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Silo Installation No.2 for Ronez, Jersey
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International have recently completed another
new silo installation for Ronez, part of the
Aggregate Industries group.
This time the installation was on the Island
of Jersey, which presented a number of operating
obstacles to overcome in order to complete.
The Island is
a popular resort for tourists, which is why
the Authorities have such tight controls over
the moving of large plant and equipment.
In order to preserve a pleasant environment
for local and tourist traffic, it is not possible
to move large loads around the Island during
certain hours, nor is it possible without the
correct local authority permit.
In order to obtain this permit the contractor
has to convince the authorities that any large
load is capable of reaching its destination
without interfering with any roadside architecture
or residential property.
This was undertaken by the Rapid Transport Manager
Mr Tom Moore.
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With
the permit firmly grasped, the next objective
was to acquire the local Police escort licence
and time slot for travelling. With all transport
obstacles overcome the silo and ancillary equipment
was effectively brought up to the Ronez quarry,
set in the north of the Island in St. John.The
Rapid designed silo was to be positioned to the
lower side of the mixing plant, so it could be
installed without too much interference with the
daily consumption of ready mixed concrete.
With the new silo sited, the biggest problem facing
the installation team was removing the old, very
tall, very rusty and very unsafe old silo.
The hired in access platform was a very competent
slave, but unfortunately it was not big enough
to reach to the top of the old silo, so a 70 ft
Simon snorkel was quickly drafted in, to allow
one of the installation team access to the top
in order to couple the crane slings to the lifting
lugs. Not a job for the faint hearted.
With the light on a downward slide the team had
to work quickly before it disappeared.
Once lifted off its mounting, the old silo was
soon dispatched to a lonesome grave on the ground,
where the full extent of its rusty shell could
be examined, before unceremoniously breaking into
two halves when being moved by the site loading
shovel.
The whole job was completed within the allocated
time without any loss to production
The project was again supervised by Rapid’s
own installation manager Gordon Mackley. The ready
mixed site manager, Mr Steve LeLouarn and his
resident engineering team offered invaluable support
to the project when assistance was required. The
electrical and control system was again installed
by the very competent Pneutrol team.
Another successful installation completed in time
and in budget in difficult coastal conditions,
although the sun did manage to make an appearance
just as the well earned lunch break took off. |
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