Pile Mat Installation
A piling mat is a working platform designed to provide a reliable and stable surface on which piling rigs and other heavy plant can operate safely.
B&A is experienced in the construction of working platforms across a diverse range of sites where the ground is usually technically challenged, hence the need for a piled foundation solution.
Pile mat installation in Bristol and the South West
Using aggregates, sourced either from site processed materials, our own recycling facility in Bristol or from our approved supply-chain partners, B&A will construct the pile mat either to your design or to ours. All pile mats will be constructed to BS 5975:2019 and BRE Guide 470.
Call us now on 0117 453 9779 and select option 2 to discuss your pile mat requirements
The piling mat will be designed by considering:
- The quality of the existing ground/formation. B&A undertake in-situ geotechnical testing (plate load tests, CBR tests or vane tests) to establish the nature of the ground and the required mat thickness.
- The nature of the platform material – whether it be utilising site won materials on a brownfield site or importing recycled or quarried aggregates, the design will take into account the material compaction and drainage characteristics.
- Reduction in the overall thickness of the pile mat by the use of geosynthetics in the design where geogrids can be incorporated to improve strength and assist in reducing the overall thickness required to take the required loadings.
- Loading, both from plant when working and when moving across the pile mat
Our Accreditations
- QP Qualified Persons with CL:AIRE,
- B&A Corporate membership of CL:AIRE (Contaminated Land : Applications in Real Environments).
- Qualified staff with a range of Scientific and Environmental qualifications and charterships including BSc, MSci, PhD, CSci, CIWM, Level 4 WAMITAB
- CPCS and NPORS trained plant operatives
- CSCS Supervisors
- SSSTS and SMSTS trained supervisors and managers
- UKATA Asbestos trained
Mead Fields
B&A Group has imported subsoil for two national homebuilders Taylor Wimpey Plc & Bellway Plc and the principal land owner and developer Mead Realisations Ltd (MRL) at this expansive 38-hectare development site. The site is part of a new community infrastructure of mixed-use development. It is to be comprised of 1,150 residential dwellings, care homes, a hotel, offices and industry outlets, a veterinary practice, nursery, leisure facilities, doctor/dental surgery, a community building, convenience shop, primary school, open spaces, multi-use games area, equipped play areas, a tennis court, sports pitches, allotments and an orchard.