Newry Bypass, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Client: Lagan/ Ferrovial

Value: £1.4m

Summary of Albion Works:

  • 330,000m³ rock blasting (1m t)
  • 10,000 m² pre-split
  • 2,750m stitch drilling
  • Blasting at five locations
  • Atlas-Copco L6 drill rigs
  • Blasting 3 times a week

Technical Difficulties:

  • Properties as close as 25m
  • Adjacent to Belfast-Dublin main line and the existing bypass