Glanville Geospatial Complete Drone Sewer Survey
The Geospatial department has recently been involved in a complex sewer survey in partnership with Kier and Arcadis below The Barcode in Plymouth City Centre. The objective of this sewer survey was to identify defects that may have been caused as a result of construction in the area and the tunnel network below had remained largely uninspected since construction and was deemed too dangerous to access with humans.
Whitford Yard – Historical Flooding in Picturesque Fowey
The Whitford Yard area of Fowey in Cornwall had experienced historical, ongoing issues, with repeat flooding affecting a number of properties and businesses. The root cause of flooding is a longstanding hydraulic incapacity issue. The existing sewer was failing, unable…
Mousehole Harbour – Pollution Prevention Scheme
Mousehole is a small picturesque fishing village located between Penzance and Lands’ End. A section of the gravity sewer located on the foreshore was leaking into the harbour. Dye-testing identified the location of the leak and defects in the pipe…
Gravity defying lining solution wins Glanville’s innovation award
Celebrations were the order of the day as Glanville Environmental scooped yet another prestigious award from South West Water. This followed an announcement that an innovative solution they deployed to overcome a site access problem had been awarded a prestigious…
Menagwins Infiltration – A Successful project that defied gravity!
The Menagwins sewerage catchment was experiencing chronic issues with winter ground water infiltration, causing prolonged spills from a CSO. Discharges from the CSO had the potential of serious impact to the local ecology, which in turn could lead to the…
Thinking outside the box earns Glanville’s prestigious Innovation Award
It was celebrations all round for a team from Glanville Environmental and South West Water recently. This followed an announcement that an alternative (no dig) solution they had deployed to refurbish large manhole chambers on a major project, had been…
Fantastic effort by Glanville’s in raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support
Baking cakes and pastries that would have shamed the ‘Bake off’ contestants, the Glanville staff really got into fundraising mode to raise money for MacMillan recently. Cakes of all shapes and sizes were the order of the day, as staff…
Glanville’s work against the tide at Batson Creek, Salcombe
This particularly unusual and challenging scheme required detailed planning, skill and speed to complete. The damage was causing loss of service and external flooding to a nearby property. Following initial investigations, it was confirmed that the pipework was damaged and…
Cremyll Street – A challenging project in Stonehouse, Plymouth
A specialist team from Glanville Environmental, led by Project Engineer, Ian Noden, was recently deployed to work on a project on Cremyll Street, located in the heart of the busy Stonehouse district of Plymouth. This proved a challenging project from…