Vienna, the capital city of Austria is also known worldwide as The City of Music and this musical metropolis is fine tuning the way that it constructs underground. In order to expand its metro system it has turned to the use of hydraulic props to hold back the pressure from the earth during construction of a critical new station. These innovative supports create less waste than other temporary measures. Less waste means less carbon and less carbon means less global warming.

Guests

Peter Richardson, Director Major Projects, Europe, Groundforce

Tony Gould, Consultant and former Technical Director, Groundforce 

Mark Whitmore, General Manager for Major Projects division of Groundforce Shorco 

Partner

This episode is created in partnership with Groundforce Shorco

Groundforce Shorco are market leaders in excavation support safety, providing a wide range of products from trench boxes to high end hydraulic propping solutions. With 40 years of experience its people provide first class support from initial enquiry to project completion; linked with an award-winning technical service department, Groundforce Shorco fulfils customer’s excavation solutions throughout UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.

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