Revs1972
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Looking through some old photos of past projects and came across these.
This was one of a pair of weighbridge beams that we fabricated a number of years ago,
30 metres long. 3 metres high and 850 mm wide. Weighed in at 65 ton a piece.
You would not believe the paperwork involved with this one, every single little piece had a cert,
every weld was recorded. All this before CE kicked in.
They had to butt weld each flange and web 2 times on each girder ( 70 thick flanges- 30 thick web).
Stiffeners were 30mm thick and there were some pretty beefy eyes on there for the fenders and chains.
They had to be turned over during fabrication, which involved bringing them out on skates , then a tandem crane lift . This was to allow them to be shotblast and painted in the workshop
From memory , for the 2 beams and all the cross members the cost was approx £1 million , which was significantly cheaper than the "specialists"
Pics show the first one being lifted onto the lorry. I'm sure the hauliers among us will appreciate that overhang ( 2nd picture not the third
This was one of a pair of weighbridge beams that we fabricated a number of years ago,
30 metres long. 3 metres high and 850 mm wide. Weighed in at 65 ton a piece.
You would not believe the paperwork involved with this one, every single little piece had a cert,
every weld was recorded. All this before CE kicked in.
They had to butt weld each flange and web 2 times on each girder ( 70 thick flanges- 30 thick web).
Stiffeners were 30mm thick and there were some pretty beefy eyes on there for the fenders and chains.
They had to be turned over during fabrication, which involved bringing them out on skates , then a tandem crane lift . This was to allow them to be shotblast and painted in the workshop
From memory , for the 2 beams and all the cross members the cost was approx £1 million , which was significantly cheaper than the "specialists"
Pics show the first one being lifted onto the lorry. I'm sure the hauliers among us will appreciate that overhang ( 2nd picture not the third