{"id":80530,"date":"2017-04-06T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=7088dda51b0a3a8ec842322c779205cc"},"modified":"2017-04-06T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T14:55:00","slug":"news-story-laser-technology-used-in-works-to-secure-mine-shaft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=80530","title":{"rendered":"News story: Laser technology used in works to secure mine shaft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Works are now complete to secure an unrecorded mine shaft, which caused a ground collapse at Kilbowie Road, Clydebank.<\/p>\n<p>The collapse was caused by a mine shaft that was not detailed in historical mining records, but we believe that it was used to extract coal, limestone and iron ore over 100 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>While only a 6 metre diameter hole was initially visible at the surface, investigations using laser scanning technology identified this led to a 200 cubic metre void on top of the unrecorded mine shaft, which went down a further 56 metres.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Laser scan showing the void beneath Kilbowie Road\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/63067\/Laser_scan.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>Laser scan showing the void beneath Kilbowie Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The depth of the mine shaft is the equivalent to the height of 14 double decker buses stacked on top of one another.<\/p>\n<p>Our team of experts designed a solution to safely:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>fill the shaft with 140 tonnes of stone and inject 217 tonnes of pressurised grout<\/li>\n<li>construct a reinforced concrete cap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This repair was further complicated by exposed utility services in the void that needed to be protected during the works. A fractured foul water sewer and storm water drain within the ground collapse also made the repair more complex, with water needing to be pumped over 150 metres around the void during the works.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Coal Authority's works at Kilbowie Road, Clydebank\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/63066\/Kilbowie_Road.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>The Coal Authority&#8217;s works at Kilbowie Road, Clydebank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tim Marples, Head of Public Safety and Subsidence, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team has now completed works to secure the mine shaft and we\u2019ve handed over the site to West Dunbartonshire Council who are leading on the road reinstatement works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a complex repair project, but our team\u2019s been operating 7 days a week to ensure it was completed as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d like to thank residents for their patience while our works have taken place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A West Dunbartonshire Council spokesperson said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the completion of the Coal Authority\u2019s repairs, work will begin to fill the void above the shaft, reinstate services, commence the road reconstruction and resurface the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis phase of the repairs was anticipated to take up to 16 weeks, however, we hope to have completed this work by the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf residents have any specific queries we would encourage them to email <a href=\"mailto:roads@west-dunbarton.gov.uk\">roads@west-dunbarton.gov.uk<\/a> so that we can help.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coal Authority completed works to secure an unrecorded mine shaft at Kilbowie Road, Clydebank on 3 April 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80538,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80530\/revisions\/80538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}