IT’S A NEW YEAR – WE’RE READY TO GO

Some of our fantastic workshop staff have worked hard over the Christmas break to service our equipment. Thanks to the team at Stenhouse, our equipment has also been certified, so we are ready to go!

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WORKS ARE CONTINUING

As we head into the final months of 2020, we share with you a couple of our recent jobs, and introudce a few of our staff.

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October is National Safe Work Month, designed to raise awareness of Workplace Health & Safety. Workplace safety does not happen without everyone’s commitment. Safety for both staff and clients are our highest priority at ASP.

Paul is our Safety Manager. Paul spends a lot of time on site to ensure our staff and clients are working safely, and have a safe environment to work in.

Colleen is our Safety Officer, who makes sure everyone has the correct licences and permits. Colleen also organises paperwork requested by the client, as well as all training and PPE.

Click here to read our Safety Policy

Click here to see all our Policies & Accreditations

THE LAST QUARTER OF 2020

This month we take a look at one of our latest beachside projects, celebrate some huge staff milestones and take a closer look at our new accreditation.

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We pride ourselves on providing exceptional service and reliability in every job we do. We are proud to announce we are now certified with International Standard 45001 which demonstrates our commitment to safety and reducing risks.

We understand how important it is to create and maintain a safe and healthy workplace, especially in the construction industry. ISO 45001 is the world’s first International Standard for occupational health and safety, and has been developed by experts from over 70 countries. The 45001 standard adopts a risk based approach that ensures continual assessment and improvement to keep up with constant industry and organisational changes.

Click here to read our Safety Policy

Click here to see all our Policies & Accreditations

Our director, Patrick Buckley’s daughter, Alice Buckley, has been selected for the FIA Girls on Track – Rising Star Program.  She is the only Australian, out of 20 drivers to be chosen to participate in a Shootout at the Winfield Racing School at the Paul Ricard Circuit France, in October. The program is an innovative new project to detect and nurture the female racing talent of the future. Success at this event will lead to training camps, and the potential to become the first female driver to achieve a partnership agreement with the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Alice would like to thank Bendworx-Steelpro for their continued sponsorship in her racing endeavors. With their Six80 Racing has evolved, and have 4 cars built, with 3 currently competing. Their support, skills and experience have been essential in enabling the drivers to progress into the next phase of their racing careers.

See more about Alice:

• Bendworx-Steelpro
• Alice Buckley – Instagram
• Alice Buckley – Facebook
• Karting Australia article
• Motorsport Australia article

Six80 Racing is launching this weekend (Aug 29-30) at Warwick Qld, and the following weekend as a support class for the second V8 Supercars round in Townsville. The support class race will air live and ad-free on Fox Sports and Kayo.

May 2019 Newsletter

The Official Newsletter of ASP Piling Pty Ltd

RDG Construction Pty Ltd were appointed to construct The Hedge at Buddina. On this highly sought after location close to the beach, surf club, shops, university and healthcare ASP Piling installed a secant pile wall. The development planned for commercial use on the lower level with wine bars, cafes, restaurants and specialty stores. The residential apartments are in one, two and three bedroom configurations on the five levels above. This includes 92 apartments and five additional penthouses. Construction is expected to be completed mid 2019.

ASP Piling was engaged to retain the site where basement excavations will extend from 2.9 and 3.3 metres below ground level, with additional lift pits internally. A single level basement car park was being constructed underneath the two six storey residential apartment buildings.

The Bauer RTG piling rig was used, along with the Kubota excavator, a Franna crane, EWP, compressors and concrete pumps to install approximately 235 lineal metres of secant piling for the basement retention walls. The secant option was used as the neighbouring buildings were close to the property boundary and to allow the excavation depth of approximately 3 metres varying according to site and design requirements.

An internal spear dewatering system was installed throughout the basement construction process as groundwater inflow levels had previously been detected from a depth of just over 1 metre. A groundwater pH buffering treatment system, sedimentation tank and a pioneer heavy metals reduction unit were used onsite to balance the pH, reduce the turbidity and high presence of iron in the water prior to discharge from the site. All tanks were operational prior to the commencement of dewatering from the site to ensure the measured discharge is meets or exceeds the required water quality standards. For the dewatering management on “The Hedge”, the initial dewatering discharge is directed back within the site to allow the initial clarification of the extracted groundwater. The samples of treated groundwater were analysed to ensure measured parameters are met before discharging from site.

As is standard practice, a Dewatering Management Plan was put in place prior to commencement of dewatering for environmental and quality control.

Ocean is one of the newest developments by Meriton on the beachfront at the Gold Coast. The site used to house the 22 storey International Beach Hotel built in the 1960’s. With the Gold Coast market still strong, the Australian building giant has started the development of its first truly beachfront block. ASP Piling has the privilege of installing secant piling, anchors and ADS the dewatering for the site.

This 74 storey development will encompass residential apartments, a five star hotel and retail precinct. There will be a recreation area on the top floor including a pool and barbeque area.

Mainland Civil have contracted ASP Piling for the retention and in-ground works on the site for the three level basement. Using a combination of secant piling, sheet piling and anchoring for almost 400 lineal metres of shoring. The piling includes the core lift pits and temporary sheet piling, as well as shot-crete finishing for some sections. Using a partial top down construction process allowed for a section of the site to be propped without anchoring as can be seen in the photographs.

ASP has also completed the removal of the existing foundation piles from the previous building, The International Hotel which occupied the site. On a number of occasions, ASP Piling have been required to remove pre-existing foundation piles from the site prior to commencement of a new project. In doing so we have developed our own equipment to assist in the removal process, giving our clients additional services that we can provide on-site.

The dewatering  will be undertaken by Australian Dewatering Systems. Being so close to the ocean, this property requires a combination of specifically tailored dewatering techniques providing de-watering to the required depth, including the cores and lift pits. Given the duration and depth of the excavation, our monitoring system will be used to ensure the system keeps the site dry throughout construction. A dewatering management plan and compliance monitoring are part of the services provided.