View on the location of the new Railway bridge at Bingham.



Track level looking along the length of the existing trough route.



David Millar - first visit to site view across the southern build area.


David Millar - first visit to site view across the North side of the existing embankment.

View at embankment level - site visit with Ntework Rail to look at S&T + P Way.


View on existing structure carrying the railway over the A46.


South side of the existing embankment - John Jones top soil strip.


Existing embankment cleared of trees and bushes - top soil stripped up to the railway boundary fence.



Reduntant embankment being excavated by John Jones - time study and check on the material. 



New access (11d) gate installed with the roadway hardened up.  


BBGE on site to carry out pile trial works - note noise and vibration monitoring being undertaken.
 

Trial pile casing being installed to carry out an evaluation of the water ingress and soil conditions. 


Setting out check on the pile positions - the red dot is the pile position !! 


Heras fence with blue netlon installed at the base of the existing embankment.
 

Geotextile - laid in the build area - 500mm thickness of 6F5  Material.


Stone being laid in the site compound build area - Network Rail cabins being delivered to site and set up. 


View over to Rectory Junction Signal box. Visited with Roy Ashforth.
 

1st railway possession - Birse Civils carry out a survey of the existing structure.


Water being sprayed on the build area to dampen down the dust from the stone. 


Build area on the southern side John Jones progressing the works.
 

North side - platform works underway - capping stone being laid - Class 2 Being run in to start the piling platform. 


On the south side of the existing bridge - Class 2 being built up as a ramp up to the piling platform.


North side of the existing embankment - bottom capping stone layer laid through to the existing embankment toe.


On the south side stone being extended into the bottom of the existing embankment.


South side 6F5 being extended across to the toe of the existing embankment.


North side of the embankment stone laid and compacted with geotextile over laid with Class 2.


Piling platform underconstruction - however the Form C design for embankment was not fully signed off by Network Rail hence the gap between the existing embankment and the platform. 

Piling platform being formed on the North side - note the gap between the embankment and the existing platform.


Cable survey by Global rail highlighted a number of issues with the cables - the photograph above highlights very poor cable conditions and joints.


Casting beds being created in the yard on the southern side of the embankment.


Casting beds screed rails being set up for casting to level. 


Casting beds being marked out for steel fixing.

Steel reinforcement being fixed on the casting bed - note the polythene sheet and temporary support timbers to give stability to the reinforcement cage.


Western impost unit - reinforcement being fixed.


Global Rail and Network rail carrying out a joint inspection of the S&T. 


With the Form C signed off John Jones were able to start the infilling between the existing embankment and piling platform. 


John Jones - connecting up the southern piling platform to the existing embankment.


Reinforced earth wall being created at the end of the North platform to eliminate the loading on the wingwalls of the existing bridge. 

Southern platform being installed and tied into the embankment. 


North embankment class 2 being tied into the embankment. 


East Impost unit -  concrete being placed by concrete pump. 


Formwork stripped from the East Impost unit ready for concrete finishing. 


Geotextile trench excavated + manhole rings on site ready for building the bridge deck.


Steel fixing in progress to the West  Impost - note the use of MEWP's to fix the reinforcement.
 

Erosion control geotextile put down the embankment - tied into the bottom of the embankment. 6F5 being placed as running surface for the heavy plant. 


Reinforced Earth being constructed on the Northern corner of the platform - required to keep the loading of the existing bridge wingwalls.
 

Stone running surface on the south platform in progress with the trench used to pin the erosion membrane fixed in place. 

The geotextile on top of the Class 2 was tied in with a trench and pins running along the edge of the blue netlon fence line. 


Stone being stockpiled and rolled and spread using a dozer and roller. 



Reinforced wall in the North East corner being built up in layers not the timber red/white caps used to protect operatives from sharp edges on the reinforcement.


Sheet piling - Ivor King carrying out sheet piling works on the completed platforms. 



View at track level with the piling platform and track tied in and first section of sheet piles installed.



Ivor King - installing sheet piles at track level during short week night possessions.



North Eastern corner reinforced earth corner being constructed by John Jones - note the interlocking geotextile and reinforcement. 



Each set of sheet piles installed in the possession were trimmed down by 1m and a steel top frame installed. 



Temporary works system was created using manhole rings as guide walls. Note the rings fixed in two halves split by plywood sheet. 



Temporary works sheet piles being excavated out ready for manhole rings.


Steel fixing started on the impost unit. 


Sheet piling being undertaken on the North piling platform with the Phase I cable move completed. 


West Abutment Formwork being fixed ready for concrete - work in progress installing timber baulks as edge protection.


North Piling platform - half manhole rings being installed as guide walls for the main piling. 


Once installed the inside of the rings were filled with sand and the gap between the rings and the sheet piles filled with weak concrete.


West Impost  - cast. Note the lifting pins set to pick up on the lifting beams.


South Piling platform - fences set up and timber baulks set up as edge protection.


East Impost units set up with temporary works manholes being set up to enable the bridge to be built. 


Temporary wall support installed to prevent the wall being knocked over.


Temporary manholes being set up as support stillages for the bridge build. 



BBGE arrive on site - piling rig being built up on the South compound - 120t crawler crane also being rigged up. 


View on phase I - temporary cable route fixed down onto the sleepers with threaded bar (never did get paid for any of this bar either!)


BBGE arrive on site to build up the piling rig and 120t crawler crane on the Northern piling platform.


Reinforcement cages and steel pile cases were delivered and set up ready for lifting and intallation during the 1st main 30hr possession. 


Piling works in progress with BBGE carrying out piling on both platforms.


Piling in progress on both platforms. John Jones clearing the spoil raised from the bores.


Pile casing being lifted into place ready for driving.




View on the piling platforms - rigs and cranes working at night.



Pile casing being vibrated into the ground with hammer suspended form the crawler crane.




Piling rig drilling down inside the casing.




Reinforcement cage lifted into a vertical position ready for installation.



Steel reinforcement cage hung to level from the case - tremie pile inserted ready for concrete.


Global rail early in the 1st 30hr possession moved the cable location cabinet ready for sheet piles.


The work site was suspended and turned back into a railway to allow the passage of an engineering train before the site being turned back into a construction site.



North side central pier top section of reinforcement cage being lifted into position.


Concrete (supplied by La Farge) being placed direct 



Ivor King Installing the final sheet pile cofferdam - available since the cble location cabinet has been moved.


John Jones excavating out a cofferdam ready for installation of the guide wall manhole rings.



Manhole guide walls installed in two halves note the timber plywood split.




Top section of the final sheet pile walls cut down by Ivor King.



Completion of the possession central pile cover installed and track open.


Normal working Mabey Bridge steel work arrived on site ready for installation steel being laid out ready.




Mabey Bridge setting up the cross girders - Mabey Bridge setting up the temporary works ready for steel erection.




MRC building plinths on top of the manholes ready for elastomeric bearings.


2nd 30hr possession - crawler crane lifting the pile casing form the transport lorry at platform level.



BBGE starting to bore the North East corner Pile.



Pile bore started - stone layer above the manhole rings with the sand in the centre.



Pre-bore started with off set pins set for the pile rig centre.


John Jones clearing up the spoil from the pre-bore.


Pre-bore on the South side with the steel casing being lifted into position.


David Millar looking on with the pile casing on the South side being prepared for driving.


Vibrating hammer being suspended from the crawler crane ready to drive the casing.


Southern Build area - steel reinforcement being delivered to site ready for lifting into place - note the sonic logging tubes.


Drilling on going through the pile casing - note the dust - this is a hard gypsum band that the cutting head had problems breaking through.


Cutting head changed over on the piling rig to cut and break up the gypsum layer.


View on the cleaning bucket for final cleaning of the bottom of the pile.


Alex Fullerton on site looking after the steel reinforcement cage levels.



Jordan, Steve and the BBGE site team setting pile concrete levels.


Crawler crane setting up the tremie concrete pump for installation in the piles.


Tremie fixed in place held on the crane - concrete discharge into the hopper - Paul Begley looking on.


Reinforcement cage being lifted into position.




Bottom section of the central pier pile cage locked off ready for installation of the top section.


Top section of the piling cage lifted and set in place - locked together with mechanical clamps.


Sunday morning - Ivor King - Sean welding the top frame into place on the final North corner sheet piles.




Elastomeric Bearings set up on top of the temporary manhole stillages ready for steel erection.


Mabey Bridge - delivery of the main Girders to site.



Mabey Bridge starting to erect the steel work in the Yard. 



Steel man girders being erected in the Main compound - Note the use of the temporary works.


Mabey Bridge installing the outer girders - Note the props used to align the girders.


GRP being delivered to site form EMJ plastics. 


View on the joint - note the temporary cleats drawing the girders together with bolts. 



Mabey Bridge worked with BBGE to ensure that enough space was retained to allow access for BBGE in the 3rd 30hr Possession.


Final 30hr piling possession with the last 2nr piles being installed.




John Jones cleaning up the piling platform - Note the cleaning bucket on the rig.



Sonic Logging tubes testing the piles.



View on the piling platform with the reinforcement cage being lifted in.


View between the concrete manhole guide wall and the steel casing. The gap created for burning the casing.


Top section of the steel casing being cut free before being covered with bespoke lid.



BBGE starting to demobilise the plant and equipment from site following completion of the piling.


Mabey Bridge lifting in the Western half of the new bridge steelwork.


David Millar  - Looking on with Rob Stevens Hoare as Mabey Bridge lift in the bridge Girders.


Crawler Crane being taken apart and demobilised from site.


Steel work completed welding shelters being erected by Mabey Bridge.




Ivor King Movax rig on site removing the back face sheet piles on the Southern piling platform.



4th - 30hr possession the sheet piles were removed and the back half of the manhole rings broken away by John Jones.


Steel bottom landing plates delivered to site ready for installation.


Welding screens set up at each of the four joints - welding in progress.



Welding in progress view on the welded joint.




Southern piling platform - temporary backfill placed around the pile cases to enable the P-way to be set up during normal working.


5th - 30hr possession John Jones digging out the concrete guide walls - Ivor King Movax extracting the sheet piles. 


Third Party Global Crossing - form a new manhole and extend the cable long enough for diverting.


View on the bridge welding in progress - piles exposed on the North Platform ready for P-Way build.



Concrete sleepers set up with new rails being welded into 66 foot lengths for pulling into the Four foot in the 6th 30hr possession 




RRV Starting to move the long lengths of rail so that they can be pulled onto the track.


RRV on track and pulling the rails into the four foot during the possession by BB Rail. 




Vibration monitoring equipment being removed from the embankment - each recording head being dug out.


New rails laid out in the Cess and in the four foot ready for christmas.


MRC starting to prepare for the installation of the GRP panels on the bridge deck.


MRC starting fixing falsework to the trimmer beams to carry the down stand concrete.




John Jones - digging out the manholes to gain access to the pile casings.




Ivor King cutting access holes into the pile casing to enable the bearing plates to be installed.




GRP installation progressing on the structure - Note the alignment of the fins on the panels and alignment with the shear studs.



Typical completed weld between the edge girders with the temporary cleats removed and painted.




View on the bridge looking North - welding complete - however due to the weather the painting was not completed.


MRC carrying out the steel fixing on the bridge deck - steel being loaded out using a telehandler.


Global Rail - install two new location cabinets and hardstanding.


Steel reinforcement being fixed on the bridge deck. 




Allied drilling - core holes for holding down bolts inside the pile casing. 




Bridge deck being set up - note the timber detail stuck to the inside face of the girders.


MRC casting the deck with two concrete pumps - concrete being placed working form the deck ends to the central area. 


Concrete being placed to the bridge deck East end


Concrete being placed to the bridge deck West end






The deck was covered over with polythene sheet to provide protection form Frost.


MRC working on the abutment nibs setting up shutters


View on the upstand detail with the joint cleaned - this detail for the upstand need looking at for future projects as it is very difficult to create.


View on the bridge joint - 75mm gap with Wolfin strip cast in.


Ivor King - installing the steel channel for cable route on the Northern piling platform.


The Southern piling platform being removed by John Jones.



Phase II cable lift and shift in progress - moving the cable over into the new steel trough.


Power cable in the cable route - traced to a location cabinet at Bingham Signal box.


Cable route lifted and shifted - old cable cabinets shifted out of the way. 



Drive path cleared and the 6F5 stone built up and rolled to create a solid surface. 


Typical bearing plate being set up in the piles. Yes the plate is not ment to be central.!! 


Final Cable - Power cable no moved over - Scaffold edge protection set up around each of the pile locations.  
 

David Millar - went a head with the installation of the cable bridge supports and anchorages. Installed by Ivor King. 


View on Cable bridge support and anchorage point - set 12m off set from the track. 


View on the embankment form the South Build area. 


Heavy Snow hits the site and slows down progress - waterproofing due to start today. 


Snow all over site with the trains running. 


Waterproofing on site - but snow ice and freezing temperatures halting works. 


MRC / Balfour Beatty / Waterseal - cleaning up the deck trying to get it ready for waterproofing. 


Break in the weather allows preparation works for waterproofing to continue. 


Two day break in the weather allows the deck to be fully primed up. 



Waterproofing was completed on the Sunday - with the temperatures up at 8 deg. 


Eve Track way installing the drive path up to the bottom of the Railway embankment. 


GRC boarding being being laid - glued into place with servi-deck- Waterseal installing the Boards. 


100t Mammoet crane lifting in temporary works onto the bridge.
 

Scaffold access frames being made up for installation in the possession - Trial lift by John Jones. 

Mammoet installing temporary works beams - carrier beams deck impost connection. 


Box od Bolts, connectors, Dywidag bars and dome nuts lockig nuts.


Mammoet - power packs for the jacks + carrier beams being loaded out. 


Bearings delivered to site form Ekspan - including the packing steel plates. 


BB Rail lifting and loading out the bridge deck with Ballast - 55t crane lifting the rock skip. 

Mammoet installing the carrier beams on the deck. 


Ivor King - Sean on site cutting down the casings 

Mammoet equipment being delivered to site. 

Mammoet building up the SPMT units. 


View on the underslung carrier beams - installed by driving them in on the SPMT's. 


Temporary Works being installed to lock up the carrier beams using sleepers and plywood. 


Harsco - SGB soldier bracing being lifted in and installed on the bridge deck. 


Working in freezing weather - cross bracing installed - Power pack for the jacks on the bridge.

Temporary works connection plates installed using a 55T crane - note the central plate which allows the plates to move when being jacked. 


Mammoet on site doing trial lift and move. 

Bridge lifted and moved forward during the trial - no major problems with the move. 


Bridge moved forward to allow John Jones access to get at the temporary works manholes.


John Jones excavators ripping out the tempoary works Manholes once removed the bridge was moved back near to its original build position.
 

John Jones - stockpile equipment for use in the possession. 


Mabey Bridge installing bearings to the bridge + Balfour Beatty installing he pile connection channel fitted to the Wall.
 

Pile landing plates set up with lines marked - steel plate fully grouted up. 


Waterseal  installing wolfin membrane at the back of the imposts  - Note the Mechanical fixings overbanded with eliminator.


View on the North Piling platform - steel cable channel + protection timbers and fence installed to protect the cables.
 

Balfour Beatty - sleeping backs food and supplies set aside for the possession.


Christmas Eve - Lights on - let battle commence. 


BBRail with a rail trolly and burning gear cutting the rails up into lengths ready fro removal. 


Global Rail removing the S&T system setting it aside for installation at the end of the possession. 


Gilles Carrington - Global Rail & Jon Smith BB Rail  


BBRail grubbing out the sleepers and removing the rail. 


RRV lifting and clearing up rails - rails stockpiled for removal. 


RRV using a muli-lifting frame to carry out four sleepers at a time. 


Ivor King at track level starting to remove the sheet piles form around the manholes. 


Ivor King clearing away the sheet piles - loading into a back of the John Jones Moxy. 


John Jones starting the bulk dig at the East End. 


Ivor King and John Jones working together in a tight space a track level.


Ivor King sheet piles removed - John Jones open up the bulk dig along the full length of the embankment.


Ivor King cutting the pile casing - doing final cuts. 


Daylight Christmas day - John Jones - dig progressing well.
 

John Jones lifting free and removing the top section of the pile casings. 


John Jones digging out at the back of the piles - laser level being used to set the levels. 


John Jones trimming up the bulk dig. Pile casing being loaded into the ADT. 


David Millar & Rob Steven Hoare visiting as members of the General Public before going for Christmas Dinner.


From the Gallery David and Rob spotted form the Gallery that the dig had not been extended far enough so asked that it be checked. 


Sun going down on site - John Jones dig progressing. 


West abutment - concrete being laid as a footing - concrete being placed by excavator. 


East end drive path excavated out - geotextile laid ready for 6F5 material to be laid. 


6F5 being placed - spread and rolled to level. 


West end drive path being pushed in and compacted by heavy roller.


Heavy roller compacting the West drive path - concrete screed also being set up behind the piles. 


Pre-fabricated - scaffold frames being lifted into place by excavator. 


Mammoet installing jacking blocks to the piles - Note the screed laid to level and covered over with foam. 


Eve trackway installing the East drive path - Note teh Scaffolds being installed around the piles.


Mammoet starting the lifting operations - eve trackway finishing the West drive path. 


Eve trackway installing track mat - while scaffolders installing the scaffolds round the piles. 


Mammoet starting the move - note the screed laid to level.


Bridge on the move - Simon Houghton guiding the bridge into place as David Millar and Will Smith look on.


Very tight - getting aligned ready to land the structure. 


Bridge being aligned - David Millar on the deck doing the checks with Steve Irwin doing the alignment. 


Ainscough Crane lifting out the temporary works form the bridge deck. Mammoet removing SPMT units. 


Waterseal working on the joints - While ainscough remove the East end temporary works.










John Jones laying the bottom ballast and keying in the ballast ramps ready for hand over to BB Rail. 


BB Rail installing sleepers with RRV and sleeper bailer.


BB Rail working down the bridge installing sleepers. Remote control Triple wacker used to level and compact the ballast.  


Sleepers run out over the bridge - rails being pulled into position - ready for final fitting. 


Rail lifting clamp - BB Rail had a number of problems with this kit due to the very low temperatures. 


5am Closure rails laid out ready for final fit out and clip up. 


BBRail Day shift installing sleepers on the up road - the rails being pulled down into position first.  



RRV lifting the the sleepers with the sleeper bailer.



Track being installed across the bridge - top ballast started. 


Top Ballast laid along both lines - John Jones excavator feeding the RRV running out the ballast. 


Network Rail tamper running through the site lifting the line and compacting the ballast. 


Rails clamped with clamps and fish plate.


BB Rail undertaking welds to the rails.



Welds in progress.


Completed weld cooled for 30mins and broken cut back with a grinder ready for finishing with a rail grinder.


BBRail operative using a rail grinder to finish the surfaces of the rail.


Ballast stone brush cleaning the track bed.


Network Rail Tamper passing over the bridge - Tony Saunt on the embankment looking on.


View on Tamper - Note the tynes and the lifting and slewing clamps.


TSR in place for 7days  - BB Rail carry out daily checks hand tamping where required.


Train running over the bridge running in the TSR.


Mammoet stripping out the SPMT equipment - Note the mud - with higher temperatures the ground has thawed and created a thin layer of mud running on the surface.

Mammoet lifting and loading away the SPMT units ready to go to the next project.


BBRail carrying out the stressing and closure welds at track level.


Rails unclipped and put on rollers to enable the stressing equipment to pull the rails to the correct stressing level.


BBRail topping up the ballast in the track beds and also in the verges and on the shoulders.


With the stress welds completed - the Network Rail tamper is able to run through the work site to remove the TSR.


Mabey Bridge carrying out remedial works to the welds between the bearing and the landing plates.


View along the bridge deck with extra ballast placed in the shoulders for installing the trough route.


View on the bridge following installation.


Global Rail installing the trough route along the inside face of the North Girder.


Global Rail running out the concrete trough on a rail trolley.


Global Rail lifting and shifting the cables from the North embankment on to the bridge - walking the cables over on a series of scaffold bridges.


Cables being lifted and shifted into the new trough route.


Cable trough route with lids fitted out.


View on the bridge at track level.


View on the cable bridges - 6nr were created to enable the cables to be walked over the gap and lifted on to the bridge.


The final part of Phase III requires the commissioning of the new location cabinets and creation of a new cable loop bay.


View on the North Platform with the cables removed. Note the redundant sleepers ready to be removed.


Trough route completed across the bridge ready for final ballast infill.


View on the bridge - final ballast works still to be undertaken - scrap clear up also required.


Phase III - works - switch over from the old cable cabinets to the two new locs.


Location cabinets switched over + new cable loop bay installed to take the slack out off the cable route.


Ballast being placed between the trough route and the girders.


360 excavator being used to fill ballast into the RRV ballast box.


Final quality tamp to both tracks by Balfour Beatty