Ring beam and lift shaft for 6 story apartment block. Rutland street, Leicester.

BRIEF:

We were approached by a large commercial development group to design and implement a foundation for a six story residential building in rutland street, leicester city centre. 

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SOLUTION:

​After going over the initial drawings we decided upon a single continuous ring beam. Using 300mm piling tubes driven by our drop hammer rig we installed 120 piles to provide the necessary strength to the beam.

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Once the piles were installed we were able to begin digging the necessary trenches to accommodate the trench forma shuttering system.

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We were then able to cast the ring beam in one day minimising desruption and unnessesary road closures.

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Finally we returned to dig the specified lift shaft, as this was also supported by piles we were able dig only 1 metre in depth and using steel mesh, fabricate a 250mm concrete slab. 

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DURATION:  5 Weeks