrete manholes forseepage collection

Project Complications & Achievements

Shamrock civil successfully delivered the project with zero LTI’s and zero NCR’s.