Project Details » Ford Engine Plant (Bridgend)
Ford Engine Plant (Bridgend)
- Location Area - Bridgend, S.Wales
- Contract Duration - 12 Months
- Type of Work - Diamond Floor Sawing
- Value - £150,000.00
The Ford Factory in Bridgend had been at the forefront of car engine building for over 30 years. To plan for future expansion and development, Ford decided to modernise parts of the plant by installing new machinery with the latest technology.
One of the problems faced by Fords was that the weight of new machinery was too heavy for the existing factory floor slab at the installation areas.
It was decided that the existing 300mm thick reinforced concrete floor slab would have to be cut and removed with a stronger slab constructed on completion. There were approx 6No areas approx 400 mtrs x 400 mtrs square which needed to be removed.
Denver Construction supplied 2No large 65Hp diesel diamond floor saws to cut up each of the 400mtr square openings into 1.0 mtr square blocks x 300mm depth. Each block was then lifted out and removed by telescopic forklifts.
During the programme of works Denver Construction Services carried out over 7000 lin-mtrs of saw cutting, and by the end of March 2005 the project had been successfully completed on schedule.