Project preparation and placement
Our Project Preparation department is on hand to offer additional support for big projects. They then visit the building site in advance and coordinate all details with the site construction manager. This includes where the project will start, what delivery sequence we should follow and what preparations are needed beforehand. They use this information to devise a delivery plan to guarantee sound and safe retaining wall delivery.
Preparation
We discuss the delivery preparation with our customer to ensure smooth and satisfactory wall placement on site. Our team gives clear instructions for this. For example, the unloading point must be accessible and easy for transport to drive on. Sound preparation of the substrate is important for correct wall placement and project progress.
Placement options
- Directly placed with truck-mounted crane
- Self with mechanical clamp
- Via telescopic crane and a vacuum lifter
Our retaining walls do not include hoisting elements as standard. We work with regular transporters who deliver the retaining walls. We also work with regular and experienced placement drivers who place the walls from their own mobile crane. The placement driver is your point of contact during delivery and oversees the entire delivery and acceptance up to the last delivery trailer. He holds a valid VCA (SCC) and hoisting certificate. One hour’s placement time is included as standard.
Placement directly from the truck
Placement directly from the truck is the most advantageous as it avoids additional unloading and storage operations and guarantees faster placement. Sound preparation of the substrate is important for correct wall placement, as is the presence of an additional qualified staff member to assist our driver on site. It is important that the unloading site is readily accessible along paved roads and is easily passable for a six-axle truck with a maximum total weight of 50 tonnes and a maximum axle load of 12 tonnes per axle. There must also be sufficient space to extend the mobile crane’s outriggers. This placement method is not suitable for deep placement of retaining walls. In that case, please contact our advisors.
Placement using a clamp
You can place the retaining walls yourself using a clamp. For example, if the site is inaccessible for our truck, or the client wishes to carry out the placement themselves for other reasons. Our retaining walls do not include hoisting elements as standard. You can hire a suitable mechanical clamp, depending on the type and weight of the retaining wall that you wish to place. This clamp is easy to attach to a crane or shovel. It is important that the maximum liftable weight of the clamp and crane matches the weight of the retaining wall. The retaining wall weight is stated on the retaining wall sticker. Responsibility for suitable placement equipment and safety during execution lies with the client. Any damage incurred during placement is at your own expense.
Placement via telescopic crane
For walls higher than 3 meters, the elements are transported sideways due to their dimensions. At the construction site, the retaining walls are tilted and placed. This tilting can take place using our hydraulic vacuum clamp with which the tilting process takes place during the placement itself, saving construction time. A lifting jack or a battery clamp can also be chosen, depending on the situation and type of wall. To ensure safety, professional lifting assistance is always present during each placement. These assistants are responsible for safely and accurately operating the clamps. The assistants can carry out their work only if the client has correctly prepared the substructure in advance. The assistants are under the direction of the general contractor and the construction rules that apply on site.
Planning & Logistics
The Planning & Logistics department takes care of all outgoing transport so that our retaining walls reach our customers in the most efficient way possible. The team also makes delivery arrangements, instructs and supervises drivers and monitors stocks and delivery times. We work with regular and experienced drivers to place our retaining walls.
Our latest projects
Sustainable reinforcement of the Rijnkade in Arnhem with special retaining walls
Special retaining walls from Bosch Beton were used in the renovation of the Rijnkade in Arnhem to ensure that the Rijnkade will soon be able to last another 100 years.
Unique retaining walls for Scheveningen boulevard
In the renovation of the boulevard in Scheveningen, special retaining walls from Bosch Beton were used to replace the old seawall.
New silage clamps for 3rd generation farmer in Linsengericht
Mark Trageser’s dairy farm was founded by his great-grandfather in 1939. To expand his forage storage, the farmer chose silage clamps from Bosch Beton.
Construction of new 26,000 m2 trailer parking in Genk
Bosch Beton, in cooperation with Van Loo Projects, delivered more than 900 meters of retaining walls for the realization of a trailer parking lot in Genk.
Fire-resistant retaining walls as protection for battery containers
Koninklijke Dekker Hout has opened one of the first mega-battery parks in the Netherlands. For this project, Bosch Beton has installed prefab retaining walls as fire-resistant partition walls.
The Berflobeek in Hengelo watertight and future-proof again
By means of a special retaining wall solution, Bosch Beton has provided a watertight solution that allows the water from the city to drain properly again.
Retaining walls as foundation for sound barriers along the N206
Bosch Beton increasingly more often is being approached for supplying retaining walls for sound barriers along motorways. Thus it was also approached for the construction of the RijnlandRoute near Katwijk.
Three new silage clamps for a bull breeding farm in France
A bull breeding farm in the French region of Picardy was looking for an expansion in roughage storage to provide its growing number of bull calves with sufficient roughage throughout the year.
Retaining walls enrich Fraxern mountain village in Austria
In the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, local contractor Andreas Lins became familiar with Bosch Beton retaining walls around 2016. Since then, many houses and gardens in the region have been enriched with a solid retaining wall solution from Bosch Beton.
Retaining walls create solid ramp for underground garage
In addition to building a new home, the owner of a new construction project at the Zonneoordlaan street in Ede also decided to build a workshop with an underground garage.
Installation in practice
