5. Integration with the Ares Prism G2 cost control system
– a popular construction project management solution –
enabling Prism cost elements to be tracked by TimeControl,
and TimeControl hours and costs to be captured by Prism
for analysis and reporting.
TimeControl 8 will be upgraded automatically for
TimeControl online subscription clients. The upgrade
is available to existing on-premise clients with a current
support and maintenance agreement at no
additional charge from the TimeControl upgrades site:
www.TimeControl.com/support/updates. A free hosted Time-
Control trial is available at www.freetrial.timecontrol.com.
For further information about HMS Software, please visit
www.hms.ca or email info@hms.ca.
BSP piling hammer delivers elite solution
A BSP DX-SP25 excavator-mounted impact hammer is
playing a central role on the £225 million Luton Direct Air-
Rail Transit (DART) construction project in Bedfordshire,
England. DART will provide a rapid link between Luton
Airport Parkway rail station and the London Luton Airport
terminal building, transferring passengers in less than
four minutes.
Construction is being undertaken by a joint venture
between VolkerFitzpatrick and Bedfordshire-based Kier. The
VFK venture is responsible for building and completing the
civils works for the Luton DART Parkway and Luton DART
Terminal stations, the Gateway Bridge over Airport Way, a
viaduct leading from the Luton Parkway station and tunnels
and approaches to the airport terminal.
Elite Sheet Piling, based in Stoke-on-Trent, has been
subcontracted by VolkerGround Engineering to install
multiple sheet piles and coffer dams along the route of the
works, right up to the end of the runway. Sheet piles up
to 12.5 metres long are being installed to a depth of 10.5
metres, to provide ground security in the predominantly
chalky soil, as the project climbs the hill from the rail
station to the airport.
Elite is driving the piles initially with Movax side grip
piling equipment and completing the task with the new BSP
hammer mounted on a Volvo EC380EL crawler excavator. The
DX range of hammers from BSP International Foundations
has been developed to drive steel sheet piles, though they can
be adapted for use with concrete, timber, tubular steel and
small bearing piles if required.
Mounted on a crawler or wheeled excavator, the DX-SP25
can be rapidly deployed from a horizontal transport position
to a vertical operating position, with no requirement for a
crane to assist. During piling operations, the DX hammer is
automatically guided or crowded in the vertical plane.
There are three models in the DX line-up – the DX20, the
DX25 and the DX30, offering drop weights of 1.5 tonnes, two
tonnes and 2.5 tonnes. Maximum impact energy is 20 kNm,
25 kNm and 30 kNm respectively, while blow rate at rated
energy for all models is approximately 60 blows per minute.
The hammers have low hydraulic power requirements,
requiring 130 to 170 litres per minute of flow, and can
be operated directly from an excavator. They are also
available with a range of BSP Hydro-packs for optimum
hammer performance.
“We went with BSP for the reliability, the quality, the
strength of the hammer and the good name of the company,”
said Elite’s managing director Carl Ingram. “It’s been working
brilliantly; I really can’t fault it.
“The DX-SP25 can be interchanged between any of the
three larger machines when required. We are also in talks
with BSP for a smaller hammer, to work with our smaller
excavators, as part of our plan for continued growth.”
Pile Dynamics’ State of Practice: Quality
Control of Deep Foundations Seminar
Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI), has been travelling around the U.S.
offering State of Practice: QC of Deep Foundations seminars.
These one-day workshops cover the latest in testing practices
and technology for both driven and drilled foundations. The
final workshop for 2019 is offering the PDA Proficiency Test
to engineers who attend.
On November 11, the PDI workshop will be making a stop
in Miami, Fla., at the Miami Airport Marriott. The workshop
will include lectures on quality control and quality assurance
of deep foundations, the GRLWEAP wave equation, load testing
of deep foundations, high-strain load testing of drilled
shafts, along with Allowable Stress Design and Load and
Resistance Factor Design methods: code and economics.
The workshop will be in Tallahassee, Fla., on November
13 and will make its final stop in New Orleans, La., on the
15th. In addition to the workshop lectures, the PDA Dynamic
Measurement and Analysis Proficiency Test will be offered to any
attending engineer at the New Orleans workshop. A certificate
of participation will be provided to attendees of the workshop
with documentation of 6.5 Professional Development Hours.
For questions about the workshop, PDA Proficiency
Test or registration, contact registration@pile.com before
Nov. 1, 2019. To learn more about Pile Dynamics, Inc.,
visit www.pile.com.
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