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5 Axis CNC Water Jet Base

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Client

Spirit Aerosystems

Location

Dunmurry, Belfast

Date / Duration

16 weeks

Sector

Civil Engineering

Scope

Creation of new pit for CNC water jet machine to manufacture aeroplane wings.

  • Pit measured 10m wide x 28m long x 3m deep
  • Completed alongside factory operations behind shrink wrapped scaffolding divide
  • Removal of floor slab by saw cutting for no vibrations
  • Installation by our team 6.5m long steel sheet piles to form cofferdam
  • Bulk excavation 1100m3 from inside factory
  • Installation 140nr mini piles and placed 550m3 concrete RC base with resin finished floor