Separate placing booms are becoming a more common construction method for placing concrete with today’s construction methods as modern buildings are designed taller, more complex and concrete placement demands grow larger due to the efficiencies separate placing booms can provide on modern job sites.
SCP has a wide variety of mounting options for separate placing booms in which we would be pleased to discuss with you to determine the efficiencies they can provide on your next project.
Conventional Mast Systems
Conventional mast systems can be installed by initially free-standing on a static base or by being installed through and being supported by suspended slabs. Conventional mast systems can typically free-stand to a maximum height of 20 metres. Conventional mast systems require custom slab penetrations for the separate placing boom system to be fixed to and supported by. Penetrations must be the size the manufacturer requires and must be precisely measured and located to avoid issues on site.
Conventional mast systems can self-climb up through the building or use the site’s crane to climb the mast system. Slab supported installations typically require propping for a number of floors below the mast system. There are minimum floor spacing requirements to prevent damage to the mast system while installed through floors.
Lattice Tower Mast System
Lattice tower mast systems are required to be installed on a static base. Typically the static base is a concrete base installed on ground level on site, however, SCP can provide manufactured bases for installation on suspended slabs or in the event it is not possible to pour a concrete base on site.
Some advantages of the lattice tower mast system are as follows:
Lattice tower mast systems can be increased in heights throughout different stages of the project. One of SCP’s innovations is the development of a self-climbing frame to climb lattice tower systems in a similar method in which tower cranes self-climb. SCP have 3 different types of lattice tower systems available.
Hydraulic Jump Form System Mounting
There are various methods of mounting separate placing booms to a hydraulic jump form system. SCP has many years of experience in assisting with the design process of installing separate placing booms to hydraulic jump form systems.
Some advantages of installing separate placing booms to hydraulic jump form systems are:
Crane Crawler Carrier Mounting
SCP has a mobile crane crawler carrier that has been designed, through SCP’s research and development, to carry a separate placing boom. Some types of projects that may be suitable for the crawler carrier / separate placing boom configuration may be:
SCP can tow a high pressure stationary concrete pump behind the crawler carrier. We would be pleased to further discuss the advantages of the crawler carrier / separate placing boom mounting option in further detail with you.
