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New Zealand Refining Company
Marsden Point Facility, New Zealand
GHK Piling

The PTC 120HD offers a massive eccentric moment of 120kgm and centrifugal force of 2550kN.

GHK Piling 2000 limited, a Whangarei based pilingand Bridge building company, were approached by the New Zealand Refining Company to construct a new jetty at their Marsden point facility.

GHK Piling formed a partnership with their sister company and Stainless Steel Project and Tauranga based Tom French Industries. For the driving of the three 2.400mtr 16mm forty meter long piles which were installed in three sections, GHK Piling approached ThyssenKrupp Steelcom NZ manager Andy Fenn, with the help of his Australian counterparts recommended using the PTC120HD Vibro hammer. Brendon Hayward, GHK’s Project Manager said the power of this machine proved itself through some trying ground conditions encountered during the installation of these piles.

The jetty consists of thirteen piles connected together with custom built steel walkways. The walkways also act to carry the required piping out to a central fuelling platform. The jetty is being built to accommodate a custom acquired fuel barge that will be replacingthe existing fuelling barge in the Auckland Harbour provide marine fuel to a growing number of cruise ships to New Zealand each year.The completed jetty will be over 125mtrs long, consisting of over 500mtrs of Steel cased piles, 60tons of latticed walkways, and 100tons of reinforcing steel. With the largest pile being 2.4mtrs in diameter and 40mtrs long, with a concrete volume of 149m3, and a reinforcing cage weighing in over 18tons.

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 trench shoring systems.

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