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Highways England Area 9 covers Gloucester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, the West Midlands, Worcester and Herefordshire. Area 9 includes some of the UK’s busiest and most complex road systems, including Spaghetti Junction and parts of the M5, M6 and M42.
The Derwent Valley Aqueduct is one of Severn Trent Water’s most important assets, forming part of its strategic water grid it supplies more than 590,000 people with 200 million litres of treated water per day. It consists of 180km of large diameter pipeline, 16km of single 1.9m diameter tunnel, 1,000 valves, 74 bridges and culverts, and 307 other structures and …
Highways England Areas 6 and 8 cover motorways and trunk roads in the east of England, including East Anglia. Since 2014, Inertia Consulting Ltd has worked with the main asset support contractor to inspect the many hundreds of bridges and other highway structures found within Areas 6 and 8, to assess their durability and safety.
In 2014, concerns were raised around the condition of this 75m three span Victorian wrought iron ‘self-anchoring’ suspension footbridge. Staffordshire County Council asked Inertia Consulting to carry out a complex testing, capacity assessment and strengthening design on the structure, to restore the bridge to its former glory and make it strong and durable for future generations’ enjoyment.
Park Road reservoir is a 21 million litre concrete and iron reservoir that serves the North Ipswich area. Constructed in 1902, it is an impressive feat of Edwardian engineering consisting of an underground concrete tank that was covered with a grassy mound. In 2011, it was identified that the reservoir required a major overhaul and deep clean. Inertia Consulting Ltd …
Gadebridge is an urban park in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, which features a Grade II listed bridge built in 1840. Sometimes referred to as the White Bridge, Gadebridge Park Bridge is one of the world’s first cast iron structures.
The two Beanfield Water Towers at Corby were built in the 1960s and 1970s respectively. Number 1 holds 1.14 million litres whilst the larger Number 2 holds 3.41 million litres. The towers are part of an Anglian Water network which links Rutland Water to the Beanfield Reservoir and Water Towers via the Morcott and Wing Water Treatment Works. The treated …
In 2008, Inertia Consulting identified that the 70m Wilford Suspension Bridge in Nottingham had deteriorated significantly from previous inspections and its load-bearing capacity had become substandard. We were therefore appointed by Severn Trent Water plc to carry out a principal inspection, dimensional survey, capacity assessment, refurbishment scheme design – including temporary works – and construction supervision for the bridge.
Owned by Southern Water, Testwood Water Treatment Works is the largest in Hampshire. The Works draw 136 million litres of water a day from the River Test which are treated before supplying residents in Totton, Waterside, Southampton and the Isle of Wight. Testwood also supplies the Esso oil refinery at Fawley.
Salthouse Footbridge is located just north of Petts Wood Station and provides a public footpath over the South Eastern Main Line. The footbridge is part of a local route between green spaces and provides access to a school. Inertia Consulting Ltd were chosen to design a new bridge to modern standards to replace the original footbridge which was in poor …
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