Farrans Construction Ltd selected ABI Equipment Ltd to provide piling equipment solutions for their high profile civil engineering project in Northern Ireland. The piling works were carried out from August 2011 to October 2012. The project involved the construction of a 480m long new quay structure and deep water berth located in the Port of Belfast.The Quay wall was constructed using a combi-wall of Ø1620mm x 32m long tubes and 22m long PU22 sheet piles tied back to an anchor beam supported on 367no. 30m long Ø660/762mm raking tubes. The 17,000 sqm quay slab was supported on 780no. Ø750mm CFA piles. The works also included dredging of the new berth and approaches. This involved the disposal of 500,000m3 of material to sea with

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