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Ex-Hertfordshire Dennis Sabre now with 1st Defence FRS. Ex-West Sussex FRS Dennis Rapier. Seen at Brooklands 999 Event - 5.5.14
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken on the last full weekend of October 2014.
Throughout the days, it's a constant 2-way stream of Volvo trucks -- some bringing varying grades of hardcore down to the riverside to build up the rear of the steel wall - or removing previously laid temporary access shelf on the outside of the steel wall.
The guys are now actively rebuilding the riverbed itself: digging out the previous 'temporary' core material, and replacing with large, profiled boulders.
The intention being to (a) provide better habitat for fish stock, and (b) seek to slow the speed of river flow during periods of heavy rain and high river levels.
A neat job is being completed to landscape the ground in front of the apartments -- backfilling with stone and soil.
A protective guide-rail is being welded, in stages, to the top of the protruding steel wall, prior to capping with cement.
Duelling CAT's in the River!
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the third week of October 2016.
Meanwhile, at the Silverbridge site, adjacent to the N11 dual-carriageway:
We last visited here 2 years ago in November 2014, where bank stabilisation works involving excavation, repair and building of a support wall structure were being carried out by JONS Construction on behalf of the National Roads Authority.
We would occasionally catch sight of this work in the distance. Quite an impressive little piece of structural engineering.
Having built a retaining concave wall, backfilled for solidity, they were also drilling, fixing and sealing ground anchors to pin the entire structure together.
Now we see that further works are being undertaken.
Word has it that extra ‘stabilisation work’ has to be done to protect the integrity of the riverbank. At the section here we can see that there’s not much space between the edge of the rock face and the Armco at the side of the dual-carriageway.
Have yet to determine what precisely that will entail. Serious work to re-inforce the side access ramp down to the river.
Gabions consist of steel ‘baskets’ filled with rock pieces. They are filled and then fixed together to provide protection and strength to the existing river bank. They allow ground water to flow through them which helps prevent waterlogging of the bank behind them. Existing examples of these were used, back in 2012, to line the north bank of the existing riverbank adjacent to The Slang/Rehills stretch.
Long shallow versions of gabions, known as ‘mattresses’, were used to cover the excavated riverbed, and also to protect the edges of the river channel, particularly at bends in the river.
Working in these confined spaces puts a premium of safety and communication.
The guys have hard-filled a working shelf on the riverbed, to allow machinery access to the rockface. Obviously some serious drilling is called for before some form of extra 'pinning' is put in place.
Nahal's Elite Unit Concludes Training Course
The Gadsar, Nahal's Elite Unit, concluded their 16 month course with a final, challenging exercise. From storming and capturing hills, to a 15km trek throughout the night, the soldiers completed the course. At the concluding ceremony, the soldiers were awarded with their combat wing pins.February 13, 2013
Photo by Cpl. Zev Marmorstein, IDF Spokesperson's Unit
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a U.S.-Poland Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Polish National Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, in Warsaw, Poland, on August 15, 2020. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]
General Flemming Lentfer, NATO Chief of Defence of Denmark (screen), Lieutenant General Max Nielsen, NATO Military Representative for Denmark (right)
The council coordinated much of Birmingham’s civil defence including Air Raid Wardens, Home Guard, fire and ambulance services and first aid posts. Thousands of Birmingham people undertook volunteer roles to protect the city, often in addition to working long hours or supporting their families.
Accession number: 1989 F329
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the first week of October, 2016.
Still a high level of activity along this stretch of the riverbank, and especially around the Irish Rail bridge.
Throughout the summer, this is where the heavy-duty engineering works have been taking place.
This is a section of the flood protection scheme that I have pretty much ignored -- it's inconvenient for me to access, and others cover it much better.
Check out 'Turgidson'.
The construction activity is routed along the Ravenswell Road, temporarily closed due to on-going works.
Standing on an access bridge, adjacent to the Bray Boxing Club (from whence sprang Katie Taylor, and others of illustrious note), looking back up the river, towards the town direction.
In the foreground is the Railway bridge, and in the distance we can see some construction works taking place on the Ravenswell Road, temporarily closed due to on-going works.
That is the site of the old Bray Golf Club -- hotly contested as a (potentially) poorly considered site for a shopping centre development complex, and still an area of ground that has to act as a flood plain in the event of tidal surges.
As well as raising a heightened flood protection wall, they've created an access ramp down to the riverside. Further temporary soil shelves have been laid to allow construction machines to work alongside the riverbed. That access is critical to pursue work on the nearby Irish Rail bridge.
The area in the background, site of the old Bray Golf course, is both a works compound and vehicle route for the transportation of material to/from the other sectors along the River Dargle involved in construction works.
The Irish Rail Bridge, Bray Harbour:
Phase 1 flood defence works to the Irish Rail bridge commenced in August 2016.
Phase 2 flood defence works will be completed during May to September 2017. This work is being undertaken directly by Irish Rail.
The work includes strengthening the integrity of the bridge by creating buttresses around the base of each pillar.
To do this they have to pile-drive sheets into the river bedrock.
The work is complicated by;
(a) the need not to damage or disturb in any way the actual bridge itself (Irish Rail train and DART carriages pass overhead on an hourly basis), (b) the confined spaces under the bridge, and (c) the twice-daily rising tides from Bray Harbour which spill upriver into the newly expanded basin.
Israeli Soldiers from the Givati Brigade training
The Givati Brigade (Hebrew: חֲטִיבַת גִּבְעָתִי, literally "Hill Brigade" or "Highland Brigade" in English) is an infantry brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, and serves as its amphibious force. Givati soldiers are designated by purple berets. The Brigade's symbol is the fox, alluding to Shualei Shimshon (שועלי שמשון, lit. Samson's Foxes), a unit in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Israeli Soldiers from the Caracal battalion prior to the start of a field training exercise 15th December 2011
Photos: Israel Defence Force
An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a 155mm shells across the Israeli-Lebanese border 12 July 2006, into southern lebanon following the capture early today of two Israeli soldiers by the Lebanese-based Hezbollah. Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz confirmed today that two soldiers had been captured by the Lebanese-based Hezbollah militia and held Lebanon directly responsible for their fate. "Israel holds the Lebanese government fully responsible for this morning's attack along the northern border," Peretz said in a statement released by the defence ministry.
Informal meeting of European Union Defence Ministers in Riga. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is welcomed by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and by the Minister of Defence of Latvia, Raimonds Vejonis
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Israeli Soldiers from a number of Different Infantry Brigades training with the TOW Anti-Tank Missile System – 3rd October 2011
Flood defences and WW II gun defences near the Old Tollbridge over the River Adur at Old Shoreham-by-Sea, with Ricardo's Bridge Works and Lancing College.
Amsterdam, 5 februari 2016 / Amsterdam 5th of Februari.
Minister van Defensie Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert en Frederica Mogherini tijdens de persconferentie in het Europagebouw.
Dutch minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Frederica Mogherini during the press conference in Amsterdam.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the second week of July 2013, tracking the on-going river bank alterations and excavation of the river bed.
Activity in this Slang area has been drastically curtailed in recent months.
Minimal landscaping work on the riverbank top area.
What work being carried on seemed to involve endless shifting, and 'turning' of top spoil. With a couple of dry days, the top level would quickly dry out. It would be necessary to use a tractor/sprayer to siphon water from the river, and 'dampen down' the dust-laden streets, and site access ramps.
The protection work continues along the river bank, beyond the temporary access bridge. The guys were involved also in the creation of a 'debris entrapment' pit adjacent to this section.
Dublin Civil Defence particpating in the Frontline Emergency and Security Services Éire Forum Parade along Victoria Quay,
Dublin 6/9/2014
Tryouts For Nahal's Special Forces
Fresh into the army, IDF soldiers tryout to become an elite soldier in Nahal's special unit, the Gadsar. Soldiers are put through a couple days of intense mental and physical exercises all while having no sense of time and when the tryouts will end. Commanders leading the tryouts refer to each soldier as a number. At the end of the tryouts, the commanders gather and choose the best for the Gadsar. November 28, 2012
Photo by Zev Marmorstein, IDF Spokesperson's Unit
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the third week of August 2014.
Work is now on-going in this area of the The Slang/Dargle River, involving: -- Site preparation and mobilisation comprising sheetpile flood defence walls.
The site preparation required the removal of mature trees and vegetation along the riverbank. Section-by-section, long lengths of steel sheet piling are aligned within a frame, and then driven partially into the bedrock by crane-suspended hydraulic hammers.
The guys were now working to reinforce the riverside of the sheetpiling, buttressing with large boulders, and an overlay of smaller gravel.
Work also started on the other side of the river, again driving sheet piles.
A new access ramp down to the riverbed was carved out to accommodate the extra pile driving. Other sub-contractors are now engaged in securing the riverbanks+sheet piles by drilling and securing rock anchors.
Warden Point Battery - Warden Point, Kent.
World War 2 sea defences at Warden Point on the Isle of Sheppey. The pillboxes have fallen in to the sea due to the eroding coastline on the island.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the last week of October 2014.
Throughout, it's a 2-way stream of trucks -- some bringing varying grades of hardcore down to the riverside to build up the rear of the steel wall - or removing previously laid temporary access shelf on the outside of the steel wall.
The guys are now actively rebuilding the riverbed itself: digging out the previous 'temporary' core material, and replacing with large, profiled boulders.
The intention being to (a) provide better habitat for fish stock, and (b) seek to slow the speed of river flow during periods of heavy rain and high river levels.
A neat job is being completed to landscape the ground in front of the apartments, backfilling with material.
A protective guide-rail is being welded, in stages, to the top of the protruding steel wall, prior to capping with cement.
They dug out the original river core, placed sections of large stone matching the length of the steel wall, and filled in with smaller material.