APE Tandem 400 King Kong Completed 12-foot Casing Installation For China’s TianXinZhou Bridge
MBEC (CHINA ZHONG-TIE MAJOR BRIDGE ENGINEERING GROUP) has just started another mega job on the Yangtze River. This is the largest cable stayed bridge for high speed train in the world.
Project Name: 6-mile Long Nanjing Da-Shen-Guan High-Speed Railway Bridge Project, part of the 900-mile Shanghai-Beijing High-Speed Bullet Train Mega-Project
Maximum Speed: 190 miles/hours
No. 8 Main Support: 46 ea 9 feet diameter 1” thick casings, 210 feet long, 286,000 pounds;
No. 7 Main Support: 46 ea 9 feet diameter 1” thick casings, 180 feet long, 242,000 pounds;
No. 6 Main Support: 46 ea 9 feet diameter 1” thick casings, 150 feet long, 200,000 pounds;
Equipment employed: two sets of APE Tandem Model 400 King Kongs
Contractor: China Zhong-Tie Major Bridge and Engineering Corp (MBEC)
APE China Engineer/Technician Mr. Yang, Yun Fu is on site providing technical service.
“We are proud to own two sets of APE Tandem King Kong, and we are extremely pleased with the superb service delivered by the APE team”, said Mr. Chen Rong Jian, General Manager of MBEC Equipment Division.
