The Staff Awards are a great time to pause and acknowledge the people behind our projects, and this year’s awards have been given to 3 winners throughout the year. Amongst this year’s winners, we have leaders in communication, research, fulfilment and they lead by example to provide a great service to our customers and a […]
Site History & Risk Over the past month our Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) engineers have been providing UXO Search & Clear support on a solar panel installation project situated on undeveloped land in Massachusetts, U.S.A. In August, an 81mm Mortar was found (please see example below) on-site during initial forestry and vegetation clearance works, prompting the […]
1st Line Defence staff have been working hard behind the scenes preparing for Macmillan’s Coffee Morning, which is the charity’s biggest fundraising event for people fighting cancer. People all over the UK host their own Coffee Mornings and last year alone this raised an incredible £27,461,814, and together we can make 2022 another successful year! […]
1st Line Defence has recently been providing UXO Support for a client’s development site within the boundary of the former Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, on the south bank of the River Thames in London. Dating back to the 17th Century, the Royal Arsenal formerly covered almost 1,300 acres and employed at least 80,000 people. It […]
To meet increasing demand from our customers, 1st Line Defence have recently acquired a seventh Rig, a new 10,000kg Intrusive UXO Survey Rig to complement our fleet of owned assets. The new acquisition will assist with projects where the risk of encountering UXO / UXB has been assessed, and where deep intrusive groundworks such as […]
Following the unfortunate news reported at the start of December 2021, we’ve been digging through the news archives to give you a round-up of some other UXO-related incidents that have occurred in Germany and Austria over the past couple of decades. Encountering Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) on constructions projects in the UK, Europe and Overseas is […]
We’re marching towards the end of the year and wanted to say a big thank you to our staff, clients and suppliers for your continued support throughout another challenging year. We hope that you spend some quality time with your family and friends this Christmas, and we look forward to working together again in 2022. […]
1st Line Defence have been providing UXO Support this week to excavation works at a former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF). The facility was constructed at the start of the WWII, and tasked primarily with the production of small arms ammunition – 20mm cannon rounds, fuzes, and main charges for bombs and projectiles for the Royal […]
Today 1st Line Defence are sporting their favourite football shirts in support of Cancer Research UK’s ‘Football Shirt Friday’ fundraising campaign for the Bobby Moore Fund. The start of the Bobby Moore Fund has seen mortality rates for bowel cancer fall by 30% however, vital funds still need to be raised to help tackle bowel […]
At 11:00am on the 11th November 2021, 1st Line Defence will be holding a 2 minute silence in tribute to all who have lost their lives in conflict. We will take this time to congregate with one another to consider, observe and pay our respects to the sacrifices made by individuals from all corners of […]
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