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Vacuum Excavation is often seen as the safest method of excavation, as opposed to the more traditional methods of using picks, shovels, diggers etc. The no-dig method provides a lower risk to...

The words “off-road Vacuum Excavation” are usually met with nightmares about ground protection mats and temporary haul roads, but with the new Tracked-Vac vehicle from PIER (UK), these laborious and...

If you work within the Civil Engineering or Utilities industry, you may have heard of Vacuum Excavation. This modern excavation method has been rapidly gaining popularity over the last few years,...

Safe excavation and groundworks are an integral part of modern construction work, but with Health and Safety regulations continually being changed and updated, completely the work in a quick,...

Service strikes risk a delay in project completion, add on additional costs and can have a negative impact on your customers as well as other contractors. The PIER (UK) team have taken a look at the...

Throughout the last few years, practising safe excavation has quickly become an essential part of Civil Engineering projects. Unfortunately, with our roads and pavements becoming increasingly...

Vacuum Digging has an array of many safety benefits over the more traditional digging practices when working with underground cables. Safe Digging When a construction site has underground cables...

Safe excavation techniques are quickly becoming an essential process on construction and new build sites and so, the PIER (UK) team have taken a closer look at the process. Safe Excavation – Safety...

PIER (UK) are delighted to announce that we have renewed our FORS accreditation for our Vacuum Excavation fleet for 2017. Following on from a thorough audit from the FORS team, we have successfully...

When routine road works in London included creating a deep excavation in order to reach underground service cables, the contractors looked for a way to create a safe excavation to manage the work....

Our Health and Safety Manager spent the week in South Wales and the West Country, checking in with our operators and customers to see how the jobs were getting on as well as seeing our Vacuum...

Little did the PIER (UK) team know that when they originally set up their charity fundraising event, the target of raising £10,000 would almost be in reaching distance! Our fundraising began in 2016...

Did you know that news articles often feature information about cable strike incidents? More recently, it came to light that a major construction company kept seeing fines being handed to them for...

PIER (UK) are delighted to announce that we have renewed our membership with the United Kingdom Society for Trenchless Technology (UKSTT) for another year. The UKSTT was established back in 1993 and...

PIER (UK) have recently renewed the CHAS and Achilles Buildingconfidence accreditations and we can successfully say that we have also renewed our SMAS Worksafe Contractor membership for 2017. As...

We are not only passionate about safe excavation, but we are also passionate about Health & Safety best practices. That is why we are proud to announce that we have renewed two Health &...

PIER (UK) pride themselves on playing their part by doing charity fundraising events as often as possible. February 2017 marked an entire year since we wrapped our Vacuum Excavator in striking pink...

On the 23rd December 2016, PIER (UK) celebrates 8 years in Vacuum Excavation and are now the UK’s leading hire provider for an array of companies. PIER (UK) was originally set up in 2001 to provide...