100ft crane in place at River Severn project
A 100t crane has been successfully placed on a 17-piece ravestein pontoon at the ‘Unlocking the Severn’ project at Holt Weir, along the River Severn in Worcestershire, UK.
The placement by wet civil engineering firm Land & Water Services, alongside its Plant division, is on behalf of its client Kier and is one of the one of the biggest crane and pontoon arrangements achieved in the business.
Lucy Lee, contracts manager at Land & Water, said: “The ‘Unlocking the Severn’ project is going extremely well so far and we are proud to have achieved one of our largest crane and pontoon arrangements to date.”
With the project one of the largest river restorations of its kind ever attempted in Europe, the crane will be used to install a series of Legato Blocks to form the outer part of the fish pass structure, which is essential for the rare migratory fish to travel to their natural spawning grounds.
As a result of the nature of site access, the lifting radius and weight of the lift resulted in the need for an extremely sizeable crane.
Land & Water are currently undertaking a series of works including the installation of a temporary mass dam, to protect the works during certain flood levels, and the excavation of the main works, fitting soil nails to form the bank edge.
By Rebecca Jeffrey
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