SPECIAL WORKS
drain TRADER
Connecting the utilities at a bowling green
What do you dowhen you have an immaculate bowling green, used frequently by the bowls club, but it needs awater pipe, electric duct and a sewage pipe laying right across the centre of the well-tended lawn?
You turn to a trenchless technology supplier that ensures a swift underground installation off all the necessary pipes that doesn’t disrupt a single blade of grass, that’swhat.
Thiswas the scenario that TRACTO-TECHNIK UK customer, Impact Utilities,was facedwithwhen a private customer fromEssex called to discuss a utilities job.With exceptionally limited access, the customer believed itwas going to be impossible for amachine to do thework – and the idea of digging a trench right across the greenwas also unthinkable.
SamMcKay of Chelmsford-based trenchless specialist, Impact Utilities, surveyed the site and proposed the solution of the highly compact GRUNDODRILL 4X drilling rigwhich, thanks to small overall dimensions,was a viable option in the confined space.
Setting aside two days to complete thework, the teamwas actually able to complete the job in half a day,with two 100mdrills complete before 11am.With easy ground conditions and a highly productive drilling rig, the teamopened an entry pit at one end of the green and guided the drill through the ground at a suitable depth to a connection point on the other side of the green. The teamleader then attached the reaming head and the electricity ducting and pumped drainage pipe before pulling back these two services into position. The teamthen repeated this processwith thewater supply
GRUNDODRILL 4X entry pit
and had completed the task bymid-morning. The serviceswere required for a newbuilding being constructed on site that required electricity and drainage for kitchen and toilet facilities.
All groundswere completely reinstated prior to leaving site; ensuring a very happy customerwhowas able to carry onwith all the activities at the club thanks to a job efficiently done.
Sam,who is OperationsManager at the highly regarded no-dig contractor, says the GRUNDODRILL 4Xmachine iswhatmakes the difference;
“It’s a fantastic product that enables us to undertake these smaller jobs with little disruption to the environment or the local area.We can provide an exceptionally cost-effective service becausewe don’t need to charge mobilisation fees that are required for large rigs. The 4X fits neatly onto a 3.5 tonne trailerwith themixing unitmounted inside an Iveco 3.5t van. Thismeans our comparative overhead is lowandwe can swiftly attend sitewith aminimal operating crewof two people; the rig driver and drill tracker.”
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The company has subsequently carried a number of jobs at domestic properties; each with its own set of restricted access solutions. The GRUNDODRILL 4X has risen to the challenge on each occasion and helped tominimise disruption at each site.
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