{"id":5786,"date":"2016-08-17T17:09:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T17:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=5786"},"modified":"2016-08-17T17:09:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T17:09:17","slug":"ale-heavy-lifts-revolutionary-mega-jack-system-performs-first-jack-up-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/ale-heavy-lifts-revolutionary-mega-jack-system-performs-first-jack-up-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"ALE Heavy Lift&#8217;s revolutionary Mega Jack system performs first jack-up in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ale-heavylift.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ALE Heavy Lift<\/a> has used the revolutionary Mega Jack system for the first time in Europe as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Albert-Canal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Albert Kanaal<\/a> Project in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5791\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-111.jpg\" alt=\"Albert-Kanaal-111\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-111.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-111-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-111-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-111-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Mega Jack system, engineered to push structures of staggering weights and sizes, was utilised to jack-up the main bridge of a bridge heightening project in Genk, Belgium.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5790\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-121.jpg\" alt=\"Albert-Kanaal-121\" width=\"558\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-121.jpg 558w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-121-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jacking-up the bridge sections was the first phase of the project. The main bridge, with a span of 180m and weight of 4,500t, along with the two side bridges, weighing 536t each, were jacked-up 2.9m in three consecutive days. This enabled the client to adjust the foundations and finish other civil works over the following three weeks, before ALE jacked-down the main and the two side bridges on the adjusted foundations. Eventually, the height allowance of the bridge for ships to pass under was increased with 2.4m.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5788\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-71.jpg\" alt=\"Albert-Kanaal-71\" width=\"556\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-71.jpg 556w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-71-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jos Baelemans, Project Engineer<em>, <\/em>said: \u201cOne of the challenges was to utilise a computerised jacking system with a jacking accuracy of +\/- 0.3mm and a read-out accuracy of +\/- 0.01mm. \u00a0Furthermore, as the bridge foundations were located close to the quayside, a system was required with a high jacking capacity and a small footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5787\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-91.jpg\" alt=\"Albert-Kanaal-91\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-91.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-91-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-91-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Albert-Kanaal-91-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALE Heavy Lift has used the revolutionary Mega Jack system for the first time in Europe as part of the Albert Kanaal Project in Belgium. 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