Grant Plant Hire Ltd
The time-served expertise within our team gives us the ability to not only focus on the critical path but all the ancillary aspects of the job. We take pride in offering a partnered approach with our clients in order to achieve the best outcome with the minimum of delay.
As well as traditional civil engineering works, GPHL specialisms include:
- Steel piled cofferdams
- In-river working
- Pipeline/trunk main installation
- Deep drainage
- Hydro electric schemes
- Tidal works
Our latest projects
Water mains: Currently we are engaged on Northumbrian Water’s County Durham and Tees Valley Pipeline, it is designed to improve water quality and increase resilience and operability within the Tees Network. The pipeline will replace existing portable water mains across the North East of England. GPHL are installing over 11 km of new steel welded main, completing works at the Whorley Strategic Connection including three number cast in situ underground tanks and tying in both the new inlet and twin outlet pipework to the existing reservoir.
Hydro electric: GPHL have recently completed all the civil engineering works on a pioneering new type of hydro energy generation scheme at Whiteadder Reservoir, East Lothian for Scottish Water as part of its work to reduce carbon emissions. The hydro energy generation scheme is fed by a siphon and is believed to be the first of its type in Europe. The scheme will enable Scottish Water to generate green energy while accurately controlling the level of the reservoir during seasonal fluctuations in weather. The siphon technology in the project allows Scottish Water to draw water up through the intake and over the top of the dam which then runs down through the siphon, through the hydro turbine, and back to the natural environment.
Flood alleviation: GPHL are also currently subcontracted to Volker Stevin on the Flood Risk management Scheme in Appleby, for the Environment Agency. The project involves the installation of a new flood relief pumping station and installation of a new stretch of culvert diverting an existing culvert to the pumping station. A new rising main will outfall into the River Eden. The scheme is known as Appleby Town Centre Flood Risk Management Scheme (FRMS) and aims to reduce flooding caused by surcharging of the Doomgate Culvert which is designated as a main river and is a tributary of the River Eden.
