Rainwater Diversion Project in Derbyshire

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A TRACTO Mini Olympus GRUNDORAM pipe rammer was deployed to a site in Derbyshire to ram a 325mm steel casing under the concrete foundations of a new production plant. The casing was required to host a 225mm HDPE conduit to carry away rainwater from the downpipes of roof guttering on the new building. The project is the very first development in the UK for German soft-drinks producer, MEG GmbH, part of the Schwarz Group that owns the Lidl supermarket chain. Scheduled to open in 2022, the huge, 540,000 ft² plant is located on the Dove Valley Industrial Park in Foston and was previously farming land. Deep boring of the site prior to development verified high quality water sources to serve the factory and once construction is completed, the plant will process, bottle and distribute mineral water and soft drinks to the entire Lidl supermarket chain throughout the UK and Ireland.