Bauer Technologies awarded Network Rail Project at Werrington

Bauer Technologies, a subsidiary of the BAUER Group, has secured a subcontract to install contiguous board piles for a new grade separated junction at Werrington. The new junction, three miles north of Peterborough Station, has been identified by Network Rail as a key project that will deliver additional capacity to the East Coast Main Line.

Currently, slow moving freight trains regularly cross three lines of the East Coast Main Line. On completion of the junction they will be diverted underground. Trains will then be able to pass simultaneously on and under the main lines.

Beginning in March 2019, Bauer Technologies will construct 16m long 900mm dia. contiguous bored piles so allowing main contractor Morgan Sindall to build a jacked box under the East Coast Main Line.  In advance of the box construction, Bauer Technologies will install 14 piles, using Glass Reinforced Fibre, at the box face to enable the construction of two service tunnels which are needed to facilitate the jacked structure’s installation.

Bauer Technologies’ works are programmed to last 12 weeks and will use the new BG45 PremiumLine Rotary Drilling Rig which is Tier4 Final compliant and equipped with the latest Energy Efficiency Pack.

Speaking about the project, Michael Jones, Managing Director of Bauer Technologies, said “We are delighted to be working with Morgan Sindall and playing a key part in this important Network Rail project, designed to deliver much needed additional capacity to the busy East Coast Main Line. Bauer Technologies is well equipped to work on the largest, most technologically and logistically challenging projects. We are confident that the project will showcase our capabilities and those of the BG45 PremiumLine Rotary Drilling Rig to great advantage.”