Contracts

Watford - Bletchley Alliance Remodelling Project

Client: Balfour Beatty Rail Projects Ltd (BBRPL)
Finished: In progress at time of photograph
Duration: 30 months

Joywheel has locally been heavily involved with the West Coast Mainline Route Modernisation Project, working for Cementation Foundations Skanska as well as working directly for Balfour Beatty Rail Projects.

Areas of well-practiced and consistent success on this contract include access road construction, excavation of gantry base locations, concrete blinding of each base location prior to piling, gantry base construction, crane base construction, REB and single signal posts base construction and UTX construction. Joywheel were also involved in the placing of anti-erosion matting (containing wire rabbit netting) and hydroseeding, as well as vegetation removal and re-profiling of embankments and cuttings. The construction of footpaths, steps and car parks was also undertaken regularly.

The heavily vegetated and subsiding embankments at Ledburn were re-profiled after piling by Cementation Foundations Skanska. Joywheel were also employed to construct the concrete bases for each gantry and REB bases with troughing for cables.

	Access track constructed near Pitstone, Tring, Herts.
	Re-profiled embankment at Ledburn with new OHLE gantries.
	Joywheel were responsible for the preparation, sufacing and finishing works at Tring Station Lower Carpark. The company also helped refurbish Tring Station including the construction of a new platform. The value of work undertaken by Joywheel at Tring Station exceeds £1 million.
	REB station in place at Ledburn.

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