APE Tandem 400 King Kong Installs Super Large Diameter Piles For Largest Bridge Ever Built by Mankind
On August 9, 2004 , MBEC ( CHINA ZHONG-TIE MAJOR BRIDGE ENGINEERING GROUP CO.,LTD) drove down the first steel casing into the Yangtzu River with APE Tandem Model 400 Vibro . The steel casing is 2.8 meter in diameter, 20 mm in thickness and 42 meters in length. The first part of the casing is 27 meter long. After driving down the first part, they welded up the second part which is 15 meter. The casing was driven 35 meter into the soil. MBEC will drive 40 casings ea for two piers of Su-Tong Bridge.
