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Client
Henderson & Taylor, Essex Highways
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Services
Smartraft®, VRS
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Start Date
29th March 2021
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End Date
25th May 2021
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Location
Army & Navy Junction, Chelmsford Essex
The Challenge
This project included a significant amount of re-design and civil engineering work to provide an improved VRS solution at the junction.
Installation of VRS would typically include driven posts or concrete foundations up to and over 1,000mm in depth.
Physical constraints including services, drainage and hard ground made using traditional installation methods problematic.
The Solution
Arbus offered a new innovative product, Smartraft® as a potential foundation solution for the VRS system.
After careful consideration and planning, Henderson & Taylor and Essex Highways accepted trialling Smartraft® with an integrated kerb face on the project.
The Result
Using Smartraft®, which included radius for some sections and an integrated HB2 kerb face, did present its own challenges in ground preparation and connections to existing safety fencing systems, but overall the solution was successful.
Together with the team at Henderson & Taylor and Essex Highways, all obstacles were mitigated safely and efficiently.
