PROJECT BRIEFINGS
300mm ID sewer installed under rail and road by guided auger boring and timber heading
A high water table and running sand meant that ground stabilisation resin needed to be injected to ensure safe working conditions. Main contractor Lumsden & Carroll called us in to install the 36m section of 300mm ID sewer as open cut methods had pro
Expandit pipe bursting helps Taunton flooding scheme
Our engineers used the gentle touch to upsize an 85m section of storm drain running under a line of gardens in Taunton, Somerset. The project to upsize the sewer to 400mm was part of a wider programme to reduce flooding in the area.
Job centre sewer repaired with timber heading
Shortly after the opening of a new public area at Southampton’s Job Centre Plus, the existing sewer collapsed under the 10 storey office tower.
Heading connects Margate hospital sewer
As part of a new development for nurses’ accommodation at the Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, Hospital a new sewer connection was required. Due to the need for unrestricted access to this busy hospital, timber headings provided the only feasible s
Guided auger boring installs new water main under rail
When Balfour Beatty needed to install a new potable water pumping main at Dragonby in North Lincolnshire, We were awarded a contract to install 30 metres of 610mm ID lost steel pipe along with the launch and recovery shafts in soft ground with runnin
Pipe bursting relieves Northampton traffic chaos
Severe erosion to concrete in a sewer at Weedon Road, Northampton, gave us a chance to show the people of our home town just what trenchless technology can do to minimise traffic chaos.
Good Egg!
A failing egg shaped brick sewer in Leeds City Centre gave us an great opportunity to show just how flexible our Cured in Place GRP Lining system, EcoCIPP, really is.
Sewer Upgrade for Northwich
Working with main contractor Galliford Costain, Perco installed two 450mm diameter pumping main pipes in Northwich, Cheshire.
New sewer connection for housing
150mm clayware sewer pipe is installed under major roads and walkways for a city centre housing development using guided augerboring
Sewer Installation
Perco’s directional drilling team installed 100m of 300mm pipe under a dual carriageway and major roundabout for a new outfall from a sewage treatment works
Carriageway Crossing for Potable Water Main
One of the largest pipelines to use directional drilling in the UK has been installed under Lancashire’s busy A585 by Perco
Foul Rising Main Installation
Installing a section of Thames Water’s new River Lane foul rising main called for directional drilling to undertake two Surrey river crossings under challenging conditions, so contractors brought in specialists Perco Engineering to perform a turnkey
Sewer Connection for Office & Hotel Development
Difficult ground conditions and tight access proved no problem for a Perco auger boring team in Manchester, in April, when they successfully connected Taylor Woodrow’s prestigious Christie Fields Business Park development to the city sewer network
Slindon to Hardham Water Transfer Scheme
As environmental issues often rule out open cut pipeline installation in favour of drilling, the disposal of bentonite drilling mud is becoming an increasing problem
Bursting for new homes in Exeter
When South West Water wanted to develop a site on the outskirts of Exeter, they had to upgrade the existing sewer to 450mm.
Severn Trent Water chooses EcoCIPP for a major rail sewer relining project
Our UV-cured relining system, EcoCIPP, proved the best solution to a sewer-upgrading problem adjacent to rail lines across the Midlands
Carltons Flood Alleviation
Perco install 7.5m diameter caisson shaft and 450mm gravity sewer for a flood alleviation scheme in Nottingham
Sewer Replacement by Pipebursting
Perco’s Expandit pipe bursting system is used to upgrade Kew Gardens’ sewer system whilst safeguarding valuable specimen trees
Installation of under track crossings – West Coast Main Line
Perco install 13 under track crossings (UTX’s) on the West Coast Main Line whilst rail services continue at full speed
Ground remediation works, housing development
Guided augerboring eliminates methane gas build ups on a brown field housing development in Lancashire.
Maxiburst
Manor Bakeries’ Moreton factory on Wirral has been producing cakes for generations. When their main sewer outfall had become corroded Perco was called in to get it back into service quickly
Perco Upgrade London Underground
when Main contractor Gleeson had to install cable ducts under live rails As Part of London Underground’s ‘Connect Project’, we had just the right solution to keep the trains running on time...
Culvert Renewal in the Rhondda Valley
When Costain were building the new Porth Relief Road, they had to decommission an old culvert draining redundant mine workings at Porth in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. Perco was asked to come up with an innovative solution for the problem
College Woods Conservation Area
Perco’s manhole burster is used to replace 220m of foul sewer under a Cornish conservation area
Carriageway Crossing
Perco used guided augerboring to install both foul and storm water sewers under a dual carriageway for a new housing development in Haydock, Merseyside
Perco Drills to Freedom!
Using one of its laser guided BM400 auger boring rigs, Perco installed an outfall sewer pipe for a new Bovis lend-lease development adjacent to the Law Courts in gartside street, Manchester.
Sewer Replacement
Perco’s tunnelling specialists upgrade the drainage system at this major food production facility without interference to production
Sewer Connections for Housing Scheme
A new sewer for a housing development in a Northamptonshire village is installed using guided augerboring
OnSite Central acquires Perco
A new phase in Perco’s development starts as we be...
300mm ID sewer installed under rail and road by guided auger boring and timber heading
A high water table and running sand meant that gro...
Auger boring within a pipe
A series of lateral sewer connections, achieved by...
Perco Rail Sector brochure
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