What Is Reinforced Concrete Cutting in a Drainage System?
Project Name –
Tram Stop Rebar Removal
Equipment used –
Streicher CL80 unit
Pipe diameter –
225mm
We have invested heavily to ensure all our equipment can be made fully portable for any hard to reach areas.
The Problem - Reinforced Steel Bar Piercing Pipework
Reinforced Steel Bar Removal - 7x sections of 10mm rebar had pierced the underground platform drainage serving both sides of the tram stop. This was preventing both the surveying and cleaning of these lines. Excavating to remove the rebar would have resulted in severe disruption to public travel in the area.
The Solution - Remote Reinforced Concrete Cutting and Extraction
We were contacted by our client as they had the required cutting equipment for the works, however, they lacked the mobility that our Streicher CL80 unit has (the closest point of vehicular access was over 100 metres away). Our equipment was deployed safely and with ease causing no disruption to the tram network in the area.
The Outcome - Rebar Removal from Pipes
Utilising a range of specialist grinding and milling heads, along with our specialist 225mm cradle, we managed to remove the protruding rebar and allow sufficient cleaning/surveying of the line. Minimal disruption was caused by employing our cutters to provide an effective solution. A lot cheaper than excavating!
We can deploy extremely high powered, 23,000 psi jetting if required for cutting large lumps of concrete found in drains. This is a precision process guided with a CCTV drain camera and fires out water at such high pressure, it breaks the concrete up and flushes it down the line and can be captured and removed from the drain. This system for reinforced concrete removal is far less intrusive than site excavation, a No Dig solution is also more cost effective with excavation often complicated, messy, and problematic.
