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Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering has featured in Concrete Connect discussing its record-breaking pile installation at the Bridgwater GiGaFactory, the UK’s largest electric car battery plant. 

Installing over 1,000 concrete piles in a single week, the company leveraged advanced logistics and technology to optimise the efficiency and safety of the piling operations on site.

In the article, Tom Cooke, Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering's Operations Manager, highlights the benefit of meticulous planning, collaboration and the importance of understanding the ground conditions in detail to determine the most effective installation methods.

Discussing the project in more detail, Tom said: “Understanding the ground conditions in detail helps us determine the most effective installation methods, optimising performance…our output on this multi-rig project is industry-leading."

Read the article in full here.

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Notes to editors:

• Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with 26,000 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.
• We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.
• Over the last 115 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world. Currently, we are working to deliver Hinkley Point C, the first UK nuclear power station in a generation; constructing the world-class arts and cultural facility, the Lyric Theatre, in Hong Kong; and designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the Automated People Mover superstructure at one of the busiest airports in the world, Los Angeles International Airport.
• Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering is one of the UK’s leading specialist geotechnical contractors providing innovative piling and ground improvement solutions across all sectors. The company’s comprehensive ground engineering capabilities, equipment and experience provide the solid foundations for buildings of any height, ranging from city skyscrapers to house foundation packages.