An RTG RG16T telescopic leader rig was squeezed into a site in Warrington last week for sheet piling contractor DWM Plant. The narrow transport width of just 3.0 m was just about inch perfect for this particular site. Once safely inside the machine installed 250 number 9 m long L604 sheet piles in just one week, with a 105 tons resonance free variable moment vibrator.

The piles are being used as temporary support for an attenuation tank which is being installed as part of a flood alleviation scheme. The main contractor is Harry Fairclough and DWM are their specialist sheet piling sub contractor installing and extracting the piles and carrying out the bulk excavation works.

We have been working with RTG  part of the Bauer group, since 2001 and in recognition of the long association our Managing Director Robert Law was last week invited to Schrobenhausen, Germany for a celebration dinner and presentation of a commerative certificate.

Pictured here in RTG's offices are RTG Sales Director (Europe) Matthias Saehn on the left and AGD Equipment Managing Director Robert Law on the right. 

Who says you can't sell snow to Eskimos? AGD have just sent an RTG RG19T telescopic leader rig back to where it was made - Germany! Pictured here working at the famous Europaallee in Frankfurt-am-Main for the contractor DZ Grundbauservice through our rental partner NSTT.

CMP/Barker JV choose AGD Rental for M25 widening contract

Sheet piling sub-contractors Commercial Marine & Piling/Kim Barker Construction Joint Venture were recently awarded a contract by Balfour Beatty/Skanska to install sheet piled walls on the M25 widening scheme in Hertfordshire.

AGD Rental were chosen to supply all of the telescopic crawler cranes for the contract plus some telescopic leader piling rigs to bolster CMP/Barkers fleets where necessary.

At the height of the programme AGD have supplied a total of 8 units IHI telescopic crawler cranes and 2 units RTG telescopic leader piling rigs. The contract started in 2009 and is ongoing with regular visits varying from 2 to 10 machines and will extend well into 2011.

An IHI CCH50T mini crane was recently supplied to Whittaker Engineering from Aberdeen, Scotland for working on a support vessel moored off Curacao in the Caribbean.

The mini crane was lifted into place onto the vessel from where it was used to extend the existing helideck lifting and placing panels as required.

It was chosen for it's lift and carry ability together with it's low ground bearing pressures. Since finishing the project it is now off to Mexico to work on a similar scheme.

Pictured here is a Hitachi Zaxis 160LCT 8 tons capacity mini crane and Giken JZ100 zero piler both currently on hire to Berryrange  in London. The mini crane is being used to service the silent piler with sheet piles in a severely restriced access basement site. The mini crane's ability to work in such tight conditions made it a perfect choice for used with the Giken zero piler.