Cain Bio-Engineering have undertaken numerous canal restoration, enhancement, erosion control and management projects over the last 30 years. In our canal case studies section you will find more information, photos, videos and documentation about some of our favourite projects.
Project: Signal Crayfish Damage Repair
Project Location: Woolhampton
River System: Kennet & Avon Navigation
Client: Emcor UK & British Airways
Date of Installation: February 2009
To repair a section of bank that has been severely damaged by American Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus). Burrowing crayfish caused a breach in the bank and water was flooding through British Airways owned land and putting nearby property, a SSSI reed bed, and railway line at risk
Project: Erosion Control
Project Location: Pewsey, Wiltshire
River System: Kennet & Avon Canal
Client: British Waterways
Date of Installation: January 2009
To protect a 155m section of heavily eroded towpath and oversee the resurfacing of 250m of towpath. The towpath had been seriously eroded by wave action from passing watercraft and from mooring pins driven into the bank.
Project: Erosion Control
Project Location: Tyle Mill, Newbury
River System: Kennet & Avon Canal
Client: British Waterways
Date of Installation: 2007
On this stretch of the Kennet & Avon Canal heavy boat traffic and the presence of signal crayfish burrowing was leading to bank erosion and footpath damage.
Project: Erosion Control
Project Location: Abingdon
River System: River Thames (Wilts & Berks Canal)
Client: Wilts & Berks Canal Trust
Date of Installation: August 2006
