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Domestic and large industrial firms and institutions have sought out the URETEK group with special problems.
The URETEK group has completed many atypical projects over several decades. Peculiar under water foundation injections at a submarine construction plant, filling of enormous cavities in a mountain. The stabilization and lifting of a 1.000 ton natural gas drilling tower (2006. Makó), the stabilization of high voltage tanks during normal operation hours, special work on military installations. Our firm always has a positive attitude and is ready to act. We do not know impossibilities!
In can happen with oil and natural gas exploration towers that during drilling operations the subsoil loosens due to the significant dynamic loading. Then the tower’s stability is reduced and the tower begins to tilt. The halting of drilling, disassembly of the tower and re-erecting on stable foundations is a huge expense in the oil industry. With URETEK we have successfully stabilized a 1,000 ton drilling tower. The drilling was already several thousand meters deep when one side of the tower begin to tilt significantly. The drilling was stopped and traditional methods were used in an attempt to upright the tower, but the subsoil proved to be unstable, which led to a catastrophic subsidence. Our firm was called in at to inject. The URETEK team successfully stabilized the tower in 8 days in -12 C degree cold. At one section several centimeters of lifting was achieved. The stabilized subsoil allowed the traditional methods to be used to lift the tower more than 10 cm. The use of URETEK meant that the tower did not have to be disassembled and reassembled at another location, which saved millions of dollars for the exploration company. The drilling proceeded and brought up the awaited result.
Covered shafts can sometimes cause surprises to engineers. The location of the shaft seen in the picture was known by the planners, however the state of the shaft was not known. When the 5 meter wide concrete covering was removed they were stunned to find that it was not filled like the nearby shafts. The depth of the shaft was 250 meters and the video inspection of the structure revealed that the sides had deformed due to soil pressure. Since the engineers were concerned that the soil could cave into the shaft over the years, the filling of the shaft became a priority before the construction of the new building foundation. The engineers decided to use the URETEK BENEFIL resin. The URETEK BENEFIL material was filled into the shaft within days.
For certain kinds of work it is important that the job be done at special times during the day. For example for road work, traffic limitation or diversions could cause major disturbances which could be unacceptable by the customer. The URETEK firm is always ready to perform such work according to the time allotment determined by the ordering customer. For example at airports it is generally better to work from midnight to 4 A.M., with the condition that if an airplane has to land, we should be able to get our equipment off of the runway in 10 minutes. URETEK is ready to perform such especially time dependent jobs.
The URETEK group often encounters specialty slabs. For example ice hockey rinks or factory floors which contain heating, cooling or material supply pipes. In these cases the URETEK method represents multiple savings to the customer compared with the traditional methods. After proper inspection we can perform the injections in such a way that the floors do not need to be excavated. The injections take a lot less time then the traditional methods. Therefore months of implementation time can be saved often, at the same time the use of the premises is only slightly constrained.
With the URETEK company you have found a reliable partner for your projects. Turn to us with confidence!
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