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Published

15th October 2011

Knowledge Type

Learning legacies

Organisation

, Olympic Delivery Authority , BAM Nuttall

Major Project

London 2012

Suction excavation reduced risk of cable strikes

Summary

When carrying out multiple small excavations around the perimeter of the Park for the fence posts, the enormous number of buried services, both live and dead, meant that a suction excavator was much safer as it does not cut into cables and therefore minimised the risk of a cable strike.