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RIC (Rapid Impact Compaction)
Use your excavator for ground compaction work. Fast,
economical and dynamic ground compaction technique for
low cost ground improvement of non cohesive soils.
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Designed to be fitted to Road Rail Vehicles for driving tubes,
“H” or Sheet piles from the Rail.
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Plantworx UK
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work safely while repairing rockslide
damage to a penstock.
Since the remote location had no
access to a traditional power grid and
the logistics were so challenging, Ford
recalls, everything was planned in
minute detail in the office, then flown
by plane to the site. Monir designed
and built a total station monitoring
system using solar power, and radios
transmitted data back to the technician
and a computer at the base station.
Years after its installation the system
continues to perform well, allowing
safe access to the project infrastructure
for Alterra’s operations team.
There’s an inherent risk in taking
on a lean design, says Ford, and
uncertainty can lead to beefing up a
design to account for unsubstantiated
risks. Monitoring to detect early instability
and movements gives contractors
and geostructural engineers alike, “a
tool to complete more precise designs,
which can then be verified and adjusted
if necessary, providing potential savings
to construction,” she said.
“There’s an element of sustainability
as well,” she said, since choosing to
incorporate less steel and timber
in the shoring doesn’t just reduce
construction costs – it also reduces
the impact on natural resources. This
ongoing risk mitigation also allows
construction work to be undertaken in
closer proximity to operating structures
and utilities, and areas where earth
retention was previously thought to
be too costly can now be developed,
says Ford.
“Monir’s experiential knowledge
gives the engineers the confidence
to say, ‘Okay, we’re going to try this
method, we’ll reduce the pile size, we’ll
economize the number of tiebacks,
and we’ll watch and see how the
wall is performing,’” she said, while
verifying the design strength on a
continual basis.
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