Bachy Soletanche has secured a contract to install piles for a new project in Glasgow.

The work is part of a £100 million Shieldhall Tunnel scheme to improve water quality in the River Clyde and its tributaries while also reducing flooding issues.

The company has been contracted by a joint venture (JV) of VINCI Construction Grands Projects and Costain who are working on behalf of Scottish Water.

Works include the construction of cased secant piles (CSP) for the first shaft of the tunnel.

Further developments involve the service chamber and tunnel boring machine launch chamber, along with 400 linear metres of CFA contiguous piled walls for the cut and cover section of the tunnel.


Piling work on the structure, which will be the largest wastewater storage tunnel in Scotland, is set to commence in June and will last three months.

The project marks Bachy Soletanche's first CSP piling project in Scotland.

The company strengthened its offering in the region earlier this year with the appointment of Paul Doyle as Contracts Manager for Scotland.

Mr Doyle said: "This unique project will provide us with an excellent opportunity to deliver a real impact to the area’s infrastructure.

"The project will be technically challenging, especially as we will be working within a residential area and in a restricted workspace, however we are confident our wealth of project experience will ensure we deliver exceptional standards throughout the work whilst minimising the impact on the local community."

The project is expected to be completed in late 2015.

Work on Shieldhall Tunnel to construct a sewer running between Queen’s Park and Craigton Industrial Estate is expected to continue until late 2017.

(LM/CD)