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 OUR EXPERTISE

As the specialist piling division of the Lagan Construction Group, FK Lowry Piling and Dew
Piling are dedicated to providing high quality foundation and infrastructure solutions for
projects of all sizes and complexity - from major civil engineering schemes to large commercial
contracts and one-off residential developments.

Operating throughout the UK and Ireland, we work in partnership

with clients to deliver a professional service.
We have expertise in the full range of recognised piling disciplines
and in recent years have improved our capability and expanded our
business through a bespoke employee development programme.
We have achieved the highest standards of quality, environmental
and health and safety performances through our accreditation
to industry best practice and continue to invest in new plant,
processes and the latest technology.
Our culture of continuous improvement commits us to an ongoing
effort to minimise the impact of our operations on the environment
and communities and enables us to fulfil our own high standards,
operations and services.

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PILING TECHNIQUES

FK Lowry Piling and Dew Piling offer a full range of Piling Techniques. We have many years experience
using these techniques in providing cost effective foundations solutions.
We continually focus on developing the most innovative piling schemes, supported by industry knowledge
and experience gained over four decades. We hold extensive pile stocks and manufacture a range of
precast products, in addition to an in-house design service.

TECHNIQUES PLANT

Driven Precast and Steel Piles Junttan driven precast piling rigs

Rotary Bored Piles Soilmec dual purpose bored piling rigs

Bored Displacement Piles Low head room piling capability

Sheet Piling

CFA Piles

Secant and Contiguous Retaining Walls

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 BEDDINGTON ENERGY
RECOVERY FACILITY

FK Lowry completed the design and installation of a 2.8

million CFA and Rotary Bored Piling project for a new Energy
Recovery Facility (ERF) in South London.

Construction of the 205 million state-of-the-art Energy Recovery Facility

at the existing landfill and recycling site in Beddington, Sutton, commenced
in 2015. The facility upon completion will provide the South London Waste
Partnership with a safe and cost-effective alternative to landfill.

FK Lowry Piling were sub-contracted to Lagan Construction Group to

design and install Rotary Bored and CFA Piles for the new facility over a
26 week period. The piling project consisted of 100 linear metres of hard/
firm secant bored pile wall for the main waste bunker on the project. This
required the installation of up to 125 rotary bored piles at 1000mm diameter
segmentally cased. The rotary bored piles were installed at depths of up
to 27.5 metres deep with 11 metres of 750mm diameter CFA firm piles to
form a water tight basement.

A further 75 linear meters of hard/firm CFA wall was constructed for the
ash bunker with secondary male piles being formed to 22.2 metres and
primary female piles to 9 metres. The project also required the design
and installation of approximately 900 No. 450mm, 600mm and 750mm
diameter CFA Piles to depths of 25 metres to support the new structure.
In order to verify the pile design, FK Lowry Piling installed and tested a
preliminary test pile followed by nine static load tests on working piles.

GOOLE WINDFARM

FK Lowry Piling were awarded the 600,000 contract by principal contractor Farrans Construction for the piled
foundations on a wind farm at Goole Fields in East Yorkshire.

This was a logistically challenging project with efficient delivery of piles
key to its success. With 16 individual turbines to construct, some 1km
apart, piles could only be delivered when piling equipment was present
at each base for offloading purposes.
Timing of installation and inter-site moves was therefore critical
to mitigate idle plant. More so, as piles were cast and loaded in the
manufacturing yard in Lisburn and shipped to the East coast 2 days
prior to driving.
The 16 bases comprised of some 645 No. 270mm square
Precast Piles varying in depth from 12-22 metres. Non-
standard stock piles were cast using DC3 concrete,
increased reinforcement and special joints to cater for
tension capacity requirements.
The project was completed utilising the Junttan PM20
driven rig with a 5 tonne accelerated hammer within the 14
week tender programme.

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 PORT OF TYNE

This project addressed a piling solution for a new biomass

plant at the Port of Tyne. Driven precast concrete piles were
used as the preferred foundations for a new portal frame and
RC slab to store imported wood fuel pellets.

C Spencer commissioned FK Lowry Piling for the 1 million project which

was delivered in seven weeks. The new handling and storage facility has
the capacity to manage 1.4 million tonnes of biomass per year for use at
the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire.

Works entailed the installation of 1,515 precast piles - 270mm square and
up to 32 metres in length, bearing in gravel for loads up to 1000kN, with
various proof and dynamic tests undertaken.

The client was specific in the programming of the works as their priority was
the installation of the piles for the ring beam supporting the portal frame
to enable them to progress this element of the works. Upon completion of
this element of the project all three rigs commenced installation of the slab
piles inside the ring beam.

Each rig installed in excess of 500 linear metres of piles each day so the
logistics of delivery were key to the timely success of the project.

STAFFORD RIVERSIDE PROJECT

Dew Piling completed a 150,000 Sheet Piling Project for Simons

Group at the Riverside Project, Stafford. The regeneration of
Riverside is a major scheme on the site of the old Riverside
Recreation Centre and the former Tesco and multi-storey car
park.

The regeneration of Riverside is a major scheme on the site of the old

Riverside Recreation Centre and the former Tesco and multi-storey car park.
The regeneration Project comprised of a 18-unit retail development of over
190,000 sq ft to compliment and strengthen the town centre economy and
create new business and hundreds of new jobs in the town.

Dew Piling were subcontracted to install up to 100 tonnes of Sheet Piles for
a new retaining wall adjacent to the busy A34 Queensway. The Sheet Piling
project had a number of challenges namely, logistics and management of
deliveries due to the proximity of the adjacent A34. However Dew Piling
formed an excellent relationship with the clients operations team which meant
the piling team were able to programme and manage the work areas to allow
the site to run safely and efficiently.

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 BEDALE BYPASS

FK Lowry Piling successfully completed piling works on a new bypass in North Yorkshire. The 4 week
project at Bedale Bypass for client Wills Bros saw FK Lowry Piling design and install piles for the new traffic
route in Yorkshire.

The first major works to be carried out was the construction of roundabouts at each end of the scheme and FK Lowry Piling
designed and installed 350mm square precast piles for two structures and six bridge abutments on the 200,000 project.

North Yorkshire Highways say that around 14,000 vehicles use the existing road each day, causing considerable congestion and
the new route aims to cut traffic flow through the towns and urban areas by half. The three-mile long Bedale, Aiskew and Leeming
Bar bypass will take the main A684 road into the Yorkshire Dales and around the communities.

EDINBURGH HOTEL PROJECT

FK Lowry Piling undertook this 270,000 piling scheme

for McAleer & Rushe in Edinburgh, Scotland. The 19
million, 146-bedroom hotel project was located on the
famous Royal Mile in central Edinburgh.

FK Lowry Piling were sub-contracted to design and install Bearing

Piles and a Contiguous Bored Pile Retaining Wall consisting of
154 CFA piles at 600mm diameter as well as 136 No. Rotary
Bored piles using their range of 70 tonne high torque Soilmec
Piling Rigs.

The ground conditions consisted of up to 5 metres of made ground/

fill. This was underlain with Weathered Siltstone and Mudstone
Bedrock at depth. The use of CFA Piles being installed with 70
tonne rigs proved extremely successful as FK Lowry Piling were
able to deliver the project almost two weeks ahead of programme.
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 LONDON SAFESTORE FACILITY

FK Lowry Piling completed a 375,000 contract to construct

a secant bored pile wall in Chiswick, West London. Over 400
CFA piles at 600mm diameter were installed on the project in
Chiswick to form 180 linear metres of secant wall for a 6 metre
deep basement for a new safestore/self storage facility.

The high profile scheme for client Underwood Carpenter was located
adjacent to the busy A40 Dual Carriageway, the main Western thoroughfare
into and out of London that carries thousands of vehicles every day.

The ground conditions consisted of made ground and fill overlying water
bearing loose to medium dense sands and gravels before very stiff clays
were encountered at depth.

FK Lowry Piling were able to mobilise their 75 tonne Soilmec SR-75 Piling
Rig working alongside the Kent based contractor, Underwood Carpenter.
Good working relationships ensured that FK Lowry Piling completed the
project to programme and budget.

FK Lowry Pilings Soilmec SR-75 piling rig is a dual discipline Rig and has a
maximum CFA depth capability of 29 metres.

GLASGOW RESIDENTIAL SCHEME

FK Lowry Piling were subcontracted to Barratt Homes to design

and install piles for their prestigious Botanics Residential
Scheme off Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow. The contract
worth 700,000 saw FK Lowry Piling undertake both Driven
Precast and CFA Methods on the development project.
Set within the former grounds of the renowned BBC Studios, the Botanics will
feature a collection of 94 unique homes. The development will include two and
three bedroom apartments, three and four bedroom duplex apartments and
three and four bedroom townhouses.

FK Lowry Piling initially installed 195 No. 250mm square Precast Driven Piles at
2.5 metre centre to support a load-transfer platform adjacent to the river Kelvin.
This load-transfer platform was then used to support the bearing pressures of
the Soilmec SR-70 Piling Rig as it installed 110 metres of a 600mm diameter
Contiguous Bored Pile Wall. CFA Methods were also used to install 306 No.
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600mm diameter bearing piles to support loads for the four new apartment
blocks on the scheme.
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BAM
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Galliford Try
Gilbert-Ash
Graham
Hochtief
Kier
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McAleer & Rushe
McLaughlin & Harvey
Mitchellson
OHare & McGovern
Persimmon Homes
Sisk
Wates
Willmott Dixon
Wills Brothers

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