We’ve Given Our Website a Proper Overhaul
Regular visitors to vxcelpiling.co.uk will spot the difference straight away. We’ve rebuilt the site from scratch, and given it had been serving us well for quite a while without much attention, it was overdue. Nothing about how we actually work has changed. We’re still the same family run piling company, 16 years in now, with […]
Piling Around the UK Part 8: East Anglia
We’ve covered Scotland, Wales and the South West so far in this second leg of the series. For the final part, we’re heading to East Anglia, a region best known for being flat, but one that hides some genuinely tricky ground conditions beneath that flat surface. The Fens and their soft peat soils The Fens, […]
Piling Around the UK Part 7: The South West
We’ve been to Scotland and Wales so far in this second run of the series. Now we’re heading down to the South West, a region that stretches from Bristol right down to the tip of Cornwall, and one that brings together granite moorland, soft coastal ground and some genuinely historic towns and cities. Bristol and […]
Piling Around the UK Part 6: Wales
Last time we headed north to Scotland. Now we’re heading over to Wales, a country where old mining valleys, coastal towns and a lot of hilly terrain all bring their own particular ground conditions into play. The Valleys and their mining legacy South Wales is defined, in large part, by its Valleys, and by the […]
Piling Around the UK Part 5: Scotland
We covered the North West, the Midlands, the South and the North East in our first run through this series, and the response was good enough that we’re carrying on. First stop this time round is Scotland, a country with some of the most varied ground conditions anywhere in the UK, from soft central belt […]
Piling Around the UK Part 4: The North East
We’ve gone from the North West through the Midlands and down to London and the South East. For the last stop on this tour, we’re heading up to the North East, where old coalfields, sloping ground and hard sandstone bring their own set of challenges. Coalfields old and new Like the Midlands, much of the […]
Piling Around the UK Part 3: The South
We’ve covered the North West and the Midlands so far. Now it’s London and the South East, and if there’s one ground condition that London is known for above all others, it’s the clay. The famous London clay London clay sits under most of Greater London and stretches out into parts of Essex, Kent and […]
Piling Around the UK Part 2: The Midlands
Last time we covered the North West. Now we’re heading down to the Midlands, a region shaped as much by its industrial past as by whatever’s naturally in the ground. Old mine workings, heavy clay, dense city centres, it’s a lot to think about before anyone breaks ground. Built on centuries of mining The Black […]
Piling Around the UK Part 1: The North West
Every region of the UK throws up different ground conditions, which is one of the things that keeps this job interesting. Over this four part series we’re taking a tour of the country to look at what makes foundation work different from one area to the next. First up is the North West, home turf […]