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Bedford Riverside Project

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The Project:

The proposed development comprises fourmixed use two to eight storey blocks, two being residential over retails, one to be a cinema and the fifth to be a hotel, together with a new footbridge across the River Great Ouse.

The Challenge

The ground conditions predominantly consisted of Made Ground overlying Alluvium into the granular deposits of the Felmersham Member. Limestone Bedrock of the Great Oolite Group was encountered at 4.0m below ground level

The Solution

A rock socket design was proposed into the Limestone after a series of trial bores and extensive site investigation on site. Piles were designed to be a maximum of 8.0m in depth, however it was the high loads from tension/shear and eccentric moments which proved as challenging as the 4000kN individual pile loads.

Franki Foundations worked closely with the client and the project consulting engineer to develop a piled solution which met the requirements of the project, while being executable with the preferred CFA pile installation method, this was critical to the client who wanted to avoid using a rotary bored method with casing due to the tight programme constraints. Pile diameters ranged from 600mm diameter to 900mm diameter and were installed with a Soilmec R625 piling rig for the increased pulldown force required to “bite” into the lime stone and achieve the up to 5m rock sockets.

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About us

Franki Foundations UK Ltd, have over 20 years’ experience in foundations solutions for the construction industry.

We specialise in CFA (UP TO 1200mm dia), LDA Rotary (up to 2400mm dia), steel cased driven (for both open and heavily restricted sites), retaining walls, restricted access & mini piling solutions.

Our experienced and fully trained team works hard to bring your project together, with each member making a unique & significant contribution.

Franki Foundations have built foundations for major leisure complexes, residential homes, cinemas, hotels, footbridges, colleges & much more.

Why choose us?

Work is carried out safely with excellent health and safety record
Provide a non-contractual collaborative approach
Offer early subcontractor involvement providing Value Engineering through talented in-house resource
We provide you with a competitive edge through our in-house design
Offer efficiencies though our strategic partnerships
The comfort of knowing we are backed by a billion pound international main contractor
Fixed price/all-risk schemes considered