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Salix have provided a variety of soil erosion control and scour protection solutions for rail embankments and adjacent rivers/watercourses. Operating as a specialist sub contractor to the Framework contractors, we have successfully carried out a number of design and build projects such as the ICE Award winning bioengineering solution at Foss Dyke. From high energy river protection to drainage channels, we look to utilise the latest sustainable bioengineering solutions.

For rail embankments, our HydraCX spray on soil erosion control system has been widely praised by Network Rail Engineers and Civil Contractors as a cost effective, sustainable solution. Salix also supply our permanent range of turf reinforcement mats, VMax C350 and P550

  • Ramsden Bellhouse
    Ramsden Bellhouse and Kent Hill

    A series of potentially dangerous deep seated failures on a railway embankment required treatment to prevent further slips. The…

  • Chipping Campden
    Chipping Campden Rail Cuttings

    HydraCX was sprayed onto 5,500m2 of re graded rail embankments to prevent erosion and establish vegetation rapidly without…

  • Foss Dyke bank stabilisation
    Foss Dyke bank stabilisation

    A rise in pleasure boating on the Foss resulted in severe boat wash. Monitoring revealed that the rate of bank erosion was up to…

  • Pewsey Rail Embankment
    Pewsey Rail Embankment

    A rail embankment had slipped and was reinstated with soil nails providing geotechnical stability. Birse created working…

  • Afon Gwydol river
    Afon Gwydol river embankment protection

    Works were required to repair an eroding railway embankment adjacent to the river. This resulted in the embankment encroaching…