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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 9 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...
How Much Do Service Strikes Cost?
Service strikes pose an obvious risk to construction and utility workers, but did you know that they also pose a risk to project completion and cause additional monetary costs. On top of that, they...
A Brief History of Excavation
With our 20th Anniversary coming up at the end of August, we thought we would take a look back at the history of excavation and how Vacuum Excavation has grown to become the preferred form of...
The City Friendly Vacuum Excavator
Our CitySucker Vacuum Excavator provides high performance within a compact and urban friendly design. The small size makes the excavator ideal for sites with limited or restricted access, such as...
Construction leaders call for exemption from “Pingdemic”
The Construction Leadership Council is the latest body to warn companies that sites will "grind to a halt" amid the pingdemic. Yesterday, the CLC co-chair Andy Mitchell warned that the pingdemic was...
Having a hoot of a time at PIER (UK)
We’ve had a very unexpected visitor to PIER (UK) today. One of our vacuum excavators has been undergoing planned maintenance, but it turns out that our excavators make the perfect hiding place for a...
HS2 Archaeologists Discover Iron Age Coin Treasure
A rare find of more than 300 1st Century BC Iron Age Coins has been discovered by Costain archaeologists working in West London. The "potins", as the coins are known, were discovered as the site was...
How Vacuum Excavation Can Support Your Upcoming Project
With nearly 10 years in the Vacuum Excavation industry, PIER (UK) have undertaken various projects including car park extensions, hotel developments, sports stadium extensions as well as shopping...
Reasons To Use A Vacuum Excavator
There is an array of reasons to use a Vacuum Excavator and with almost 20 years of experience in the construction, civil engineering and building industries, PIER (UK) are proud to be the leading...
The Importance of Vacuum Excavation Safety
PIER (UK) has worked in the Vac-Ex industry since 2009 and now more than ever, our team understand the importance of Vacuum Excavation safety throughout all of the sites that our operators attend on...
Excavation Techniques In Construction
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...
How Vacuum Excavation Can Assist You
With over 50 Vacuum Excavation vehicles in our hire fleet, PIER (UK) fully understand the project requirements from each and every customer whether they are working in the Utilities, Civil...
5 Top Tips for a safe excavation
With 20 years of experience across a number of industries, PIER (UK) pride themselves on putting safe excavation and the safety of everyone on-site at the top of their priority list. Excavation...