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Fremantle Port upgrade
Thiess Construction
Austral Mining & Construction
Freemantle Wharf

BSP Hammer CX 110 hammer is suitable for driving:

• Steel sheet piles in pairs
• Steel tubular bearing piles
• Steel ‘H’ steel combi piles
• Reinforced concrete RIC piles
• Cast in situ CIS piles
• Timber piles

Austral’s wealth of experience in marine construction, expertise in wharves, jetties, marinas, boat ramps and mooring systems makes it the perfect choice for over-water piling projects.

Thiess Construction engaged Austral Construction in the Fremantle Port upgrade project. Austral utilized the BSP hydraulic hammer CX110 supplied by ThyssenKrupp Steelcom, to drive the test piles into the ocean bed for the extension of the Fremantle container wharf.

The BSP CX110 hammer is designed to operate from piling rig leaders or crane suspended and is suitable to drive a wide variety of bearing piles. For this project, Austral suspended the piling hammer from a crane.

Six steel tube piles approx 900mm x 60m were used for this trial. The scope of work included the deepening of the Inner Harbour and associated berth works which will enable the port to accept larger ships with increased drafts, thereafter enhancing the efficiency of the port.

The trial will also be used to test the removal of a redundant undersea retaining wall as well as concrete cutting methods to remove the existing Berth 10 wharf deck.

This hammer will be available for sale or hire at the completion of this contract. See Used Equipment Sales for more information.

ThyssenKrupp Steelcom offers total piling solutions including hire and sell of steel sheet piles, impact and vibratory piling hammers ranging from excavator mounted to large crane suspended units, as well as, foundation equipment and most recently added to our range trench boxes and shoring systems.

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