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Case Studies


Structures
Burrowing Tunnel is a single bore tunnel situated on the Merseyrail underground system on the Canning Street to West Kirkby Line (CWK1). WA Developments was engaged by Birse Rail Ltd to remove approximately 340m of life expired concrete haunch...
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Structures
WA Developments utilise the latest track support technology to deliver greatly improved track quality The Spring Garden Viaduct was originally constructed using a ballasted track that resulted in ongoing fatigue problems and a recurring headache...
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Structures
In the exposed conditions of this fast flowing tidal estuary, WA Developments undertook a rolling programme of works to renew failing longitudinal timbers on this historic viaduct. Network Rail had established that the longitudinal track support...
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Structures
The busyroute linking Preston to Manchester provided Stobart Rail with the challenging task of track stabilisation in the notoriously unsound ground underneath the Grade II Listed 'flying arches' at Chorley. Due to the ground conditions which...
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Geotechnical
WA Developments’ specially developed Drilling Rigs lead the way in ground investigation at inaccessible sites. Using all of their extensive experience in railway earthworks, WA Developments have invested heavily in the development of...
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Geotechnical
On a heavily vegetated embankment WA Developments’ Drilling Rigs enabled investigation to be undertaken without the need for extensive temporary works. WA Developments’ special equipment allows access to awkward sites with the bare...
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Lineside Infrastructure
One of WAD's largest cable laying projects to-date saw over 57m of cable installed at several locations between Crewe and Scotland on the West Coast Mainline. WA Developments designed and fabricated its own rail mounted cable reel dispensing...
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Lineside Infrastructure
A contract for 60 miles of Safe Cess, is extended to 170 miles and becomes WA Developments’ walkway to success. The addition of Safe Cess walkway was a requirement of the West Coast mainline modernisation programme. Its purpose is to...
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Drainage
After a severe flood event in 1999, proposals for a flood management scheme were developed for Chipping Sodbury tunnel on the London to Bristol Line. The project involved the installation of 6.7km of new drainage, 112 manholes, new pump chamber...
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Earthworks
A remote site with no cost-effective road access, Bessie Gill made the most of WA Developments' road-rail fleet. Located near Clifton, Cumbria, Bessie Gill proved a particularly inaccessible site to which WA Developments had to transport all...
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Earthworks
WA Developments are always committed to delivering projects in a way that both respects and protects the local environment. Located At Long Preston it was not just the natural beauty of the area that raised environmental issues, it was the local...
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Earthworks
WA Developments meet the challenge of shifting 2400 tonnes of spoil in just seven nights Located between Workington and Whitehaven, the railway line at Lowca runs beneath steep, unstable coastal cliffs that are constantly battered by...
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Earthworks
Stobart Rails' dynamic emergency earthworks team deliver a realistic construction sequence on a stark, steep slope failure. Back in January 2008, Network Rail’s minor works unit encountered a cutting slope on the move between Brighouse and...
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Earthworks
WA Developments return to the line on which they undertook their first rail work in 1996, the magnitude of this project clearly demonstrating how their skills and capabilities have grown. The Shotlock project was the last site in a package of...
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