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    Expanded Structures delivers complex basement, substructure and superstructure frames with the technical expertise and practical experience to support demanding projects. Working collaboratively with our clients and partners, we bring together design, engineering and delivery capability to provide safe, efficient and high-quality construction solutions from the earliest stages through to completion.

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    Expanded Piling

    Expanded Piling offers foundation solutions with expertise across the UK. These capabilities include piling, diaphragm walling, installation of piles under support fluid, restricted access piling, marine piling, ground improvement techniques, sheet piling, secant and contiguous retaining walls.

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    Expanded Bridges

    Expanded Bridges is pioneering a smarter way to deliver bridge infrastructure, combining innovation, precision and sustainability. Our modular bridge system is designed to reduce programme timescales, lower carbon impact and improve safety through offsite manufacture and efficient on-site assembly.

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Development

Development of our modular bridge solution

How they began..

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2012

Modular Bridge Mark 1: Highways Agency, A453 Widening reducing abutment construction from four weeks to three days, with a 25% labour reduction per bridge, 25% programme reduction per bridge and a six-month overall programme saving

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2014

Modular Bridge Mark 2: Stafford Alliance, Network Rail, Stafford Area Improvement providing a bridge in a week with a 40% labour reduction per bridge and 40% programme reduction per bridge

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2015

Expanded trialled our modular abutment

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2016

Modular Bridge Mark 3: East West Rail, Network Rail delivering a bridge in five days with 40% labour reduction per bridge, 50% programme reduction per bridge and further developed product set

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2017

Modular Bridge Mark 4: HS2 Enabling works, delivering a bridge in two days with a 50% labour reduction per bridge, 70% programme reduction per bridge and further developed product set

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2019

Flexible abutment trial

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2021

Shepperton Studios South, delivery of a precast bridge over the River Ash. We also managed the flood rick activity permit approval process with the EA.

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2023

Modular Bridge Mark 5: M25 J10 Improvement, Balfour Beatty, installing bridges during scheduled weekend daytime closures, regularly reopening the road up to eight hours early.

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2025 onwards

Next generation of modular bridges, including a product-led approach to design using valuable, reusable digital assets, pre-engineered components selected based on engineering-driven decisions, automation of routine processes – design, manufacture and construct, super-fast generation of design outputs and production information, design informed by cost, rather than just costing design, confidence in price and programme and enablement of effective lifecycle quality management

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