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Rock Face Stabilisation

Case Studies

Woodside Quarry – Rock Bolting & Passive Rock Netting

As part of the enabling works to prepare a disused quarry for a residential development scheme, CAN were asked to...

Shute Shelve Tunnel – Rock Bolting, Netting & Catch Fences

This disused railway tunnel is now a popular trail for pedestrians and cyclists, forming part of the Strawberry Line route...

Dunoon Sewage Treatment Works – Rock Fall Protection

Following a rock fall event at the sewage treatment works above one of the main tanks, CAN were called upon...

Livox South Rock Slope – Rock Bolting & Netting

CAN were contracted to deliver rock stabilisation work on an unstable face above a busy single carriage way at Livox,...

Bellozanne – Rock Face Stabilisation

The Island of Jersey’s major wastewater treatment facility at Bellozanne was constructed in 1959, and with a growing population and...

Peckfield Road Cutting – Vegetation Management & Rock Netting

This cutting on the Micklefield to Leeds Station line had suffered rockfall historically, and a programme of works was devised...

Coulsdon Waitrose Distribution Centre - Rock Stabilisation Works

Coulsdon Waitrose Distribution Centre – Rock Stabilisation Works

CAN has successfully designed and undertaken a programme of maintenance and additional slope and rock stabilisation works at the Waitrose...

Filton Bank 4 Track - Narroways Cutting Sprayed Concrete Works

Filton Bank 4 Track – Narroways Cutting

The Filton Bank 4 Track project is a major rail project to increase the number of tracks from 2 to 4...

Chalford Viaduct – Rock Bolting & Netting

CAN Geotechnical was appointed as subcontractor after a catastrophic failure event.  It was in fact approximately 50m3 of rock which...

Via Gellia - Emergency highway rock stabilisation using passive rockfall netting

Via Gellia – Emergency Highway Rock Stabilisation

CAN pulls out all the stops to get the road open and safe again Recent rockfall on the busy Via Gellia...