Crantock Rising Main Scheme Complete
After 9 months of intense work starting in October 2021, the Crantock Rising Main scheme was completed in July 2022, in collaboration with our client South West Water, to improve and maintain the wastewater network in the Crantock and Newquay…
Operative Raises £1000 for RMA Completing Three Peaks
Simon Delaney completes Three Peaks goal before 50th birthday! On 9th August Simon committed to hiking Ben Nevis, raising money for The RMA (Royal Marines Charity) in support of fellow former marine and friend Lee Spencer, also known as The…
Coverack Rising Main Scheme Complete
The Coverack Rising Main Scheme is complete after 6 months of work. After multiple bursts and environmental incidents, it was decided that the existing Coverack Mill rising main required replacement, and we’re pleased to announce after 6 months the scheme…
LEJOG raises £4966.25 for Macmillan Cancer Support
On 4th June 2022, Glanville’s Kenny Gallagher and Jamie Treliving with their friend Roger set off on their mammoth mission to complete LEJOG. The intense cycling challenge in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, consists of a 909-mile cycle from Lands End to John O Groats over 9 days.
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…