Project background Structural Soils is continuing to reap the rewards of investment in staff training and new drilling rigs with more contract wins for OLE ground investigations. To date, we have completed £600,000 of site investigations for ABC Electrification (a consortium of clients Alstom, Babcock and Costain) and separate contracts for Vinci Construction UK. Network Rail is overseeing the ABC work, which is part of the Intercity Express Programme, a £2 billion initiative launched in 2005 by the Department of Transport to replace the UK’s ageing Intercity 125 fleet with modern rolling stock to run mostly on electrified lines. Eventually, about 3000 km of track will be electrified, which will make the UK rail network greener, faster and quieter, and cut pollution, thereby savi

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