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Lochside of Leys
Lochside of Leys is a phased housing development in Banchory from Bancon Homes. Site conditions are challenging with the site located close to a burn.
Over the life of the project, W M Donald will be responsible for all groundworks, roads, culverts, plot works (up to and including floor slabs), drainage and a section of the utility install.
W M Donald is also responsible for the construction of a wastewater pumping station. A cofferdam may be required because the wet well is below the level of the water table. An extra-heavy emergency storage tank has been specified to address potential buoyancy issues.
The concrete walls of the access manholes are being pre-fabricated offsite to minimise construction time and disruption to other ongoing site activities.
The project features two major box culverts. One culvert passes under a road to allow existing watercourses to continue to flow. The second culvert links the new works with a previously developed area of the site. Both culverts are being created from two-metre sections weighing 9.5 tonnes each. In total, 20 sections will be required.
Historically, there had been a bridge in the area now being developed. As part of the planning application, the bridge has to be reinstated. W M Donald has approached CTS Bridges, based in Huddersfield, to design a steel-framed bridge. This is currently in the process of being fabricated with installation on site projected for early 2022. CTS has previously undertaken similar work for W M Donald on the Carron Den site in Stonehaven.
Sarah Herd is W M Donald’s Technical Civil Engineer responsible for the works at Lochside of Leys.
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