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Why Is Excavation Safety So Important?
Ensuring excavation safety is an essential part of modern contractor work, the law states that no excavation work should be carried out until the area is completely safe. Failing to secure an...
How Does Vacuum Excavation Work? Process Explained.
Have you ever wondered how Vacuum Excavation works? Why continue with the stressful exercise of instructing your operatives to excavate around existing services with traditional methods of...
Excavation In Construction – Methods & Safety Considerations
Excavation is an important part of any construction project and is even more important for utility projects. The process uses different tools and techniques to move soil, rock and other material to...
What is Vacuum Excavation Used For?
Vacuum excavation is the best choice for many projects. The advantages of vacuum excavation over traditional excavation methods are numerous. It is safer, due to the reduced risk of utility strikes,...
What Are The Advantages of a Suction Excavator
Vacuum excavation has many advantages over the traditional method of manual excavation. Not only is it quicker and safer, but it is also less harmful to the environment and the workforce, making it...
The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 2022
Come and test your Christmas knowledge with our Ultimate Christmas Quiz. Last year's quiz was tough, but we've upped the ante and created an even harder quiz for 2022! Think your know your...
Play Pier UK’s Santa’s World Cup Runner!
We are in the run-up to Christmas and in the middle of a World Cup, so we thought it was the perfect time to launch our new Santa Rooftop World Cup Runner game! All you have to do is help Santa boot...
What is Excavation: Everything You Need to Know
When it comes to construction, excavation is an important part of the process, and it might play a bigger role than you might realise. It is a lot more than just digging a hole because there is a...
Trial Holes: What Is Trial Pit In Construction
In order to start any construction, it is important to understand the ground conditions. Essential factors like soil composition need to be determined, and these factors enable a decision to be made...
Locating Utilities Using Vacuum Excavation
Using vacuum excavation is one of the easiest and most effective ways to locate underground utilities. Vacuum excavation technology has existed since the fifties but in the last ten years the...
Vacuum Excavation vs. Manual Excavation
Vacuum Excavation is the safest method of excavation, when compared to the more traditional methods of using picks, shovels, diggers etc. The no-dig method provides a lower risk to workers on-site...
The Tracked Vac is Back!
In 2018, PIER (UK) launched the UK’s first Tracked-Vac, a specially designed Vacuum Excavator that is ideal for rough and challenging terrain. This unique suction excavator has assisted many of our...
Lovely weather for ducks at Pier
It was lovely weather for ducks yesterday at Pier, when our yard had a visit from a female Mallard duck and her new family of 11 ducklings (or clutch to give them their proper name)! Jemima...
Pier (UK) Ltd complete the purchase of Vacuum Excavation Southwest Limited
Pier (UK) Ltd is pleased to announce the completion of the purchase of Vacuum Excavation Southwest Limited from Marcus Wilcox. The company will become a trading division of Pier (UK) Ltd. Following...
Health and Safety Challenges in the Construction Industry
Keeping up to date with regulation changes within the industry can be a time-consuming matter, but it is one that you will thank yourself for later as there are a number of health and safety...
The Impact of Brexit on Construction
PIER (UK) work closely with numerous construction companies and have seen first-hand the impact of Brexit on the construction industry. On Christmas Eve 2020 after much debate, the European Union...
Vacuum Excavation’s Answer To Challenging Terrain
First you met our City Sucker and now in the second of our series introducing you to our fleet, we now meet the PIER (UK) Tracked-Vac. In 2018, PIER (UK) launched the UK’s first Tracked-Vac, a...
How To Safely Excavate Near Live Cables
How to safely excavate near live cables by using our Vacuum Excavator was demonstrated once again recently. Our team of highly trained operators were working on an extension project, in which we...
Celebrating 20 Years of PIER (UK)
PIER (UK) operate the largest vacuum excavation hire fleet in the UK and Europe and today, we are proud to announce that our company is turning 20 years old. Sean Quinn, Managing Director,...
Government warned to act to avoid lorry driver crisis
Lobby groups for the retail and transport industries have written to Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) warning the impact of a shortage of lorry drivers on supply chains...
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If you are looking for professional suction excavators then you have come to the right place. The team at PIER UK works across the UK providing first-class excavation for all manner of projects. Whether you require extensive excavations for a development site or need a collapsed tunnel cleared in an emergency, we can help. Our experienced and helpful team is on hand to discuss your next project with you. Simply call us today on 01925 228674