CIVILS BROCHURE

Buildings
CASE STUDY
Transportation of an Office
Module, Heathrow Airport, UK
OVERVIEW: ALE completed the move of an office
module at Terminal 2, Heathrow Airport.
The scope of work was to transport the module
weighing 1,100te over 2km across the airport firstly
to a temporary storage location before finally
moving to its new permanent position.
SERVICES REQUIRED: The dimensions of the
accommodation module were 54m x 24m x 11m. To
manoeuvre a piece of this size, ALE used 108 axle
lines of SPMT to navigate the route.
Due to the construction of the building ALE had
to ensure that the deflection of the module base
was within + or – 50mm over the 54m length of
the structure. This was completed through close
monitoring during the move.
Phase one involved self-loading 108 axle lines
of SPMT by driving underneath the module and
transporting it from its location to a temporary
storage location 500m away. The move took place
from 10pm, after the last plane had taken off from
Terminal 2.
Phase two began when the foundations had been
transported to the permanent location, the two
gates were reopened and the following two gates
had been closed. The move involved transporting
the module from the temporary storage area to
its permanent location 1.5 km away; this involved
transporting the piece across the runway.
CASE STUDY
Installation of the Arena
Corinthians roof, Brazil
OVERVIEW: ALE completed the lowering
of the roof structure at the Arena
Corinthians, Brazil.
SERVICES REQUIRED: The first stage of
the project saw ALE install and utilise two
strand jacks, of 70t capacity, side by side
to create a tensioning system.
This system allowed the cable section
to be manufactured and installed. ALE
were then required to use ten jacks,
ranging from 300t – 500t capacity, to
lower the north and south sides of the
stadium to complete the installation.
The interim towers were then able to
be removed.
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