Projects

ISC Contracting Project Value: £11m Dates: July 24 – Present Cory Group have commissioned construction of a new Waste Transfer Station in Barking, London. This redevelopment will support Cory’s Riverside 2 Development, a new energy-from-waste (EfW) plant that is expected to incinerate 650,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste from landfill a year…

GPS MACS Ltd were contracted by McLaughlin and Harvey to install the scour protection system in front of the newly constructed Berth 4 at DP World London Gateway Port. The development of Berth 4 is a westward expansion of the container terminal to accommodate future demand for container handling at the Port.

GPS MACS have been appointed as marine specialist subcontractor to Story Contracting Ltd for repair works to the Levens Viaduct in Cumbria on behalf of Network Rail. Levens Viaduct was built in 1857 and carries the non-electrified line CBC1 over the estuary of the River Leven, between Ulverston and Cark & Cartmel Stations. GPS MACS…

Bewl Water is a Category A reservoir under the Reservoirs Act 1975. An emergency drawdown facility is to be constructed at Bewl Reservoir that can drawdown the upper 5 m of the reservoir within 5 days. The chosen solution is three siphons over the dam, discharging downstream, in conjunction with the uprating of the existing washout facility…

Peel Ports London Medway is a port facility on the mouth of the Medway River, Kent. GPS MACS have been contracted to undertake an improvement programme to the Berth 1 mooring facilities. Previously Berth 1 has been used as a metal scrap berth, servicing open top vessels that were loaded using mechanical grabbers from the deck. The project covers installing a new fendering system to allow for substantially larger car freight RO-RO vessels to berth utilising the floating platform to the South of the berth.

GPS MACS were contacted by Multiplex to help solve the logistical issues around their new development at Minerva House. The site is located on the south side of the River Thames, behind Borough Market and Southwark Cathedral. The roads are narrow, the footfall is incredibly busy. So GPS MACS designed and installed the temporary berth within the river to export demolition waste, and import construction materials, via the river on barges.

The project works to be undertaken are part of the Fulham Football Club New Riverside Stand Development. The site is located in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, North of the River Thames, bounded by Bishops Park, Stevenage Road and Stevenage Park.

GPS MACS mobilised the Boxer Crane Barge and Okato Supply Barge to the River Crouch to begin work replacing the old timber piling within Fambridge Yacht Haven Marina As part of the mobilisation they collected 29 New steel piles, a Vibro and an Air Hammer from Royal London Docks, in preparation for replacing 32 existing…

The Port of London Authority are planning to open the 200m long Plaistow and Royal Primrose wharves to commercial river traffic and business use. A condition survey was carried out to evaluate the condition of the wharves and give recommendations for repair prior to use. Keltbray were appointed as the Principle Contractor for the works…

The purpose of the project was to provide structural support to the proposed toilet block and viewing gallery on Southend Pier. Due to the nature of the proposed toilet block that is intended to “sit” on the pier, the existing pier structure was considered insufficient to support the proposed load. The new toilet block sits…

GPS Marine and Civil Services (GPS MACS) provided marine support to Story Contracting during the possession and replacement of the Camden rail bridge over Christmas 2022. The scope of work included constructing a solid pontoon deck across the width of the Regents Canal. The barges were fitted with a crash deck to allow the demolition…

The overall Tideway scheme is a new combined sewage storage and transfer tunnel that shall run from Acton in west London to Abbey Mills Pumping Station in east London, at a total length of 25km and diameter of 7.2m. Working in the central section for Laing O’Rourke / Ferrovial Agroman JV, members of our MACS…

We have been engaged by Net Zero Marine Services (NZMS) to design and build 2 no. platforms on the River Thames at West India Pier and Lambeth Pier. NZMS is driving the transition to a zero emissions marine environment, with the plan to build shore power infrastructure at strategic locations across the UK, preparing the…

Fambridge Yacht Haven (FYH) engaged GPS Marine and Civil Services (GPS MACS) to undertake replacement of the piles holding their vessel access pontoons in place across their two marinas at the River Crouch Facility. As part of the scope GPS MACS also replaced both the access gangways to the East and West marina pontoons. Working…

The project works to be undertaken are part of the Fulham Football Club New Riverside Stand Development. The site is located in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, North of the River Thames, bounded by Bishops Park, Stevenage Road and Stevenage Park. The Fulham Football Club Riverside stand redevelopment project will add an additional…