Drainage Works at Frank Apps Close, Newington, for Kent County Council

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Kent County Council awarded a contract to G & J Steele Plant Hire Ltd for the delivery of the Frank Apps Close, Newington drainage scheme under the Drainage Works Framework 2023 (SC22331).

The scheme, valued at AUD 37,654.32, involved works in the public highway, including the construction of a new Type 2 soakaway to KCC/HTW/500/004 (1800mm diameter, 5m depth), provision of cable percussion and drilling crew to drill the soakaway and install a liner with the end of the soakage zone 6m deep into the chalk, drilling 5m beyond the soakage zone to check groundwater level prior to liner installation, backfilling below with bentonite seal, reinstating the chamber base around the liner, connecting the soakaway to the existing manhole rebuilt as a catchpit chamber to KCC/HTW/500/001 TYPE 2A (1200mm diameter), setting the pipe to the soakaway with its invert level with the soffit of the existing pipework to act as an overflow, installing a 225mm twin wall connecting pipe to KCC/HTW/500/051 using Type Z surround (4m), and reinstating the carriageway to match existing construction.

The works were scheduled for delivery between 1 February 2024 and 31 March 2024.