Case Study: Metropolitan Offices, Wakefield Client: Consulting Engineer: Services Provided: Location: Value: Year: www.van-elle.co.uk 01773 304056 Divisionalcontact@van-elle.co.uk Project Overview Having piled the Westgate site next door for the Clegg Group in 2009, Van Elle were able to call upon our knowledge of the ground conditions to propose the most cost effective solution for the foundations of this new scheme. The site was sloping and surrounded by a busy road so the main contractor was first required to build the upper half of the struc- ture ’s footprint to the same level as the highway which would be retained. This allowed Van Elle to pile the contiguous wall from that level. It comprised of 117No. 600mm diameter CFA

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