Job Reports > Sheet Pile > Wentworth, Victoria

Wentworth
Victoria
Levee Bank Rehabilitation

Austral Construction were contracted to erect a levee bank around the township of Wentworth and chose sheet pile as an alternative to full earth works rehabilitation to keep disruption to the township at a minimum.

The contractor inserted sheet pile into the core of the levee bank, thereby taking advantage of the piles’ inherent water resistant capacity and reducing disruption to a nearby golf course.

Sheet pile was also used along a river-bed at the rear of houses for erosion protection to the bank and in support of a gabion basket retaining wall structure. The site disallowed full earth works and the sheet pile provided a low impact alternative.

Along Cadell Street and adjacent to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, sheet pile was also used for erosion and flood protection and to provide support to a T44 loading road.