Temporary Sheet Pile Cofferdam for Water Storage Tank
| Contract No: | C1290 |
| Client: | Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Ltd |
| Location: | Northumberland Avenue, Llanelli |
| Value: | Approx. £120,000.00 |
| Summary: | Design, Supply, Installation and Extraction of a Temporary Sheet Pile Cofferdam and Associated Temporary Steel Work Bracing to Facilitate Construction of an Underground Water Storage Tank |
Sheet Piling Contractors, Sheet Piling (UK) Ltd. Were appointed by Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd for the design, supply, installation and extraction of temporary sheet piles and an upper steelwork bracing to form a cofferdam to facilitate construction of a cast in-situ Concrete Water Storage Tank.
Working closely with Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd throughout the design development stages, Sheet Piling (UK) Ltd provided a temporary sheet pile design solution which satisfied all the project criteria for the works.
The Overall Cofferdam Dimensions were approximately 33.0m x 24.0m and the maximum excavation depth was 6.15m Locally Increasing to 6.895m.
The temporary sheet pile cofferdam was constructed using 190No. 10.0m/11.0m Long Arcelor GU18N temporary sheet piles and approx. 30Te of temporary steelwork for the Upper Steelwork Bracing Frame. In addition, a proprietary hydraulic modular lower bracing frame was designed and installed by others to withstand frame loadings supplied by Sheet Piling (UK) Ltd.
In order to install the temporary sheet piles a tracked Telescopic Leader Rig was utilised along with its attached High Frequency Vibratory Hammer in association with a 50Te Mobile Crane acting as a service crane.
The general soil profile consisted of Made Ground over a band of Clay and Peat over a medium dense to dense Gravels over mudstone, which made installation using a Leader Rig c/w Vibratory Hammer the most economical and viable installation and extraction method for the sheet piles.
The installation works was completed during a 2No. week period in April 2018 and extraction of the sheet piles was carried out in January 2019 to the satisfaction of all parties.
