Working for the Balfour Beatty Vinci JV, it took the company 11.5 hours utilizing push-pull jacking to set up the 84m long area.
It is the very first area of 2 158m viaducts which will take high speed trains over the M42/M6 link roadways in North Warwickshire.
Before completion of this year, a comparable two-stage operation will move the similar ‘West Link Viaduct’ which runs parallel to the East Link Viaduct.
Tibo Suvée, job supervisor at Victor Buyck Steel Construction stated: “This is the very first time our push-pull jacking system has actually been utilized in the UK.
“The method offers higher versatility throughout the introducing operation by permitting the bridge to be moved in reverse or both methods if required.
“This is truly the very first turning point of 4, and over the next 8 months we eagerly anticipate providing the 2nd launch of the East Link Viaduct and the very same two-stage operation for the West Link Viaduct, which will finish these very first viaducts on Delta Junction.”
Alex Staines, sub representative– Composite Structures at Balfour Beatty Vinci, stated: “Delivering this turning point is a truly happy minute for me and the group.
“By utilizing an ingenious introducing strategy, we had the ability to develop the viaduct deck offline and move it into position over a weekend closure of the highway, significantly decreasing the influence on roadway users.”
Delta Junction Viaducts:
An overall of 153 piers will be constructed for the 13 viaducts in the triangle-shaped Delta Junction.
- 4 composite viaducts (M42/M6 Link Road East and West; River Cole East and West). Composite viaducts with their decks constructed off weathered steel boxes or beams, with a concrete deck on top.
- 6 precast segmental viaducts (River Tame East and West; Water Orton 1 and 2; Coleshill East and West). Segmental viaducts have basic periods of 45 metres with decks constructed off concrete precast sections which are upraised at HS2’s Kingsbury Precast Yard at Lea Marston.
- 3 low viaducts (M42 Coleshill North and South; Watton House). Low viaducts have basic periods of 25 metres with their decks developed off basic concrete precast beams, with a concrete deck on top.