Specialist sheet piling contractor King Piling recently hired from us a Giken ECO700S Super Crush silent piling system to install up to 14.5 m long AZ37-700 single sheet piles through dense gravels and Thanet sands on a very restricted access site along the River Thames in London for the Environment Agency.

Access to the site was very difficult but we suceeded to mobilise one of our 80 tons capacity IHI DCH800 crawler cranes to service the silent piler. The crane was offloaded and rigged in the road at night time and then used to offload all of the delivery lorries and assemble the silent piler.

The patented Giken Super Crush system utilises an auger and casing within the sheet pile to simultanteously auger and press the sheet pile to depth. This system enables sheet piling to be carried out in soil conditions such as these river terrace gravels and Thanet sands where normal pile pressing would not be possible.

The job was carried out to the full satisfaction of the client within the anticipated timescale.

Update! Ivor King were so impressed with the Giken ECO700S, they decided to buy one!

Aerial view of the site below:

AGD were recently called upon to assist with lifting a wind turbine into place on some agricultural land at Snitterfield, Warwickshire, just 2 miles from our Stratford upon Avon facility. The contractor involved wanted a contract lift so we carried out the job through Bromsgrove Crane Hire who were able to supply the necessary Appointed Person, Banksman and insurance.

After a site visit by our Technical Manager Bob Rosindale. the 9 tons capacity Hitachi ZX180LCT telescopic crawler crane was selected as being the ideal machine for the job, owing to it's 13 m long boom and low ground bearing pressure, as the crane had to travel through a field to gain access.

We have just taken delivery of our first Marchetti CW70.42L 70 tons telescopic crawler crane and it is busy on a City of London site carrying out general lifting duties in a basement.

The machine was specially ordered in the famous pink livery of the Cancer Research Charity in memory of one of our founders Josephine Knott.

Another RTG RG16T telescopic leader rig was squeezed into a tight site in Marton, Cheshire this week for sheet piling contractor DWM Plant. The narrow transport width of just 3.0 m was all we had to work with as you can see from the photograph. Once access had been achieved the machine installed 54 number 10 m long L605 sheet piles in just 2 days, with a 105 tons resonance free variable moment vibrator.

The piles are being used as permanent works for a residential basement.  DWM are the specialist sheet piling sub contractor on the job. Click on the link to learn more about their sheet pile solutions.

Photographed here installing sheet piles, the 50 tons crawler crane was supplied on hire with experienced operator to CPC Civils on a flood alleviation scheme in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

During this time the crawler crane was used to handle, pitch and drive the sheet piles with a vibratory hammer and an impact piling hammer was used for back driving.

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.