Case File: No.PW05
Contract Title: Lower Colne Improvement Scheme Commenced: Jan 99
Completed: June 99
Works Carried Out: Dredging using a grab and barges

Using a hydraulic grab fitted to a 360° excavator river bed material was loaded into barges and transported to a disposal point.

Working as a team for flood defence.

The barges containing the river bed material were transported to an unloading point with the use of tugs.

The barges were unloaded using a 360° excavator into sealed, lightweight tipping vehicles for transportation to a lagoon tipping area.