Concrete Sheet Pile Capping Beam

Welding or cutting of piles is not necessary.

Concrete sheet pile capping beam.

Steel sheet pile quay walls utilise certain concrete components namely the capping beam and fender cope. The concrete cap serves to mask the inevitable irregularities in sheet pile length penetration depth and line. Sheet pile capping beam formwork systems using timber formwork creates an unsafe method of working in most applications due to the lack of structural calculations and no handrails and rival systems are heavy and need a crane and lifting plans and only form the soffit of the sheet pile capping beam formwork system fast form provides one full sheet pile capping formwork system complete with. It is designed solely for use on sheet piles.

The fender cope serves to support the fender units and in addition can act as a cladding for the steel piles in the tidal zone to protect them against corrosion. Pile caps can also be linked together with reinforced concrete to create a capping beam. Sheet piles are generally capped for aesthetic purposes. It can also be a highly technical job with a great deal of manpower required and considerable material wastage to say nothing of difficulties of access on harbour works and similar situations.

Capping beams are also suitable for distributing the weight of a load bearing wall or of close centred columns to a line of piles. Capping sheet pile formwork systemthe only purpose made sheet pile capping system available for concrete cap formwork is faster and more cost effective than any on site lash ups the redeb bracket and soffit panel cab be assembled and re used by unskilled labour. The cap is required to transmit lateral loads along the wall. There are 3 models of redeb bracket rsb500 rsb600 and rsb700.