The Anaholty Bog N7 Section Contract works included remedial action to a pile-supported embankment through a section of the M7 motorway located across from the Annaholty bog, with up to 30m of peat and underlying yielding ground. The works commenced in the last week of June 2010 and completed by the last week of August 2010, to ensure the opening of the final section of the M7 project to the public by the October deadline. Prior to the commencement of the MEIC contract, a number of the piles supporting the embankment through the peat bog section had failed in isolated locations on the outside edge of the embankment, thus increasing the load on the remaining inside piles. The key objective of the remedial works was to rectify the failed piles, and put in place measures to ensure that the remaining embankment and piles were secure. Bothar Hibernian, in conjunction with Hyder and MEIC developed the following design and methodology for completion of the works;