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Edition 4Ideas and information for the clients of Concrib
Concrete sleeper walls don’t have to be grey. Concrib has introduced a new, tough and durable acrylic sealant that enhances sleeper walls — creating aesthetically pleasing structures that harmonise with the environment.
Choice of coloursAvailable in a range of colours including: charcoal, sand, biscuit, and many others.
Contemporary look and feelOnce coated, Concrib’s sleeper walls blend in well with the space saving metal columns used in their construction. These walls offer a stylish contemporary look and feel to any site.
Colour consistencyThe new sealant offers a more consistent colour than ordinary oxide concrete to ensure the retaining wall surface fits in well with your site.
In this issueProduct news: Durable acrylic sealant brings new life to concrete sleeper walls.
Project profile: Concrib builds first Stone Strong wall in Australia.
Due diligence updates: Workplace health and safety – what it means for your site.
Three easy steps to get the right solution for your project.
Brisbane: (07) 3375 1800 Fax (07) 3375 1777Email [email protected] Web www.concrib.com.au
No fade, no peelWhat’s more, it won’t fade, discolour or peel, which means your wall will continue to look great for years to come.
UV-stabilisedThe sealant is UV-stabilised to ensure its integrity against the harshest of Australian weather conditions. No matter how much sun your sleeper wall gets, you can be sure it won’t show.
Durable acrylic sealant brings new life to concrete sleeper walls
Product news
The recently completed sub-division at Dakabin – approximately 2,000 square metres of sealed wall.
Concrib recently won a tender by the Gold Coast Council for the design, construction, and certification of the first Stone Strong retaining wall System in Australia. The project involved building several retaining walls at different locations around a road upgrade site. Two of these walls comprised Stone Strong Systems (the first of their kind in Australia). These novel retaining wall systems are built from fully engineered interlocking concrete blocks, finished with aesthetically pleasing patterns and coloured sealants if required.
Project challenges1. Limited access to site area and limited space to store blocks for
construction.
2. Service locations (e.g. power/sewer/stormwater lines)
3. Upon initial excavation for detailed foundation earthworks, some sections of the subgrade were found to have insufficient bearing capacity for the design parameters of the walls.
Concrib’s solutionsIn response to these challenges, the Concrib team took steps to ensure that the project would succeed. These included:
1. Concrib initiated a “just in time” delivery schedule for the blocks. Two to three times daily during build operations, a semi-trailer would shuttle between Concrib’s casting yard and the site. Each time delivering the exact amount of blocks required for each section under construction. Once this was done, back-filling operations could proceed uninterrupted.
2. Taking service trench locations into account, and incorporating location specific treatments (such as deeper piers for some sections of the sleeper walls, as well as bridging piers and slabs).
3. Removing unsuitable sub-grade material and replacing it with imported select fill, which was compacted and certified to 98% standard M.D.D. (This work was carried out by Gold Coast City Council.)
Concrib builds first Stone Strong interlocking block retaining wall in Australia
Project profile
Project Quick Facts:Project: Gilston Road Upgrade
Client: Gold Coast City Council
Location: Gilston, Qld
Stats: Two Stone Strong walls with heights up to 6 metres, totalling 525 square metres face area.
Nine vertical cantilever concrete sleeper walls at different locations with heights up to 2.55m totalling 700 square metres of face area.
Principal: Gold Coast City Council
Consultant: Sleeper Walls Queensland Structural Engineering Pty. Ltd.
Stone Strong Fraser Geologics Ltd (NZ)
Geotech: Morrison Geotechnic Pty. Ltd.
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The benefits of Stone Strong SystemsStone Strong Systems are designed and manufactured for ease-of-use, versatility, longevity, and aesthetic appeal. Some of the benefits of these unique interlocking block retaining walls include:
1. Safe, secure, strong Stone Strong Systems provide ideal
earth stabilisation solutions for many diverse projects from shoreline protection, dump walls, and erosion control applications. Retained heights are only limited by the imagination, with straight gravity solutions up to 4.5 metres and reinforced earth applications well in excess of 10 plus metres readily available.
2. Innovative design and exceptional support
These fully engineered precast interlocking block retaining walls have earned a solid reputation for technical innovation and each installation is backed by Concrib’s unparalleled customer support.
The attractive webbed block design minimises concrete volume and transport/handling weight, while maximising geotechnical performance. Stone Strong’s main large block is 2.44m x .92m. So with a face area of 2.25 square metres per block, installation is rapid.
3. Peace of mind When it comes to quality, the precision
manufacturing and superior design of each block ensures that these walls are built to last. Close dimensional tolerances, robust structural design, and 50mPa concrete, allows for a minimum 100-year design life within a broad range of applications and engineering settings.
4. Aesthetic appeal In addition to their exceptional durablility
and versatility, Stone Strong Systems provide attractive and affordable earth stabilisation solutions. This is achieved through the decorative effects of facing patterns (such as chiselled stone or split blocks). Additionally, blocks can be coloured with a variety of special concrete sealants.
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At Concrib, we take workplace health and safety VERY seriously. Our complete commitment to OH&S is a part of everything we do, but what does it mean for you?
Peace of mindFirstly, it means you have complete peace of mind that while we’re on your site, our team is compliant with national health and safety regulations.
Skilled and trained workersIn addition to constantly working in accordance regulations, members of our highly skilled team have undergone extensive internal and external training in advanced first aid, working at heights, and other on-site safety measures.
Call us today to plan your next project. Brisbane: (07) 3375 1800 Fax (07) 3375 1777Email [email protected] Web www.concrib.com.au
Ready for anythingFor instance, all employees engaged in working at heights must complete abseiling courses to ensure that they are well prepared to work safely on wall faces.
Up to date with latest developmentsOn-job-safety documents (including all relevant safe work method statements, and risk hazard assessments) are readily available for reference and regularly reviewed.
Concrib team members are kept up to date with the latest health and safety requirements.
You’re in good handsA workplace health and safety officer and senior first aid certificate holders are always on hand to ensure that all work takes place in a safe, compliant manner.
What Concrib’s commitment to workplace health and safety means to you
Due diligence updates
Three easy steps to get the right solution for your project.
1 Talk to Concrib about your
design parameters.
You’ll benefit from our
25 years of experience in
engineered retaining systems.
2 We’ll analyse them with our
specialist design program.
You’ll be confident that
your solution complies with
the appropriate Australian
Standards (including AS3600
and AS4678).
3 We’ll provide you with a
complimentary preliminary
design spreadsheet.
This defines EXACTLY what
materials are involved, and
includes the required wall
sizing to meet your specific
application needs, as well as
ways to maximise the design
economy of construction.
The result?
A design that works.
AND fits within your budget.
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