The first of two Asset 2,100mm diameter Weholite pipes forming the offline storage tank, are off-loaded by crane for installation.Click here to enlarge imageCommenting On the collaborative design process, Asset managing director Simon Thomas said: “By working in partnership with Anglian Water Services and the design team, we were able to provide a sustainable solution to alleviate flooding in the area. Our ability to provide bespoke designed solutions, in diverse lengths and diameters, allowed us to offer the exact solution, which subsequently provided benefits to the contractor during installation”.
Time & Cost Efficiencies
By opting to use Weholite above more traditional materials such as pre-cast concrete in the project, several benefits were generated including substantial time and cost savings. It was estimated that the volume of trucks required to deliver and off-load the materials was reduced from 50 to just eight using Weholite. Similarly, by using the lightweight product, construction time on site was reduced almost three-fold from an estimated 20 weeks for pre-cast concrete to only seven weeks using Weholite. In using this particular solution, the project also proved less disruptive to the surrounding community and wider environment, with one lane of the neighbouring road remaining open throughout the project.
Andy Pearce of Barhale Construction, explained: “The tank provided significant labour, installation time and cost savings, with an estimated three-fold reduction compared with traditional materials such as precast concrete”.Pearce also noted the significant benefits directly to contractors, which now carry even greater responsibility to reduce the risks of accidents and injuries onsite. He added: “Health and safety was also a key factor. The product pre-fabricated and then joined onsite decreased the amount of time workers spent in the trenches and in confined spaces”.
Asset’s products, pre-fabricated offsite at its purpose-built facility based in Newport, South Wales, also provided environmental benefits, reducing onsite wastage that’s often generated by other materials and methods.
Asset International Ltd. (www.weholite.co.uk), of Newport, South Wales, UK, manufacturers advanced technology HDPE water management systems for use in diverse infrastructure projects.