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THE NEW LONDON UNDERGROUND
Back in 1863 The Metropolitan Railway opens the world’s first underground railway, between Paddington and Farringdon Street. It was opened to the public on 10 January 1863 with gas-lit wooden
St Albans Sinkhole – Emergency Foamed Concrete and Ground Stabilisation
Sinkholes and Dean-holes tend to be a more common occurrence when the weather turns and there is a larger volume of rainfall. Caused by poor drainage, leaking pipes and ground
Foamed Concrete – Filling an Annulus and Headings
Foamed concrete has a great number of potential uses. The fluid nature of this Foamed cement / grout combination allows it to be pumped much easier and at considerably less
Two Sinkholes in Two Days
One sinkhole in Reading, another in Ashford. When rain or groundwater washes away permeable bed rock such as chalk, salt, gypsum and limestone, voids are created underground. It’s only a
PROPUMP RIDS KENT HOMEOWNERS OF THAT SINKING FEELING
When a three metre deep sinkhole opened up in a Kent back garden this year, it swallowed two sheds and disrupted sewers and water supplies. Propump Engineering and the company’s
PROPUMP FOAMED CONCRETE PLUGS GARDEN CROWN HOLE
When a crown hole suddenly opened in a garden in Kent due to a collapsed WWII tunnel, Propump Engineering’s foamed concrete came to the rescue, ensuring the homeowners and their
TACKLING SINKHOLES WITH FOAMED CONCRETE
They can cause extensive structural damage as well as shock and anxiety to local residents, but when a sinkhole suddenly opens up, it’s not the end of the world thanks
Foamed concrete rises to the challenge at Sellafield
At Sellafield Nuclear Decommissioning, Reprocessing and Waste Management Site in Cumbria, Propump Engineering’s foamed concrete has been used to fill a redundant underground tank as part of a long term
Foamed concrete gives brownfield sites the green light
Since 2010 the government has been taking steps to prioritise the use of brownfield sites for new building developments. When Chancellor George Osborne announced that 200,000 new homes could be
Foamed concrete key to garden asbestos management
Propump Engineering’s foamed concrete has proved to be a simple, fast and safe method of encapsulating redundant asbestos pipes in landscaped grounds in North London. As part of the refurbishment
