Esor Construction can install box culverts for utilisation on stormwater systems, combined pedestrian / bicycle access ways and vehicular traffic tunnels.
Box Culverts can be jacked under surface infrastructure using similar techniques to pipe jacking. Box culvert installation can be utilised for:
Pedestrian underpass
Pedestrian / Cycleway underpasses
Trafficable tunnels
Stormwater systems
Pre-cast or cast on site box culverts are jacked into position using high-capacity hydraulic jacks pushing from the launch side.
Iscor Heights – Replacement and Upgrading of Bulk Water Supply to Iscor Heights Low Level and High Level
City of Tswane required 3m x 3m Jacking Box Culverts to be installed beneath Rodger Dyson and Voortrekker Street in Pretoria for a water service pipeline using trenchless methods.
This method was chosen so that heavy traffic in this area could not be disturbed in any form or way.
Esor Construction, the only company equipped and experienced for this type of jacking was appointed as the sub-contactor responsible for the installation of the culverts.
Voortrekker Road Distance Jacked – 58m
Roger Dyson Road Distance Jacked – 52m
Contract Value : R 7 636 126.66
Duration : 16 Weeks
Other similar projects in this class successfully completed were :
Mafube Coliery – N12
Wonderboom Culvert Jacking
Ogies Culvert Jacking
O.R Tambo Taxi Way Culvert Jacking
Glen Aggy Simbras Catlle Crawl
Tembisa Pedestrian Underpasses – read the article here
