Nature of Work: Trenching & Cabling
Client: G2 Energy
Project Location: Across the UK
Summary
As part of ongoing enabling and civils works with G2 energy on their wind turbine projects, Darlow Lloyd & Sons were carrying out a large amount of trench excavation into which G2 subsequently laid specialist earth cable into to assist with the electrical requirements of the turbines.
Despite carrying out a number of trenching projects using “normal” excavation machinery to the satisfaction of G2, Darlow Lloyd & Sons wanted to look at a different way of doing the works in order to provide further savings to the client.
As a highly experienced drainage contractor, the staff at Darlow Lloyd & Sons have a wealth of experience in trenched and trenchless pipe & cable installation and it was proposed to G2 that time and costs savings may be made if the earth cable works could be carried out with one of our specialist trenching machines which would enable the trenches to be excavated and cable laid in one pass. Trials were carried out through a variety of soil types including rock and these showed that the use of this technique would be beneficial. G2 immediately instructed Darlow Lloyd & Sons to carry out earth cabling works to two of their live sites.
Bindings
Using Darlow Lloyd & Sons to carry out the installation of cables such as for earth matting provided G2 with an extremely fast and efficient way of carrying out this portion of their works. Trenches can be excavated, cable laid and backfilled very quickly and with minimal disturbance compared to other methods when using Darlow Lloyd & Sons specialist machinery and experience. The trenching equipment is mounted on a road going tractor unit and is therefore highly mobile and cost effective to transport to site.