{"id":50521,"date":"2023-07-03T16:28:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T14:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maccaferri.com\/uk\/?p=50521"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:24:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T09:24:22","slug":"a-ge-award-won-for-the-a72-widening-at-dirtpot-corner-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maccaferri.com\/uk\/news\/a-ge-award-won-for-the-a72-widening-at-dirtpot-corner-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"A GE award won for the A72 widening at Dirtpot Corner in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-mac-container-block box-container\"><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>We were delighted to have been shortlisted with\u202fScottish Borders Council\u202fContracts,\u202fAlbion Drilling\u202fand\u202fMHB Consultants\u202fin the 2020 GE Awards from\u202fGround Engineering Magazine\u202fbut even more delighted that yesterday at the virtual awards ceremony we actually won! A good day for all.\u202f<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The winning project featured an anchored hybrid\u202freinforced soil structure supporting the A72 at Peebles in Scotland.&nbsp;<br><strong>Technically challenging, the project required good collaboration within the team and then accurate construction programming of the specialist subcontractors on the constrained site.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Maccaferri\u2019s construction division installed\u202fTerramesh\u202fand\u202fgabions. Client, Scottish Borders Council employed an Environmental Clerk of Works to ensure that the construction works had minimal impact on the River Tweed which flowed alongside the site.&nbsp;<br>The project also featured in Ground Engineering Magazine November 2019 edition.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccaferri and a team of brilliant companies have won the GE award for \u2018UK Projects with a Geotechnical Value of under \u00a3500,000\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11460,"featured_media":52732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A GE award won for the A72 widening at Dirtpot Corner in Scotland - Maccaferri UK &amp; 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