Projects
20 Tonne Crawler
Watch The Tide!
Due to the majority of Blackpool beach becoming submerged at high tide, testing could only be undertaken between periods of maximum tide. In order to gain maximum working time the operators worked long and unsociable hours, one week beginning testing at 4am just as the tide receded!
As Lankelma’s 15 Tonne crawler unit was used to perform the tests, there was no real fear of getting stuck if the tide came in quicker than estimated, however at one point the ability to track through deep water was tested!
Mind That Child (and ice-cream van)!
The biggest difficulty that confronted the operators was moving from location to location avoiding the tourists. At low tide there was lots of space and tracking between tests with banks men ahead and behind warning the general public, was relatively easy. During testing the rig was cordoned off with hazard warning bunting in order to prevent access to the working area by the public.
Lankelma Challenge
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a development in and next to the Thames Lankelma was given the order to
carry out part of the site investigation through cone penetration testing
by WSP environmental Ltd. the consultant for this job. On the land investigation
was carried out by the track truck. Over water was a bigger challenge.
Tests had to be carried out on the dry falling banks. Normally these tests
would be carried out from a jack-up platform but budget restrictions made
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green field sites brown field sites motorways railways infrastructure waterways and flood defences marine
research testing in limited spaces restricted access
