Construction
Windsor and Maidenhead public realm
As a trusted contractor, VGC has undertaken a number of projects for VolkerHighways, of which works in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead are among the most high profile. When the royal wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle…
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Kew Gardens
Our teams upgraded paths and roadways at Kew. They also played a major part in the new Pavilion restaurant. Client Graham Construction has retained VGC to create a number of projects at Kew Gardens. Pavilion restaurant Concrete foundations As enabling…
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Bell Foundry Lane
VGC Projects delivered part of the Bell Foundry Lane upgrade project on behalf of client Balfour Beatty for Wokingham borough council. We delivered: 1200m drainage (filter and carrier) 800 – 1000m combined cycle and pedestrian walkway Road widening 600m of…
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Thames Valley park and ride
We are constructing a new park and ride facility to ease congestion in Reading town centre. The site, between the railway and the river Thames, was an unwanted corner of waste ground. Challenges on the project included restricted access between…
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Modular emergency refuge area
The project allowed the client to compare different installation methods for emergency refuge areas (ERA). The test slab ERA was installed as a modular unit, instead of using more traditional methods. We constructed the emergency refuge area at a site in…
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Raised GRP walkway Stepney Green Park
This contract was to install a raised GRP walkway within a high voltage room below Stepney Green Park, as part of the C360 ventilation works on Crossrail. The walkway installation was logistically challenging with extreme space constraints. VGC’s project team…
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Gidea Park MPATS sub-station
We were commissioned to manage this stand-alone project: traction power GRIP 5-8 substations and SCADA TPSS. Gidea Park mid-point auto transformer site (MPATS) scope of civil engineering work: temporary fencing, boundary security fencing and Armco barriers surveying and service investigations…
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Mersey Gateway
VGC provided local people to work on the Mersey Gateway Project, a major scheme to build a new six-lane toll bridge over the Mersey river. Opened in October 2017, the bridge links the towns of Runcorn and Widnes and relieves…
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Shenfield SATS sub-station
Our teams provided the civil engineering infrastructure for a new sub-station at Shenfield. The scope for the new sectioning auto-transformer site (SATS) included: site investigation, demolition works, devegetation and site clearance excavation and construction for reinforced concrete foundations for the…
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Shenfield sidings acoustic barrier
VGC was contracted to build a barrier between the railway and adjoining houses at Shenfield, as part of the Crossrail Anglia project. The barrier will reduce the impact of sound and light from the railway. We installed an acoustic barrier…
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Eurovia housing development enabling
We were contracted by Eurovia to provide key infrastructure at Houghton Regis near Dunstable. VGC undertook major road reconstruction and drainage work. The development will serve future housing and commercial developments, as well as a new council depot and recycling…
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Wakehurst Place glasshouse
VGC was contracted to excavate and install a new in-situ reinforced concrete slab for the Millennium Seed Bank glasshouse at Wakehurst Place. The project included associated drainage, below ground power and clean water infrastructure. The project also involved the demolition…
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