MOVAX piling equipment is the optimum solution for a wide range of piling requirements and a variety of soil and site conditions ranging from the largest construction sites to landscaping jobs – also in the most demanding conditions when a high-degree of precision is required, in sensitive environments and when limited space or access is available.
Today there are more than 2500 MOVAX units delivered to more than 65 countries, on six continents, world wide.
Throughout the years MOVAX has gained a deep understanding and know-how of varying site and soil conditions ranging from the freezing cold of the arctic to the heat of the tropics - and of a wide range of applications from Rail, Road and Civil to Waterways & Piers, Utilities and Environmental & Energy.
Silkeborg is located in Central Jutland Region, Denmark. Landscape around the area is dominated by big lakes and forests.To ease the traffic overload on road No.15 it was decided to build a new motorway from Silkeborg to Aarhus. The road- and bridgework is scheduled to be ready by 2016.
One of the contactors involved in the project is MT Højgaard A/S, one of the leading contractors in the Nordic countries. As a part of the big motorway project MT Højgaard is in charge of a new bridge construction over the Silkeborg Lake close to road 15 near Silkeborg.
The first step in building the bridge was to stabilize the ground at the shoreline to enable cranes, which are needed for the basement construction of the bridge pillars, enter the job site. For this purpose MT Højgaard used over 2000 timber piles up to 16 meters in length and up to 300mm in diameter. This basement serves as a bailey bridge for the construction machinery.
The timber piles were driven with Movax SP-70 Sidegrip vibrator in combination with a drop hammer. The cofferdam for the pillar basement is composed of double sheet piles Type AZ 17-700 and 12 meter in length. For the sheet piling MT Højgaard uses a Movax SP-70 mounted on a 34 ton excavator equipped with Movax Automatic Steering system. Whilst piling, the excavator is positioned on a pontoon.
