TMS were appointed, by Costain, to complete the installation of tubular fender piles on the River Severn at Mythe and
Upton. These piles were to protect the water treatment works and an eel pass.
TMS were asked by Buccaneer Holdings to rebuild part of a collapsed river wall on the River Dart.
The wall had partly collapsed and an area of the adjacent pub’s outside terrace paving had settled significantly
causing it to be closed. Over a week of low spring tides, TMS deconstructed 20m2 of stone wall and then rebuilt
it ensuring it was backfilled with concrete. Tie bars were installed to strengthen the wall and significantly reduce
the likelihood of any further damage occurring thereby increasing its longevity.
Located in South Devon within the grounds of the historic Buckfast Abbey on the River Dart,
where a monastic community has been present for over 1000 years, an old existing weir on
the river had begun to collapse and full failure of the structure was imminent. At the same
site on the river, an old pool and historic traverse fish pass were also dilapidated and
presented too great a leap for fish to successfully make their way upstream for feeding and
reproduction in the spawning grounds.
TMS were emploed by Westcountry Rivers Trust to:
• Install a Lariner superactive Baffle Fishpass within an existing pooltraverse
fish pass channel;
• Excavate and reinforce the outlet pool and the adjacent river bank to
accommodate the new fishpass;
• Locally extend the weir toe to bring it in line with the outlet using
riprap stone;
• Install a fish chute adjacent to the leat entrance;
• Install a seasonal screen infrastructure and a maintenance walkway;
• Level the entire weir crest to reduce competing attraction flows;
• Appropriately tie in all works to the riverbed and river banks.
Due to unforeseen circumstances the rear river boundary wall at six properties on River Terrace in St Neots, Cambridgeshire had collapsed into the river as well as part of their gardens. The 30m long removal of temporary works, existing material removal & rebuild was required with some challenging components to work around.
Recently, the timber revetment along the river bank at Tonbridge Castle needed to be replaced.
Replacement of the existing timber revetment with sheet piles in the vicinity of Tuckton Tea Gardens in Bournemouth.
Following the survey completed by TMS, a 17m section of the stonewall protecting the property of Shallow Ford was in need of repair after years of erosion from the River Tillingbourne.
In late August 2018, TMS commenced work to stabilise the river bank adjacent to the North Devon railway line near Newton St Cyres. The riverbank and railway embankment were being scoured out by turbulent river flow, and the abutment of an adjacent multi-span masonry arch road bridge that crossed both the railway line and the river was also indicating signs of erosion.
Following the failure of a 30m section of riverside railway embankment that closed a Network Rail railway line, TMS were originally brought in to consult on a solution to repairing the railway embankment as quickly as possible.
The banks of the tidal River Mersey in Warrington, showed severe signs of flood damage, causing subsidence at a number of locations along it’s banks.
Extensive flooding in recent years has started to erode the footings of some of Network Rail’s river bridges.
