Atlas Tunnelling: What we do
We specialise in all aspects of drainage and ground works. Providing professional, cost effective services in all aspects of trenchless technology as outlined below.
Guided and unguided Auger boring
This method excavates boreholes beneath the surface and allows our operatives to install new pipes while minimising above-ground impact. After digging the pits, our experienced on site contractors insert a steel casing into the ground with an auger screw attached—extracting the soil as the auger and casing advance.
Auger boring is an established method within the field of trenchless technology. Due to its commonality and familiarity with contractors, it has become one of the most inexpensive and low-tech trenchless methods.
Timber Headings
Timber headings are a traditional horizontal technique whereby timber sets, constructed by our own on site operatives, are used to support a tunnel construction
Pipe Bursting
Pipe Bursting is a trenchless method of sewer construction. It is an alternative to the Open Trench Excavation method that allows for replacing or upsizing an existing pipe without the need for a traditional construction trench. Crews dig a sending pit and a receiving pit to install a new sewer pipe.
Shaft Sinking
Shaft mining or shaft sinking is the action of excavating a mine shaft from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom.
Shaft sinking is one of the most difficult of all mining development methods: restricted space, gravity, groundwater and specialized procedures make the task quite formidable. Shafts may be sunk by conventional drill and blast or mechanised means.
All aspects of drainage
Open cut techniques with all depths and sizes.
Sheet pile pits
This is method used to construct temporary launch and reception pits.
Health And Safety
Atlas Tunnelling takes health and safety very seriously. Here is an overview, for our full health and safety legislation documents, please get in touch directly.
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) is a fundamental piece of legislation for workplaces in the UK. It ensures that all employers provide a safe working environment and look out for the health of their employees—regardless of their place of work.
The Act pertains not only to permanent staff but also to casual, self-employed and temporary workers, as well as visiting members of the public. It is regulated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the primary regulator for workplace health and safety in the UK.
