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piling contractors london
Ivor King delivers design and installation of retaining walls, including basements, cofferdams and temporary works, for infrastructure interfaces across the capital. From our Midlands base we can mobilise quickly and work safely on constrained city sites. We cover all London boroughs — including East London — without over-complicating programmes for neighbours, traffic or access.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Typical London applications include sheet pile basements, cofferdams and retaining walls, contiguous and secant piled walls, river/canal works, utilities compounds, remediation and flood defence schemes. Our teams plan access, sequencing and site specific considerations to keep programmes on track.
Our customer portfolio includes a diverse range of projects and we’ve cultivated excellent working relationships expanding across a broad spectrum of market sectors. We provide piling solutions to many leading commercial and domestic building contractors, helping to support a growing number of UK road, rail, river and waterway infrastructure projects.
piling solutions & hire
Sheet Piling London — temporary/permanent steel sheet pile walls; silent/vibration-free options.
King Post Walls London — a cost-effective retaining wall solution, comparatively quick and easy to install.
Targeted CFA / Bored Piling — applied on combined schemes, such as bearing piles or contiguous/secant walls, where required.
Plant & Sheet Pile Hire — Leader Rigs, Silent Pilers (Giken), Movax, and more; sheet pile hire and sales with installation and extraction support.
Quality assured
We operate an integrated management system certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, and continue to invest in specialist equipment and state-of-the-art design technology. Silent press-in methods (e.g. Giken) enable low-noise, vibration-free sheet piling near rail, highways and heritage assets. Deliveries are handled by our in-house transport fleet, FORS Silver accredited and DVS compliant for Greater London.
projects, coverage & contact
Most city schemes are sheet-pile led; however we integrate our bored and CFA solutions when it strengthens the design or programme.
Recent London projects:
Vauxhall Bridge (Thames Tideway) – specialist piling support in a highly constrained setting.
Shuttleworth Road, Battersea – a residential development installing sheet piles in hard ground, vibration-free, next to a live railway line.
New River Embankment – extensive vibration-free sheet piling along both sides of a waterway embankment.
Where we work: Nationwide across England, Scotland and Wales, with rapid mobilisation to every London borough — including East London (Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, and Waltham Forest), plus Docklands, Canary Wharf, Stratford and the Thames corridor.
Yes. We operate UK-wide and deliver piling across every London borough, including East London where required.
We specialise in sheet piling, along with king post walls, driven tubular piles and targeted CFA/bored piling works on combined schemes where they add value.
Yes. We use ultra-low noise, vibration-free methods such as Giken silent press-in for sheet piling in London.
Yes. We offer piling plant hire in London (Leader Rigs, Giken Silent Pilers, Excavator mounted Movax) available with or without operators.. Also sheet pile hire/sales, with extensive stock available for rapid mobilisation across the UK.
Yes. We design and install contiguous and secant solutions where bored piling in London is the right approach — usually as part of a sheet-pile-led solution.
We’re Midlands-based and work UK-wide. Lead times depend on scope and permits; share your programme and we’ll happily advise earliest mobilisation.
Location and access, drawings, site and ground info (if available), loads/wall heights, programme and any third-party constraints.
Yes. Our in-house fleet of specialist lorries and trailers is FORS Silver accredited and DVS compliant, allowing us to provide timed, hassle-free deliveries across Greater London.
Ivor King are the leading industry specialists in the use of Giken Supercrush Silent Piling technology. We can install sheet piles into hard ground, up to and including solid rock, vibration-free.
See our selection of pre-owned plant & equipment available for purchase from Ivor King.
Ivor King are the leading industry specialists in the use of Giken Supercrush Silent Piling technology. We can install sheet piles into hard ground, up to and including solid rock, vibration-free.
Need Sheet Piles? Our dedicated Pile Hire & Sales division is on hand to support all of your permanent and temporary sheet piling needs.
Our in-house technical design team of professionally qualified engineers and geotechnical experts will work with you to develop the right solution for your project.
At the core of Ivor King is our people – a skilled and experienced team comprising some of the industry’s most talented engineers, designers and operational staff.
