The project on Blackhorse Road in Deptford will see Aarsleff install 285 linear metres for a piled basement wall using the wider ArcelorMittal AZ18-800 pile sections.
Aarsleff will also install a number of 250mm square precast driven bearing piles for the main superstructure, with anticipated piles lengths of between nine and 18 metres using the company’s own mechanical joint system.
The contract was awarded direct by Shurgard and is being project managed by RG Group. Work started in January 2017 and is taking seven or eight weeks to complete. Aarsleff’s schedule of works includes 4-5 weeks sheet piling and 2-3 weeks for pre-cast. The precast concrete pile sections have been designed to the new design standard BS EN 1997-1:2004 and UK National Annex (2007).
Aarsleff Ground Engineering general manager Kevin Hague said: “This is a landmark project for Aarsleff as it is Aarsleff’s first use of the new AZ18-800 pile section, which due to its greater width requires fewer sections, for a faster and more efficient installation and uses less embedded carbon.”
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