Upper Erosion bench works, Stream diversion, Mineral exposure & Restoration

Early 2014, Pope Plant Ltd was asked to view the upper north bench in the North quarry at Wrotham.

Over the course of a record breaking wet winter large surface water erosion gulleyโ€™s had formed, jeopardising the integrity of the above restoration and engineered stream.

We were asked to advise by GWP consultants whether there was a safe working method to carry out the necessary repair works. Stability issues were raised and plant size agreed before detailed RAMS were submitted by Craig Pope and viewed by the Hanson H&S team.

The works comprised of

  • re-shaping the upper bench to camber towards restored area rather than allowing water to shed off the quarry face. The excess sand was utilised to progressively fill in the erosion gulleyโ€™s.
  • Small bunds were constructed at regular intervals, the whole area was covered with 200mm of top soil.
  • The purpose was to allow the excess water to soak downwards into the upper sand face rather than cascade over quarry face.

The works were carried out with regular daily monitoring by Pope Plant supervisor and the there were zero H&S issues to report. The erosion has not re-appeared some 12 months later, the works were deemed successful.

Due to the bad weather, it was found that treeโ€™s had come down along the stream banks within the South Quarry.

This had allowed the stream to cut a new route through the bank and into the South Quarry. The whole quarry floor was now submerged under approximately 8 metres of water. Pope plant were utilised to clear vegetation, level surrounding area and construct a lined stream diversion to link the water course back to the original destination. The water within the quarry was allowed to drain down into the water table over the summer months with excess water pumped back into the local sewage system. There are still on- going intermittent works and the temporary diversion still in place awaiting the specification to repair old stream bed.


“Over the course of a record breaking wet winter large surface water erosion gulleyโ€™s had formed, jeopardising the integrity of the above restoration and engineered stream.”

HANSON-REIG-M-UTTLEY 2017

 

“I would not hesitate to invite Pope Plant ltd to bid for future earthworks projects with Hanson, and
recommend them to any prospective clients.”

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Thursday March 21st, 2024
Pope Plant LTD
Been lonely in the yard for this ADT
Last item of plant off out to work tomorrow 
Yard empty Mid March๐Ÿ’ช

Been lonely in the yard for this ADT
Last item of plant off out to work tomorrow
Yard empty Mid March๐Ÿ’ช
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That’s the way to do it ๐Ÿ‘Œ

Tuesday February 6th, 2024
Pope Plant LTD
Komatsu 210LC-11
Purchased and transported back to our workshop for full service and new livery
Straight out to work yesterday to join 3 others of ours on the same site along with 3  x Volvo ADTโ€™s, Cat D6TLGP and John Deere Tractor

Komatsu 210LC-11
Purchased and transported back to our workshop for full service and new livery
Straight out to work yesterday to join 3 others of ours on the same site along with 3 x Volvo ADTโ€™s, Cat D6TLGP and John Deere Tractor
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Nice to see you doing well Craig. A nice looking machine and a great choice. Wishing you good luck and a positive future.

Looks good Craig fair play to you ๐Ÿ‘

Looking good Craig ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘Œ

Good work ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

Tuesday January 30th, 2024
Pope Plant LTD
New Decals arrived to add to our fleet of Plant to celebrate the 20th year of Business for Pope Plant Ltd๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

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How did I ever let you get in this game , 20 years of hard labour but not many more to go ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Congratulations Pope plant on reaching 20 years. That's a nice logo to put on your fleet to celabrate as well. Wishing you many more positive and successfull years to come.

Well done Craig ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

Well done Craig and that logo is so much better than your first one if you remember ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Congratulations ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Well done pope plant from ex John Jones dumper driver

Worked for you driving a dumper at St Mary hoo about 1997 you had a few old volvo dumpers think the job was for biffa

Nice one bert ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป

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