Emily Fraher

Southampton’s port is one of Europe’s leading cruise turn-around ports and the construction of its 5th terminal is already underway. The cruise terminal is being built in the port’s Western Docks at 102 Berth and will be ready to welcome the world’s biggest ships from summer 2021. We are working at Dock Gate 10 for

Cheltenham Track Sawing – This is the final removal of the capping beam that we cut for a client using our hilti TS20 track saw. We had to do over 100m of horizontal cuts 300mm deep, then a series of vertical cuts to reduce the weight and size down to the ‘safe working load’ for the

Wire Sawing Cheltenham – This project required us to cut this parapet into manageable sections for removal using an excavator. We had to cut a chase in the back of the parapet using our Hilti DCH150-SL as we found a chamfer when they dug out the back. This wasn’t supposed to be there but as we all

This is an update to show the after effects of using the Hilti WS15 Wire saw to cut this block into manageable sections for the client to remove using an excavator. These photo’s show the cuts required to reduce the weight down to below the ‘Safe Working Load’ of the excavator. This saved the client

Wire Sawing Old Concrete Staircase for Removal- The client was previously breaking stairs with small machines and was struggling due to hardness of the concrete. Therefore we are using the Wire Saw to plunge the wire down the back and then pull the wire through the bottom using the Hilti WS15. 

This is our apprentice Liam perfecting his skill with the Hilti TS20 Track saw. These are photos of cutting upstand into 2m sections for removal.

Will is taking his assessment next week to become a fully qualified NVQ level 2 Drilling and sawing operative. This will be carried out in Nottingham at the The Drilling and Sawing Association (DSA) head quarters for two days…good luck Will!