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3 M 32 fights major fire

PM greetings cards
For three years now, the M 32 truck-
mounted concrete pump belonging to the
ready-mix company BERDING-BETON
support UNICEF projects
(Steinfeld) has been a firmly integrated
item in the resource planning of Vechta fire
Title Stor y brigade for the Osnabrück region. And only
just recently, the concrete boom was able
to demonstrate its valuable features in
4 Extensive concreting for a
complex bridge construction fighting a major fire in Dinklage.

Although the 17 fire brigades from the

Vechta area and the neighbouring Artland
International totalling 59 vehicles were quickly on the
scene of the fire – an approximately

7 Afghanistan:
Building a new university
3 4 9 4,000 m2 hall complex – the working area
of the two turntable ladders used was not
7 8 20 sufficient to cope with the situation alone. Photo: Police Oldenburg

10 Great Britain:
Service-directed for more than 30 years
The operation controllers therefore made a
quick decision to send for the additional
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help of the Putzmeister BRF 32.16 H

13 Italy:
No time for a coat of paint!
belonging to the BERDING-BETON
company. Within a mere 15 minutes, the
truck-mounted concrete pump was convert-
14 Poland: Warsaw pump service concreting
“Golden Terraces building complex”
ed into a highly flexible fire-fighting boom
as two firemen replaced a section of the
delivery line downstream of the pressure
20 France:
The land of the rotor fans
pipe of the truck-mounted concrete pump
with a delivery line bend fitted with an
adaptor to the fire brigade’s coupling
5 6 10 system. A collective connection to accom-
Domestic modate the two B-water hoses was also
10 14 18 added. The end hose was removed from the
tip of the boom and replaced with a so-
8 Compact 4-section boom features
numerous strong advantages called S8 foam pipe using a coupling.
Concrete pump operator, Franz-Heinrich
Photo: Holger Bokern

22 Formwork dismantled just three days follow-

ing placement of high-strength concrete
Ritterhof, then directed the articulated
boom by radio remote control over the seat
of the fire. During the fire-fighting ope-
the boom tip to where it was needed.
Christian Katzer, a fitter at BERDING-

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narrow Neckar weir
rations, foam was used to extinguish the
fire, instead of water. The foam was
BETON and fire chief of the Steinfeld fire
brigade involved in the operations: “The
provided from a tank fire truck which fed boom of a concrete pump is well suited for
up to 2,400 litres per minute to the delivery fire-fighting operations. It is easily convert-
Applications line of the truck-mounted concrete pump. ed for the job without having the firemen
As pump operator Ritterhof was controlling standing in the real danger areas!” By the
Universal pump for shotcrete job the boom from ground level and the view way – if a nozzle is connected to the boom
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from above was restricted to the seat of the
fire, his mates from the fire brigade had to
tip instead of the S8 foam pipe and only
fire-fighting water is sprayed, then the
improvise. From two higher observation reach with this combination of fire truck

Tunnel Construction 13 posts (a tree and a retractable ladder), they

actively and energetically helped to guide
and concrete pump boom is up to 70 m!

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back up tunnel advance work along the
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PM greetings Unlike in the past, Putzmeister AG will not
be sending Christmas and New Year cards
Mediterranean Highway
22 23 of its own design this year to its business

Practical Tip cards support partners but will be using UNICEF greet-
ings cards instead. UNICEF has been
selling the cards for many years and using

19 Mess-free formwork UNICEF projects the income to support numerous projects in

countries where it is most needed. For
example, the sale of 500 cards will finance
the equipment required in a complete
village hospital ward. Putzmeister hopes
the change will meet with the approval of
its customers and friends and would be
happy to learn that they liked the cards.

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Extensive concreting for a complex bridge construction
The new, 820 m Yahagigawa Bridge has a three-lane carriageway in each direction of travel. Its impressive architecture is visible from afar.
Currently under construction in Japan is
the so-called Second Tomei Expressway,
urgently needed to deal with the high
volume of traffic between Tokio and
Nagoya. The new motorway will take
some of the pressure off the present Tomei
Expressway which connects the two cities.
The new motorway project also involves
the construction of an 820 m long motor-
way bridge to span the Yahagigawa River
– a task which is worth several entries
in the Guinness Book of Records! The
most interesting aspect of the work is the
methods of placing and distributing
enormous quantities of mostly high-
strength concrete into the piers of the
bridge and on to the formwork for the
road surface using stationary and mobile
PM concrete pump units.
The bridge across the Yahagigawa River is
a cable-stayed bridge resting on two
towers, which have a drop-shaped cross-
section separating into two lattice-trussed
halves at a height of about 11 and 16 m
through which a six-lane road is spanned in
the centre of the carriageway. The two
structures meet in perfect harmony about
84 m above the ground, reaching a height
of around 121 and 126 m above the found-
ations. The impressive construction height
of the Yahagigawa bridge represents a
record-breaking project for Japan. The
contract for the works was awarded by the
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principals JAPAN HIGHWAY PUBLIC
CORPORATION to two well-reputed con-
struction companies KAJIMA KENSETSU
Co. Ltd. who is building the Western side
and ORIENTARU KENSETSU Co. Ltd.
who is responsible for the Eastern side.
Construction work commenced in October
2002 and work should be completed by the
end of 2004.
Simultaneous concreting
of separate towers
Sub-contractors TYUOU KENSETSU Co.
Ltd. (formerly TAKASAGO KENSETSU
Co. Ltd.) were commissioned to concrete
individual sections of the impressive
motorway bridge. The company’s fleet
includes more than 20 Putzmeister concrete
pumps and is one of the largest concrete
pump service providers in Japan.
According to estimations made by the site
management no locally-manufactured con-
crete pump would have been able to carry
out the concrete installation on this con-
struction site as almost all sections require
concrete to be pumped to a height of about
120 m – and that demands a very high con-
crete pressure. All in all, the amount of
concrete required for the towers and the
carriageway deck of the Yahagigawa
Bridge is estimated at about 24,000 m3.
Pump service providers CHUO KENSETSU
solved the problem by deploying two
Putzmeister concrete pumps type BSF
2107 HP designed specially for high con-
crete pressures and a stationary pump type
BSA 2110 HP-D. The BSF 2107 HP
(MOLI) is a truck-mounted concrete pump
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A systematic diagram of the first phase of construction
showing the PM high-pressure pumps BSA 2110 HP-D
and BSF 2107 HP. Concrete placement in the towers
was made using two RV 10 rotary distributors.
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The MOLI (mobile line pump) is a boom-less truck-
mounted concrete pump designed by Putzmeister
especially for the delivery of high-pressure concrete
through long delivery lines – the two operators are look-
ing apparently well satisfied with its performance…
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without a boom which PM has designed to
deliver concrete through long pipelines
(i.e. for high pump pressures). The MOLI,
which stands for mobile line pump is fre-
quently to be found in operation in coun-
tries in South-East Asia. Already in rod
side operation, the machines in this series
achieve concrete pressures of 150 bar and
pump flows of 68 m3/h, as does the “ordi-
nary” stationary pump BSA 2110 HP-D
which, by the way, is designed for concrete
pressures up to 150 bar and outputs of up
to 110 m3/h in rod side operation.
CHUO KENSETSU have connected the
concrete pumps at each of the two towers
to two type RV 10 mechanical concrete
rotary distributors via high pressure-proof
ZX delivery lines. The concrete distributors
can be slewed horizontally over a working
radius of 10 m and in this phase of con-
struction, one was installed to each of the
tower halves to enable the concrete to be
poured as rapidly as possible into the, in
parts, very complex formwork sections.
As construction height increases, only one high-
pressure concrete pump and one concrete rotary
High-pressure pumps designed to distributor are required for concreting the towers
deal with 220 bar concrete pressure
When pressure rose to 130 bar in about
80 m height, operational mode was switch-
ed to piston side in both the MOLIs and
the BSA 2110 HP-D. All of the pumps areas of the towers was a concrete pump
were now able to deliver concrete up to a and a concrete rotary distributor type
pressure of 220 bar. This of course, for RV 10. At the end of the placing oper-
physical reasons, reduced the output. ations, the delivery lines were cleaned
Nevertheless, around 170 m3 of concrete using a power-driven high-pressure water
was placed each day, tantamount to a daily pump which had to be hoisted each time
construction height of around 4.5 m. All by a crane up to the site of the concrete
that was then needed to concrete the upper placement.
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High-strength concrete
for the carriageway
Concreting the carriageway deck was a total-
ly different story for CHUO KENSETSU.
The substructure of the bridge consists of
pre-fabricated box girders on which a
carriageway deck rests as a relatively light-
weight composite construction. The tensile
strength and flexural strength of the con-
struction is provided by steel girders. The
reinforcement on top is cast in concrete.
With a width of 43.8 m for the main girder,
the Yahagigawa River Bridge sets yet ano-
ther construction record for Japan as does
the distance of 235 m between the two
towers – an impressive performance for the
Japanese bridge builders.
MOLI high-pressure pumps
in combination with M 36 booms
To begin with, two Putzmeister type BSF
52.15 H heavy-duty boom pumps – one of
which was mounted on a semi-trailer –
took on the job of concreting the deck
formwork on the bridge. The five-arm
folding booms reached as high as the car-
riageway where they were positioned at a
right angle to concrete more than half of
the carriageway width in one operation.
As work progressed on the carriageway
sections, the process was changed: The two
M 52 heavy-duty booms at the foot of the
towers were replaced by two MOLI high-
pressure pumps which delivered concrete
via firmly installed pipelines first horizont-
ally, then vertically to the M 36 truck-
mounted concrete pumps on the bridge
decks. Efficient and powerful pumps were
now required for casting the deck form-
work because of the 60 N/mm3 concrete
compressive strength. The M 36 by the
way was used to distribute concrete and
not as a relay pump.
Number and types
of concrete pumps, provided
by CHUO KENSETSU for
the construction work on the
Yahagigawa Bridge:
1 x BSF 52.15 H
1 x BSS 52.15 H (semi-trailer)
6 x BSF 36.15 H
2 x MOLI BSF 2107 HP
1 x BSA 2110 HP-D
4 x RV 10
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A systematic diagram of the concreting of the bridge carriageway. As long as the horizontal reach of the two M 52 is long enough, the concrete is installed from
ground level exclusively by means of the long-reach boom pumps (top right), during later construction process supported by the BSA and MOLI high-pressure pumps.
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Kabul: Building a new
university by simple means
In spite of occasional attacks, there is no
more stopping the re-building of
Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. Following
our report in the PM POST No. 58 re-
garding the delivery of a M 36 to the
F.C.E.C. company and its building projects,
we would now like to present a brief
report on the construction of a new uni-
versity complex.
TARHE SAKHTE AFGHAN TOOS – an
Afghan-Iranian enterprise is currently con-
structing a modern university centre which
has been commissioned by Ayatollah
Mohseni. When work has been completed,
up to 4,000 students will be accommodated
on a campus of 36,000 m2. In addition to
50 classrooms, the area will boast a research
centre, a mosque, a library, a cafeteria, a
medical centre and residential accommo-
dation for the students. In May 2004, by
the way, Afghanistan’s President Hamid
Karzai participated in laying the foundation
stone for the mosque – which will be one
of the largest in Kabul. In all, work is in
progress on ten buildings varying in size,
all of which are planned to be handed over
in March 2006 after a two-year construct-
Concreting the bridge carriageway. In the centre is a BSF 36.15 H which is only used for distributing the concrete.
The supply of concrete comes from a pipeline fixed on the spread. The line is connected to the riser pipe of the truck- ion period.
mounted concrete pump downstream from the reducer (please refer also to the title page of this issue).
The construction site is providing a liveli-
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crete pour for the foundations and the con-
struction of numerous floors was pushed to
some extent by AFGHAN TOOS by using
a new PM stationary pump type BSA 1005D
and an RV 10 rotary distributor. The most
important spares and wearing parts of the
BSA concrete pump, the couplings and the
rubber washers for the delivery line were
safely stored in a container. There is also a
Putzmeister mortar pump type S 5 EV on
the construction site where it deals with all
Time-consuming concrete production using a positive-action mixer.
In the meantime, green concrete is brought to the construction site in truck mixers.
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AFGHAN TOOS personnel make sure that the name on
their company sign is clearly visible on one of the walls
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The RV 10 can be slewed manually and
is used to place concrete on the floors
pumpable mortars up to 6 mm grain size,
output can be set infinitely variable
(1.5 – 40 l/min) and is used particularly
for plastering jobs.
During the initial phases of constructing
the carcass, AFGHAN TOOS personnel A PM stationary pump BSA 1005 D is responsible for concrete
delivery on the vast area covered by the university premises
were making the concrete required them- 26
selves with the help of a 1 m positive-
action mixer which had to be filled by
hand. In this way, they produced about
4 – 5 m3/hour of concrete and daily perfor-
mance averaged at around 45 m3. In the
meantime, AFGHAN TOOS is supplied
with concrete from a newly-built concrete
ready-mix works (capacity 30 m3/h) operat-
ed by the 2 RC company along the road to
Jalalabad. The distance to the AFGAHN
TOOS construction site is covered by the
truck mixer in about 20 to 30 minutes. That
means that there is now a considerably
greater volume of concrete available which
inevitably can be pumped and distributed Many of the tools and machines needed for the work by AFGHAN
more quickly. TOOS came packed in containers from Iran to Kabul. In the fore-
ground, the Putzmeister BSA and the responsible operator
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AFGAHN TOOS has a good supply of the
most important wearing parts in stock
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Compact
4-section boom
features numerous strong advantages
In the meantime, many pump service
companies have supplemented their
machine fleet with the compact and uni-
versally deployable Z-fold M 28-4. Our
brief report in issue 59 of the PM Post on
some of the features might have contri-
buted to such a decision being made. The
following report describes the typical
advantages of this four-sectioned boom
with its exemplary weight reserves and
decidedly site-compatible support in daily
operations. Furthermore, the special
version of the machine is also equipped
with the new fuel-saving EOC engine
speed control.
The new BSF 28.14 H owned by the con-
crete pump service company HÄBEL
(Siegen) arrives punctually at nine in the
morning at the construction site in the
Netphen industrial park. Before the pump-
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ing operations can really begin, operator
Roland Bänfer and his mate, Heinrich Gräb
– who is on site today as a reserve man –
have calculated a 30 minute warm-up peri-
od to get their M 28-4 “Z-fold” ready for
operation. Then for this job for the Weber
company (turning – drilling – milling), it’s
not enough just to support the machine
quickly and unfold the boom, the boom
must be extended to reach far into the hall
in order to place concrete for a high-load
bearing foundation for a new metal-work-
ing machine.
The M 28 four-section boom stands with
its long side immediately in front of the
entrance to the machine shop. The working
range of the Z-fold boom can be used with-
out too great a loss in lateral reach. The
arm assembly is lifted, slewed sideways
and placed a little to the rear. Now the
boom can be unfolded – like a pocket rule
– and then driven to its end position in the
shop. It’s really quite amazing to watch
how quickly a “Z-fold” boom is ready for
work!
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The M 28-4 belonging to pump service
providers HÄBEL also has a wide range of
accessories on board: 125 mm and 100 mm
delivery hoses and pipes for a total of
60 m, 65 mm hoses with a reach of up to
50 m, reducers, a considerable number of
couplings and rubber washers. Nothing is
left lying around loose on the flatbed –
everything has its place. Either in magazi-
nes, in a storage space, on holders or in
drawers.
In order to be able to reach into the further-
most corners of the floor formwork in the
shop, the 28 m extended boom must be
lengthened by approximately a further
25 m. The two HÄBEL experienced em-
ployees easily and quickly replace the end
hose on the boom tip with a reducer which
tapers the line diameter from 125 mm to
65 mm. In compliance with safety regulat-
ions, the boom tip is placed on the ground
and the reducer connected. In just a few
minutes, five 65 mm hoses have been con-
nected – and pumping begins at 9.30, a.m..
The working range of the M 28 Z-fold boom can be used without too great a loss in lateral reach
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large quantities of concrete for floor slabs makes it easier for the concreting team,
or floors, but I also frequently work on there’s less concrete residue and it’s easier
smaller construction sites where pumps to clean up afterwards.” According to his
with larger booms cause problems when observations, there are practically no natur-
setting up the machine. Not to mention al deposits of 16 grain size in the Siegerland
renovation sites which of course, are not – in contrast, for example, to the neighbour-
always at the roadside. That means in about ing Ruhr District. “The 16-grain chippings
every third job, it is necessary to extend the we send through the narrow lines should
boom delivery line by attaching additional contain ample fine particles, otherwise we
hoses”, estimates pump operator Bänfer. will quickly have too much wear and tear.”
“Here in the Siegerland, we are confronted In the meantime, most of the mix com-
by conditions that are either narrow, steep panies in his catchment area have changed
or confined. But I am always able to find a over to using fine-grain concrete with 0/8
space for our M 28; I can even set it up chippings for renovation work. “Before I
between the site trailer and the Dixi site begin to place any concrete, I send a few
toilets!” When he mentions needing less 65 mm hoses are easy to handle
buckets of grout through the line and then
space, he is referring to the front diagonal I start the job!” The retro-fitted high-press-
support (support width 6.2 m) and the ure water pump means that cleaning oper- further optimising fuel-saving concrete
almost vertical support legs at the rear ations are dealt with quickly and thorough- pump operations. As soon as the operator
(where the support width is just 2.6 m). ly, even in the big delivery lines. has set a desired output via radio remote
What he also likes is the manoeuvrability control, the EOC fuel management auto-
of the four-sectioned boom which is made The special version of the BSF 28.14 H matically regulates the required minimum
possible by its short wheel base. belonging to HÄBEL is also equipped with r.p.m.. Using EOC not only reduces diesel
the new fuel-saving EOC engine speed consumption in concrete pumps but also
Where smaller quantities of concrete are control. The EOC – or Ergonic Output noise level and, last but not least, wear and
required – although the delivery distance Control – is just one of the extras provided tear in the machines. When required, this
might still be extensive – operator Bänfer by PM in the “Power Kit”. Putzmeister has value can be manually “overridden” to set a
often deploys the 65 mm hoses. “That developed the Ergonic Output Control higher or lower r.p.m. However, fuel is also
(EOC) module as a control system for saved when in “normal operation” mode.
The pipelines and connected delivery hoses are
“lubricated” at first using a few buckets of grout
Radio remote control allows pump operator Roland
Bänfer to remain close to the placement site
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By Austin Quier,
managing director Putzmeister Ltd.,
Chesterfield
Thirty
years of service
2004 marks thirty years of Putzmeister’s
direct presence in the UK and Ireland,
and it is a good moment to reflect on
the record of Putzmeister Ltd, known
within the Putzmeister Group as PMUK.
To assess how they have arrived where
they are today, and how the company
can continue to develop in the future.
The team (well, almost all of them) of the English PM subsidiary
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Thirty years ago, PMUK consisted of just one office and one storeroom – the company moved into this new building
in 1981
The beginnings were certainly humble, just
two small rented buildings one in which
the first pumps were assembled, the other
used as stores and offices.
Over a period of six years more buildings
were rented to accommodate the growing
demand. This may not have been a glamor-
ous start, but it established the culture of
financial strength and self-sufficiency that
has become a hallmark of PMUK, and pro-
vided the resources to acquire the site in
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Chesterfield, where the current premises
were built in 1981.
People matter
Whilst the buildings are important PMUK
is about commitment to supplying quality
products, and about people with a commit-
ment to providing the best for their cus-
tomers, not always succeeding, but willing
to learn, and come back stronger for the
experience. PMUK can take pride in an
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average length of service over twelve 36
years, but without losing any of the enthu-
siasm. Mick Ferguson the Service Manager
has been with Putzmeister from the begin-
ning, and still finds new challenges, still
gets excited by talking a customer through
a problem, still looks for ways to improve
the service his team provides and how it
isdelivered. PMUK invest in training and
forward planning to ensure this fund of
knowledge and practical experience of the
machines, applications and operations is
secured for the future.
How PMUK performs is dependant on the
entire team, and those behind the scenes
are every bit as important in delivering
quality to the customers. This culture has
been reinforced in the systems and
structure already developed to achieve
certification for BS EN9001-2000.
Strengths built on differences
It can come as no surprise that, as in
other aspects of life, the UK market for
Putzmeister products does not always
follow the European norm. As a conse-
quence it has been necessary to innovate,
look for alternative markets and new
applications.
This has helped to make PMUK more
responsive to market requirements, and has
resulted in a number of successes over the
years. The City Pump concept of a small
mobile concrete pump was conceived in
1986, and in 1987 the first units were
assembled in Chesterfield with 16 m boom
and 1005 pump mounted on a 13 t chassis.
Initially this model attracted a number of
new operators into the pumping market,
and has evolved over the years until small
concrete pumps now feature in most UK
In compliance with the requirements of the British market, Putzmeister developed the City concrete pump series
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pump hire fleets. The BSA1005 D –
Primera trailer mounted concrete pump is
an example of responding to specific
customer needs, and through co-operation
developing a new model. This simple,
robust unit was introduced in 1998, and has
gone on to form the backbone of
Putzmeister trailer pump sales in the UK.
As with all Putzmeister products this
model is subject to continuous develop-
ment to take advantage of new technology
and incorporate new customer led features.
The hydraulic Mixokret – M3250HD was
developed and assembled in the UK and
introduced in 1997 when sales into this
sector were somewhat erratic. This new
model with hydraulic drive gained imme-
diate market acceptance, and continued to
perform strongly through to its replacement
by the M760DH in 2001.
This stationary pump BSA 1005 D “Primera” differs in a few details from the series produced in Aichtal
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This philosophy of responding to the
market continues to feature strongly, some-
times resulting in small modifications or
additional features rather than new models,
but still reflecting a focus on the customer,
combined with experience, innovation and
the determination to achieve a positive
outcome.
Accepted as competent partners
Another feature of the UK is the key role
played by specialist hire companies who
operate a high proportion concrete pumps
and mortar machines in the market. For
these companies the equipment is their
primary business which means they are
particularly focused on raising standards
of productivity and price performance
across the range. This creates a stimulating
environment for PMUK, and one in which
there is no room for complacency if they
are to continue to feature strongly with
hire fleets throughout the UK and Ireland.
These qualities are no less important with
other users from major companies to small
contractors. In all cases a key factor that
gives confidence is PMUK’s commitment
to a direct presence in the market under-
pinned by investment in people, parts and
service to provide comprehensive support
at all levels.
The strength of PMUK’s technical re-
sources is evident in it’s ability to specify
and manage in house, industrial pump
installations. These include a number of
complex waste water treatment projects
for companies like Welsh Water and
Severn Trent Water. The current major
contract is for the supply of two
HSP 25100 pumps to a mine infill project
in Ireland.
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PMUK delivered nine KOS high-density solids pumps
and four silos with discharge equipment for a waste
water treatment plant in Cardiff, Wales. On the right,
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two HSP high-density solids pumps in an Irish mine.
PMUK addresses concrete pump operators and new markets with the DYNAJET high-pressure cleaners
The Dynajet range of high pressure clean-
ers are the latest Putzmeister products
introduced by PMUK. Whilst these have
some overlap with existing equipment and
markets, there is a sharp learning curve to
appreciate the full potential. This is a
positive process in itself enabling them to
identify new opportunities to support
existing customers, with the 350 mg Plus,
and build new markets across the range.
For the first time PMUK are using a
number of specialist distributors to support
the direct sales effort for Dynajet to
achieve maximum penetration in this
broad-based market.
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Secure the future
At many customer’s PMUK is now dealing
with the second generation, and the next
few years will see considerable change
within the company as all those years of
experience bring more people towards re-
tirement. With the right planning in place
this an opportunity to pass on the know-
ledge, enthusiasm and core values that have
brought success over the past 30 years, and
combine them with new vitality and skills
to build the future. This has been a positive
process for their customer’s and PMUK
must emulate that success.
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No time for a coat of paint!
The Italian PM subsidiary was under time
pressure to supply a new truck-mounted
concrete pump. M 36-Z: The machine
which had been ordered at short notice by
pump service operators COSSI Spa had to
be in operation on Tuesday of the follow-
ing week. That meant Putzmeister Italia
did not even have time to give the new
truck-mounted concrete pump a coat of
paint, let alone the final finishing.
Instead, the M 36 received just a priming
coat – something on which the customer
insisted! The reasons: the renovation
work on a more than eighty year-old
reservoir had to be carried out within a
very tight schedule.
Something which the Italian Alpine region
around the small town of Bormio does not
lack are rain and snow, which can some-
times be quite heavy. Precipitation in the
dams San Giacomo and Cancano “I” and
the melt from the neighbouring glacier
are collected by the power company
AZIENDA ENERGETICA MUNICIPALE
DI MILANA (AEM) and used to generate
electricity in the power stations at Fraele,
The hydro-electric power station Cancano “I” plays a considerable role in providing the area with a sure supply of electricity
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Premadio and Braulio. Other hydro-power
stations also provide the region and its
industries with electricity.
In the meantime, the Cancano reservoir “I“
built in 1922 is in urgent need of reno-
vation. The reservoir lies at an altitude of
about 2,000 m and contains approximately
650,000 m3 of water. Work on the 91 m
high and 965 m long dam comprises pump-
ing and distributing around 30,000 m3 of
concrete which the commissioners, AEM,
have contracted to the pump service pro-
vider COSSI Spa in the north Italian town
of Sondrio. Renovation work commenced
in April 2004 (concrete pump was not used
until July) and is planned for completion at
the end of 2006.
The concrete being poured is a C30/37
with a 16 – 22 cm slump and, as a rule, a
water/cement ratio of about 0.45. Aggre-
gates consist of broken materials and are
The M 36 truck-mounted concrete pump displaying its
up to 50 mm in size. In spite of the addi- mere coat of priming in front of the 91 m retaining wall
tion of a plasticizer and an apparently soft- of the dam
sticky consistency (F4), this concrete is not
easily pumped. For example, the mano- By the way: The missing coat of paint will
meter shows an increase in hydraulic be applied to the M 36 “Z” in the winter
pressure of 260 – 280 bar each time the months, when construction ceases anyway
S-tube is connected. The reason is special due to the bad weather. So, the coming
additives which are put into the concrete spring will see renewed and “colourful”
batches in the mix unit. activities on the Cancano site!
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Warsaw pump service concreting
the “Golden Terraces”
building complex
Solid building components In the city of Warsaw next to the Centralna
(main railway station) and right opposite
made of self-compacting the 231 m high-rise Palace of Culture and
concrete Science, ING REAL ESTATE is investing
around e 250 million in the construction
of a multi-functional building complex
which goes by the name of “Zlote Tarasy“
which means “Golden Terraces“. Many of
the supporting components are made of
high-strength, self-compacting concrete –
the wall thickness in some of them is up to
150 cm. Putzmeister pumps and booms
have been commissioned to deliver and
place the considerable quantities of con-
crete required for the project.
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On completion, the underground car park
will accommodate 1,800 vehicles on four
levels. The three storeys above the car park
will house numerous shops, restaurants,
service providers and a state-of-the-art
multiplex cinema. Additionally planned is
a hotel with 450 beds. The upper storeys
will be rented out as office premises and
residential apartments.
Sub-contractors bear a
great responsibility
SKANSKA Sp. z.o.o. as the main con-
tractor is responsible for the mammoth
project. As the “Golden Terraces“ are to be
multi-functional, the carcass is being con-
structed as four separate zones differing in
their architecture. Whilst SKANSKA is
building all of the foundations and sectors
1 and 2 using its own personnel and fleet
of machines, sub-contractors
HYDROBUDOWER 6 (HB6) have been
commissioned with the construction of
zones 3 and 4. Both SKANSKA and HB6
are relying on the know-how and technical
equipment of specialists in providing con-
crete pumps – i.e. on BOSTA Beton and
WARBUD S.A.
Both of these Warsaw pump service com-
panies are deploying several of their PM
machines in the construction of the
“Golden Terraces“. For example, for work
on the 1.5 – 2.5 meter thick floor slab and
for placing concrete on floors in zones 1
and 2 at varying heights, BOSTA-Beton
used in each case two M 28s and M 42s.
Even throughout the night, concreting
continues using the BSA 2110 HP-D
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The Putzmeister MX 32 T takes on the task of concreting in zone 4 from a central position
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BSA pumps and concrete booms team up
The WARBUD company also commenced
work initially using their mobile Putzmeister
truck-mounted concrete pumps M 36 and
M 42. As the height of the building in-
creased and delivery distances of more than
100 m were required, WARBUD switched
over to just stationary concrete pumps and
placement operations. Since January 2004,
a Putzmeister BSA 1409 D and a mecha-
nically slewable concrete boom in sector 3
have formed a concreting unit and in zone
4, a BSA 2110 HP-D has been working
together as a team with a stationary con-
crete boom MX 32 T.
Mighty columns, girders and ceiling joists made of
self-compacting concrete
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Building industry
booms in Poland
According to enquiries carried out by the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Poland’s
building industry is on a definite road to
recovery; this can be attributed to the
improved economic situation and result-
ing investments. In addition to privately
financed construction projects, the future
will see more and more funding from the
EU funds to benefit especially civil
engineering and road construction as well
as special environmental construction
projects. The increasing number of ten-
ders for major projects has contributed to
an improved climate in the building in-
dustry: alone in the first quarter of 2004,
there was an increase of 20 % compared
with the figures for the same period in
the previous year. (FAZ, 7 June 2004)
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50 they are wrapped in an insulating foil for at cleaning process and the BSA pump and
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least 72 hours to ensure the slow release of gate valve are carefully serviced. Whereby
hydration heat. The result is high-strength operator Zdzieszynski is very particular:
building components which have a basic “Lubrication is on the agenda, at least once
area of 150 x 150 cm on the “Golden a day!”
Terraces” site and a very fine, smooth sur-
face already prepared for painting.
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Maintenance jobs are taken seriously

Andrzej Zdziesznski is the operator respon-

sible for the six-year old Putzmeister BSA
2110 HP-D. Before the first load of con-
crete is delivered, he pumps around 0.75 m3
trial batch through the line. “And then it
runs on its own!” As output pressure is
never high (e.g. only 150 bar hydraulic
pressure at 40 m pump height), the rod side
of machine is pressured, i.e. operates
“according to quantity”. The delivery line
The PM gate valve is hydraulically operated

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Floor frames clamp the tubular column of the concrete

boom taut into the building structure 47

Concrete pump BSA 2110 HP-D with cleaning “gallows”

(blue) and gate valve (at the right of the picture)

during the climb, supplementary tubes are
installed as length adjustments.
In the winter months, the two pump ser-
vices can carry out pours using pre-heated
49 aggregates up to a temperature of -12°C.
The concrete is pumped up to the eighth
storey whereby the delivery line is now
The climbing process in detail: almost 200 m long.
■ Attaching the climbing In addition to WARBUD’s graduate
cylinders and bolt 1 engineer Adam Wleklak, the company
has three other employees constantly on
■ Extending the climbing
site for concrete jobs in zones 3 and 4.
formcylinder (30 mm), “Cooperation with our customer
extracting bolt 2 and HYDROBUDOWA is simply excellent.
complete extension Our colleagues from HB 6 give us every
■ Placing bolt 2 on floor support when things begin to get tight and
frames, removal of bolt 1 we understand when sometimes a piece
and retracting climbing of formwork isn’t ready according to
cylinder schedule!”
■ The process is repeated
In general, the concrete used for the
project is of strength class C50/60 and
C35/45. Furthermore, different components
are made of self-compacting concrete
The MX boom is situated on a 20 m high building. With the help of an hydraulic (SCC) of the same strength. Of the total
tubular column led through small openings climbing device, the height of the concrete quantity of concrete (156,000 m3 for the
in the floor and supported in the storeys by boom can be adjusted to building progress. building and 56,000 m3 for the foundation),
three frames. The floor frames fulfil two The climbing process is easily and quickly about 4,800 m3 is SCC material. The
functions: On the one hand, they clamp the carried out by using two lift cylinders degree of slump is about 17 cm. The
tubular column taut and on the other hand, which are connected with the hydraulic concrete is supplied by two mixer plants
they absorb the introduction of vertical system of the MX boom. The delivery line outside of Warsaw, which together have a
load moments in the structure of the remains attached to the tubular column capacity of 140 m3/h. Before WARBUD
transfers the concrete to the pumps,
each batch is tested in their own mobile
laboratory.
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Diplom-Ingenieur Adam Wleklak
Self-compacting concrete means less
formwork
Self-compacting concrete is used for exam-
ple in sections where a vibrator cannot
reach. Or because the high degree of early
strength of SCC means the formwork can
be removed sooner, for example, from the
supporting piles where formwork may be
removed in most cases already after 12
hours. Immediately after the removal of
formwork from these building components,
is emptied using a gate valve, which steers
the concrete residue still in the line via a
pipe bridge - a so-called „gallows“- into a
truck mixer. The valve is connected to the
hydraulic circle of the concrete pump agi-
tator and can be controlled by means of
remote control push button. As soon as the
pipe line is empty, the whole of the con-
crete delivery system undergoes a thorough
A construction piece wrapped around
with foil releases hydration heat only slowly
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PM representative – a strong partner
Not only BOSTA and WARBUD but also
many other Polish concrete pump compa-
nies and building contractors are provided
with support from the PM representative
ALLTECH, both on the purchase of a
machine and its servicing. Already in the
“Golden Terraces“ planning phase,
ALLTECH specialists were able therefore
to give the main contractor SKANSKA
practical tips regarding optimum concrete
pours for this complex construction site.
ALLTECH, registered in Warsaw and
Sopot (near Gdansk) has been representing
Putzmeister AG in Poland since 1992. The
15 employees at ALLTECH – four of them
exclusively responsible for service and
maintenance – deal with consultation,
sales, spares supply and customer service
for the PM machines in Poland. The most
important wearing parts are kept in stock in
all three locations, or can be ordered at
short notice. When required, the service
team can be quickly on the spot to tend the
machines. Trained ALLTECH employees
also carried out the required customer
service jobs at the “Golden Terraces“ site –
to the total satisfaction of both the pump
service companies and the responsible
contractor.

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 Tunnel Construction
®
Sika -PM wet spraying systems
back up tunnel advance work along
the Mediterranean Highway
Work is currently on-going on a further
section of the Mediterranean Highway
in the south of Spain, where three
Sika®-PM500 P type concrete shotcrete
spraying devices are being employed in
backing up advance work in each of the
three twin-bore tunnels (total length
5.04 km) along the total stretch of 9 km.
The section under construction between
La Herradura and Taramay (Almuñécar
area) is part of the “Autovía del
Mediterráneo” which will link up the cities
of Cádiz and Gibraltar in the South of the
Iberian Pensinsula and Barcelona in the
North East.
The 9.1 km long section which is being
built by U.T.E. LA HERRADURA, a
joint venture comprising the construction
companies PLODER S.A., AZVI S.A. and
OBRAS SUBTERRÁNEAS S.A. runs over
a distance of 1.8 km joint, 4-lane carriage-
way and then over a distance of 7.3 km in
each direction of traffic as a separate route
through three twin-bore tunnels (in total
2.52 km long) and four bridges (in total
2.17 km long). The project commissioners,
the Ministerio de Fomento, had initially
calculated construction costs totalling
A 180 million for the complex track
routing; which meant the highest motor-
way costs in the whole of Europe – A 20
million for each kilometre. Construction
costs are now put at A 157 million. Work
commenced in March 2003 and completion
is expected for September 2006.
Whereas the bridges consist of two parallel
girders each 350 m, 2 x 580 m and 630 m
long, the tunnels in each direction of traffic
One of three Sika®-PM 500 P seen here placing concrete for the upper arches of a tunnel portal of ARGE “LA HERRADURA“ (Photo: José Luis Rivas, Sika®)
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are designed as single structures. All of the
six bores (2 x 2170 m, 2 x 278 m and
2 x 220 m) have a full section of approxi-
mately 110 m3 and advance work is pro-
gressing at 6 to 10 m per day – depending
on whether supporting arches type THN 21
and THN 29 need to be installed or not.
The three mobile shotcrete Sika®-PM500 P
spraying devices have been operating on
individual construction site sections since
September. They were first used to secure
the slope area around the portals and in the
meantime are needed to quickly secure
tunnel excavation work according to the
new Austrian tunnel construction process.
As the machines are equipped with four-
wheel drive and four-wheel steering they
are easily manoeuvrable even in difficult
terrain.
The Sika®-PM500 P have an extensive
working reach and are therefore well suited
for shotcreting jobs on high embankments
as well as in underground chambers and
tunnels. Dimensions range from 4.5 m to
17.5 m. The Putzmeister twin-piston pump
installed lengthwise at the rear of the truck
has over 1000 mm lift and 180 mm
delivery cylinder diameter, as does the
stationary pump BSA 1005. With a capa-
city of 30 m3/h and just 19 strokes/minute,
this core pump is simply ideal for vibrat-
ion-free shotcreting jobs. The horizontal
automatic on the spraying arm has proven
very helpful in shotcreting work in the six
LA HERRADURA tunnel bores.
This device enables the cradle to be ex-
tended by 3 m and held in a horizontal
position. In conjunction with the highly
manoeuvrable head of the spraying nozzle
this results in an extraordinarily even spray
pattern with little rebound.
Practical Tip
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Mess-free formwork 60
A newcomer to the Putzmeister AG product
range is a pneumatic pinch valve for the
end hose. The idea itself i.e. to „squash the
ends of the hose together“ in order to avoid
concrete leakage is known. This new
squeeze valve is made completely of rub-
ber and is simply pushed over the concrete
end hose. It is opened and closed pneuma-
tically via radio remote control automati-
cally. With only a few seconds delay, the
valve closes or opens the end hose as soon
as the operator has given the command
“Pump ON” or “Pump OFF” via radio
remote control. The pinch valve can be
completely switched off at any time via a
toggle switch on the control cabinet.
The pinch valve can be completely switched off at any
time via a toggle switch on the control cabinet
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All of the Sika®-PM500 used at the LA
HERRADURA site are standardly equip-
ped with a liquid metering device (Sika®-
Aliva-403.5) and one or two tanks for con-
crete accelerating agent (capacity in each
case 1000 l). As the site already provided
compressed air lines in the tunnels, the
spraying devices were not supplied with
their own compressors. A total volume of
75,000 m3 of shotcrete was placed in the
six tunnels. The pumping of concrete for
the tunnels – approximately 80,000 m3 in
strength class C40/50, 180,000 m3 high-
strength concrete C 60/75 and 100,000 m3
in strength class C25/30 – was placed using As no metal collars or metal rollers have
stationary concrete pumps, which had been been used, it is, on the one hand, irrelevant
previously used for building the bridge at what height the rubber collar is attached
piers. Here, too, only Putzmeister machines to the hose. On the other hand, the new
were used. switch-off valve is so light, that when fitted
to the standard boom end hose, stability is
not impacted. That means that the end hose
The horizontal automatic of the telescopic arm proved The pinch valve is placed over the
to be very helpful when securing excavation work with need not be shortened by one meter, as is end hose like a collar and is activated
shotcrete (Photo: José Luis Rivas, Sika®) usually the case. pneumatically
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An inside view of the closed pinch valve
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France – the
land of
the rotor fans
For years now, the demand for
Putzmeister rotor PUMI s among our
® ing to BETON DE FRANCE, a pump ser-
neighbours in France has been considera-
bly higher than that for PUMI®s with a
piston pump. The rotor system – in
France it is also known as “ROMIX” – is
so well-known and successful that some
customers would like to install the rotor
onto a “normal” truck-mounted concrete
pump with boom. Putzmeister is only too
pleased to put this request into practice.
We came across one of these truck-mount-
ed concrete pumps from the BQF series
on a typical construction site south of
Paris.
The machine is a BQF 24.08, built in 1999.
The rotor pump with a 24 m Z-fold boom
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When the truck gets stuck in a jam, there’s time for a chat for the operators
is part of the large fleet of vehicles belong-
vice company operating all over France.
Operator Alain Meroy has been working on
the rotor pump for three years delivering a
whole range of different materials. In the
evening, he does not go back to his depot,
but takes his ROMIX home with him!
“That’s better for me because I save myself
the trip to the depot and in the morning, I
can drive straight to the construction site.
All the many traffic jams in and out of
Paris mean you need to calculate extra time
to get to the site punctually”, he explained.
As the operator and the machine are prac-
tically left to their own devices, the BQF is
equipped with all the accessories needed
for “an emergency”.
This morning, Alain Morey is on his way
to his first job in the what used to be rural
landscape around Paris to place concrete
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foundations in the garden of a 300 year-old
farmhouse, 20 m3 normal concrete, boom
tip extended with a 15 m hose, lots of time
spent just waiting – the usual situation.
Waiting for concrete
At 7.15 a.m., the rotor pump arrives at the
construction site. In half an hour, the pump
is ready for operation. The boom has been
placed over the wall in position and the
100 mm pipe and delivery line have been
connected with a reducer. It’s late – and
around 9.00 a.m. the first of three truck
mixers turns up. So there is enough time
for a chat at the vehicle and then for an
espresso with the PM visitor in the café
next door. Along the way, we are told that
Alain Meroy pumps using a 4,000 m3 rotor
hose, a wearing part, which is replaced
about 3 or 4 times a year. “No – we don’t
just turn the hose around in order to length-
en its service life”, states operator Meroy
clearly, and he goes on to tell us all about
the different materials his rotor delivers,
with never a word of complaint! “I pump
everything the pinch valve can cope with –
whatever happens to come along: lean con-
crete, lean mortar, steel fibre reinforced
concrete, light-weight concrete, that means
materials which would not be so suitable
for a piston pump. So, I am never at a loss
for work!“
No need to dispose of concrete residues –
saving detours and time
This job also reveals other strengths of the
rotor system. The whole of the concrete
can be pumped forward into the formwork
- an important feature - as otherwise there
would be no way of cleaning the pump
system and the delivery line on the con-
struction site. This speciality is also an
important reason that the M 24 rotor con-
crete pump earns its keep on average at two
sites each day in spite of frequent traffic
congestions. It would have cost operator
Meroy a lot of time in those traffic conditi-
ons to drive off to the next disposal site.
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The large hopper on the rotor pump is easy to charge
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The hose is placed around the side of the building The 24 m boom serves as a “pipe bridge” taking the garden wall in its stride
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Even a pump hose
has only one life
It doesn’t happen too often but
occasionally it has been observed that
after the rotor hose has dealt with a
certain quantity it is not replaced, but
simply turned around. This attempt
assumes saving costs and extending
the service life of the wearing part.
Jörg Herrmann, head of the Central
Service Station at PM AG in Aichtal
doesn’t think much of such reputedly
economizing measures: “It takes more
time to turn the pump hose around
than it does to replace it with a new
one because the hose spout must be
removed from the ends and then push-
ed on again after the hose has been
turned. And afterwards, the operator
still has a worn rotor hose, in which
the fabric lining has been subjected to
great stress. The risk of the hose burst-
ing is therefore very high, And all
that just to save A 840 for a new rotor
hose? There is nothing to be gained
from it, you only lose out!”
Without holding up the flow of traffic, the BFQ 24.08 can be set up along the road
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Formwork dismantled just 16
hours day following placement
of high-strength concrete
Well-conceived site logistics, modern
formwork methods and a reliable fleet of
machines are today’s essentials when it
comes to saving time and money on high-
rise projects. The latest example of rapid
project completion are the 91 m high
RWE towers in Dortmund where a
stationary Putzmeister concrete pump
and a concrete boom climbing up with the
formwork platform played a decisive role.
In the early stages the construction com-
pany responsible for carrying out the work
OEVERMANN GmbH & Co. KG
(Münster, branch in Dortmund) rented
truck-mounted concrete pumps with long-
reach booms from local pump service com-
panies for placing concrete for the floor
slab, the ceilings in the ground floor and
the first four upper storeys. Afterwards, a
Half of the ceiling area and the walls of the building’s core were to be reinforced and simultaneously concreted wet on wet
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stationary PM concrete pump type BSA
1408 E took over the delivery of concrete
via a high-pressure pipeline to the station-
ary boom MX 32 T.
The RWE tower is built on a lens-shaped
foundation in the middle of which is the
central core of the building. Whilst
OEVERMANN installed MEVA formwork
for the ceilings, the stationary concrete
boom was anchored to a DOKA formwork
platform which was supported in the ele-
vator shaft. Half of the ceiling area and the
walls of the building’s core were to be rein-
forced and simultaneously concreted wet
on wet in a five-day rhythm. Using hy-
draulic cylinders, the formwork platform
climbed upwards together with the MX
boom. One storey every five days (3.45 m).
The concrete used was of strength class
C 50/60 of which 120 m3 went into the two
ceiling sections in each storey and around
49 m3 into each half of the shaft.
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Domestic
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One-side support
After placing an improved sub-base, a
BSF 42.16. H belonging to BNA Beton-
pumpendienst (Reutlingen) delivered about
100 m3 of C 20/25 concrete to the masonry.
Pump operator Achim Baierl needed not
on Neckar weir only sure instincts when setting up the
machine but also OSS – one-sided supports
as only a very narrow pedestrian or cycle
path – in former times a towpath – could
be considered as a possible location which
The walls of the Neckar weir in The wall runs from the Cloister Mill about could also be reached by the truck mixers.
200 m upstream, separating the Neckar Achim Baierl is a fully qualified, trained
Mittelstadt were renovated in the summer
from its old natural river bed. The surface and tested concrete pump operator and was
months using a Putzmeister BSF 42.16 H. of the sloping shoulder of the weir had therefore very much aware of the risks of
The narrow banks provided very little been increasingly washed away over the setting up the machine so close to the river
space for setting up the machine. years. The work immediately next to and in banks and of the need to comply with
the Neckar had been planned to take place safety regulations.
at low water.
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The BSA 1408 E being charged from a truck mixer
Delivering concrete through
high-pressure line
Concrete was delivered from the BSA
stationary pump as far as the boom through
a high-pressure pump line, totalling 120 m
in length. It comprised for the most part
ZX pipes which were supplemented on two
short sections by high-pressure SK lines
(130 bar operational pressure). At the inter-
face between riser pipe and stationary
boom pipework, a delivery hose – likewise
able to withstand 130 bar – ensures flexible
transition. Concrete was installed up to a
maximum of 30 m3/h.
During the whole period of installation, the
piston side of the BSA 1408 E was under
pressure. At a height of 91 m (max. height
of the facade), hydraulic pressure was
about 220 bar which equals concrete
pressure of 67 bar (i = 3.3). To facilitate
cleaning, a gate valve was installed into
the delivery line about 12 m downstream
of the BSA stationary pump.
From Spring 2005, the 91 m RWE office
high-rise will provide the Ruhr metropolis
with yet another point of orientation,
visible for miles around. The RWE tower
in Dortmund is in the immediate vicinity
of the railway station and on completion,
will boast a 3-storey underground car park
as well as 25,000 m3 of modern office
space. The project costs amount to about
A 50 million. A construction time of just
18 months has been scheduled (from
November 2003 to May 2005) for the
22-storey high-rise until it is handed over
as turnkey premises to the tenants.
Concrete pump and end hose in view – operator Achim Baierl can control concrete placement using the EBC radio remote controls down to the last millimetre
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financial cost. The building measures
comprised a new leisure centre complete 73

with swimming pool. The construction

company BUCKINGHAM POOLS used
a small concrete pump BSA 702 D which
had been rented from machine rentals
CBL PLANT HIRE at short notice for
lining the reinforced pool basin with
shotcrete.

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Placing 12 m3 of schotcrete per hour by hand

The BSA 702 D is excellently suited for shotcrete jobs

The shotcreting job began at the lower end
of the pool and was followed by evenly
shotcreting the walls. A 70 mm slump
material was used for the first shotcrete
layer, later the vertical areas were layered
with a 50 mm slump concrete. A separate
compressor provided the compressed air
required for the shotcreting process where-
by the compressed air was fed into the
delivery stream just in front of the nozzle.
Effective spray performance was 12 m3/h
concrete, an astonishingly high quantity for
the little universal concrete pump with
manually operated nozzle.
Putzmeister designed the compact BSA
702 D as a multi-functional concrete pump
with a maximum output of 20 m3/h to de-
liver shotcrete, mortar and self-levelling
screed. Just like the larger models in the
BSA series, the 702 D is equipped with
hard chromium-plated delivery cylinders,
pressure-proof S-transfer tubes and infinite-
ly variable output adjustments. The hori-
zontally dual-division pump hopper can be
folded down sideways and makes for easier
cleaning.

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❏ DYNAJET high pressure cleaner ........................................................MM 3474 Fax +49 (71 27) 599-520
❏ KOS-sludge pump ................................................................................IP 1082 Internet: http://www.putzmeister.de
❏ HSP-sludge pump ................................................................................IP 1971 E-mail: pmw@pmw.de

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