<b><b>Ground conditions at the massive St Mary&amp;’s Island site at Chatham Dockyard in Kent have required Countryside to use thousands of deep precast concrete piles for the new homes. <i>Housebuilder</i> reports</b></b><br><b>Aarsleff Piling has supplied and installed nearly 8000 of its precast concrete piles through soft ground at St Mary&amp;’s Island, Chatham Maritime in north Kent for what is believed to be one of the largest residential developments in the south east of England. The fully reinforced piles, between 16m and 26m long, are ideally suited to the adverse ground conditions and will provide foundation support for flats, two and three storey town houses and detached homes on the vast flood protected site on the River Medway. </b><br><b><b>dock developed</b></b><br> Countryside Maritime, a joint venture between Countryside Properties and the South East England Development Agency, is designing and building about 1200 of the approximate 1700 properties on the former brownfield site. The joint venture company, through its housing contractor, Countryside Properties, is developing the vast majority of the St Mary&amp;’s Island site, which, with its great basins, was built on former wet marshland by convicts between 1862 and 1875. St Mary&amp;’s Island formed part of the Royal Navy&amp;’s Chatham Dockyard where more …