Case Study The Challenge South Thames College is a new residential and commercial de- velopment consisting of four blocks. Three of these blocks share a single storey basement. The site is located within the one-way system of Wandsworth. Whilst access and working area was relatively unrestricted, the presence of a Thames Water Sewer at a shallow depth running through the centre of the site meant additional consideration in pile construction was required. In addition, the secant piled wall which follows the line of the sewer on one elevation was located in close proximity to the ‘pile exclusion zone’ set by the service provider. Relic piles and old concrete foundations were left in the ground where it was not viable to remove. This meant the secant wall, which, by

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