Contractors can utilise complementary design services provided by proprietary excavation support suppliers (MGF, Groundforce, Mabey, RMD, etc). This can be an appropriate solution for green field sites where the designs are standardised. Complimentary design services will generally only cover the specific items being supplied. This means that for more complex excavation support there will be requirements for additional design support.
A good example of this approach would be our recent works at Seven kings as part of the Locros scheme. A proprietary excavation support system was chosen by the client. We were contracted to calculate the surcharge loads applied to the excavation support. Whilst ensuring that the design received from the proprietary excavation support supplier was compatible with these requirements.
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