INBRIEF


WESTPILE'S DOCK SCHEME

Westpile has completed difficult piling works in a 14m depth of dock infill in Glasgow for Bovis Con-struction (Scotland) as part of works for the extension to the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre. After extra site investigation and and preliminary pile testing, most piles were excavated using a 16m temporary casing with bentonite slurry rotary boring.

DEFECTS IN DAMS

The Building Research Establishment has published a new guide to the identification and repair of defects in dams. Investigating em-bankment dams was produced as part of the DoE reservoir safety research programme. Reader enquiry No 353.


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