A 1.4ha plot of land that was home to the New Covert Garden Market in Battersea, London will become part of a development with 1,800 residential units, retail and leisure complexes called Nine Elms Square. For the first phase of the scheme, Expanded Geotechnical has been undertaking the piling for three 37 to 54 storey towers with its part of the work to be completed early this year."It's an incredibly tight site," explains Expanded Geotechnical project manager Joe Curtis who has been working on the project since June 2018. "Of the 12 blocks planned for the entire scheme, this first phase includes the three tallest at 37,47 and 54 storeys."Ground investigation was undertaken by Concept which found the ground was made up of Chalk, Thanet Sands, Lambeth Group, London Clay, River Terrace Gravels with made ground and alluvium.Work on site started with Keltbray excavating a minimum of 3m from the existing ground level across the site to leave the pile mat at 1.5m below previous ground level before Expanded set about the piling.
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