The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:16 pm**

Got a call from a mate who was to busy,6 wheel lorry went through this bridge over a main drain, household is stranded, till thursday when we fit temp. bridge.
i've dug 2 base plinths and concreted ready for bridge to sit on, 2 layer A252mesh rc45 concrete for a 6 week stand with foot traffic only,
more pic to follow 100t crane on thursday

lorry driver was very lucky,it was standing vertical on the same side as minidigger,

MSH

Edited By msh paving on 1355167322

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:29 pm**

lucky we could run dumper along the other bank but was 800m up and down trip, but better than pushing barrow with a cube off concrtete.....

Edited By msh paving on 1355168001

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:35 pm**

what are you using to span it pads look small

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:38 pm**

3x1x.3 concrete pad, bridge is 18mx2.6m comes from beaver bridges,they suggest lay it on sleepers,but the engineer over-ruled it, over kill in my opionion MSH

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:02 pm**

guy was lucky to walk from that butI bet its cheered your xmas up mark :;):
i suppose sometimes when it says "WEAK BRIDGE"
it really does mean it
LLL

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:20 pm**

thats going to be a big bill i should think... to put that right, what a mess

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:24 pm**

the consultant engineer is talking Â£60/70k crane is Â£3k for the 1 lift,plus the hire, new bridge deck they priced at 23k
MSH

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:22 pm**

msh paving wrote:the consultant engineer is talking Â£60/70k crane is Â£3k for the 1 lift,plus the hire, new bridge deck they priced at 23k
MSH

wow i take it the lorrys owner or insurance is footing the bill...

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:45 pm**

I would have thought a gang of steel shutterers and fixers would fix and pour that in a week
around 20m3
but i suppose it would cost around the 20k mark
LLL

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:46 pm**

rimexboy wrote:
msh paving wrote:the consultant engineer is talking Â£60/70k crane is Â£3k for the 1 lift,plus the hire, new bridge deck they priced at 23k
MSH

wow i take it the lorrys owner or insurance is footing the bill...

The home owners insurance is paying......must be good insurance company MSH

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:18 pm**

All went well today, -4 this morning,crane arrived from Leed's,bridge from shropshire/wales border, 1.5hr to rig crane 100tonner, 10mins to lift bridge in,lean mix across the ends to walk on, home at 3.30pm

Just hope we win the final phase fitting new bridge and abuttments, down to 3 quotes so fingers crossed

MSH

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:58 pm**

sheesh thats some temporary bridge mark
theres ten grand gone already i bet
good luck with the new one
LLL

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:11 pm**

Long way for a crane to come. Was there not one nearer?

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:16 pm**

dig dug dan wrote:Long way for a crane to come. Was there not one nearer?

Local crane co. came out and looked, but whated paying Â£3500+vat up front before they lift,this crane was hired through bridge co. on there a/c, as the consultant won't get paid from loss adjusters for a month, lot of expense and time 3.5 hours each way travel 1.5 hours to rig up and pack away for 10mins work MSH

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:18 pm**

this is the bridge hire co.
bridge hire

MSH

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