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Register For This Weeks Webinar

by Platipus Anchors | Oct 20, 2020

There’s still time to register for this week’s live Platipus Webinar. This will be hosted by our experts who will guide you through this subject and address any questions that you may have. To register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EwBQk5kXQMmETg4QnX94iQ...

Ground Mounted PV

by Platipus Anchors | Oct 19, 2020

This large 7.2MW solar park was to be constructed on an old landﬁll site in Dorset as an extension to an existing 5MW park. The single pile mounting system used during the construction of the ﬁrst 5MW site proved ineffective and initial pile investigations on the new...

Veterans Growth G-WALL’s Completed

by Platipus Anchors | Oct 14, 2020

Veterans' Growth is a charity dedicated to helping ex-service personnel who are suffering from physical and mental health issues by providing horticultural therapy. On Monday the veterans finished assembling and planting their G-WALL panels which we donated. We love...

Erosion Control Project

by Platipus Anchors | Oct 13, 2020

We were approached to assist with this erosion control scheme. The works included the installation of a brushwood toe revetment with erosion control matting to protect a river bank from further erosion. As the river can be quite fast flowing at times an anchoring...

Platipus USA Fishing Trip

by Platipus Anchors | Oct 9, 2020

Friday fun! Platipus USA recently organized its 1st Annual Fishing Tournament. The competition was strong and the team clearly had a great time judging by the size of those fish. A special thank you goes out to ‘Braggin' Rights Charters’ who took great care of them....

Family Garden, Suffolk

by Platipus Anchors | Oct 5, 2020

VaRa Garden Design created this stunning family garden for their clients in Suffolk, incorporating sociable spaces, relaxed patios, interesting journeys and playful zones. They designed a formal lawn with an avenue of cherry trees leading to a smaller lounging patio...

Eldwick Reservoir case study

by Platipus Anchors | Oct 2, 2020

Following an inspection, a deficiency was found in the available dam freeboard on this reservoir. A solution was agreed for a new weir slab over the dam crest with tied and anchored revetment blocks on the 1:2 dam face giving an additional discharge capacity of 13...

We are always proud to support the Veteran’s Growth charity

by Platipus Anchors | Oct 1, 2020

We are always proud to support the Veterans' Growth. This amazing charity is dedicated to helping ex-service personnel who are suffering from physical and mental health issues by providing horticultural therapy. Here some of the participants are unpacking and...

This pond, owned by the local commune of Wilster, was losing water due to badly eroded sections of embankment.

by Platipus Anchors | Sep 30, 2020

This pond, owned by the local commune of Wilster, was losing water due to badly eroded sections of embankment. After draining the pond and preparing the embankment, a total of 375m2 Concrete Canvas Ltd CC8TM was installed around the pond perimeter. Platipus S2 ARGS®...

High Line Park, New York

by Platipus Anchors | Sep 29, 2020

Spanning 1.45 miles along the Lower West Side of Manhattan, the High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s as part of the New York Central Railroad. The three-story railroad has now been repurposed as a public open space that attracts nearly five million...