| The basement of a property on Caversham Bridge, Reading, Berkshire, requiring underpinning.
The only access was via a standard-size door and alley at road level that led down a conventional ladder. These problems were overcome by using river barges to bring in ballast and cement and remove the excavated material each day.
250 m² slab was cast beneath the existing walls. More than 100 150 mm driven cased piles and a Gundomat piling mole were used. Before the final concrete pour we submitted specialist traffic diversion proposals in order to obtain a partial road closure. This allowed a pump to be brought in to bring concrete across the river bridge and into the building at water level.
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Residents continued to occupy the flats above the basement whilst these works were carried out.
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