Port of Tilbury - Border Inspection Post (BIP) pavement investigation and assessment
Fjori was employed by Balfour Beatty through their consultants to establish and report on the cause of the pavement defects presenting themselves at the Tilbury Docks Border Inspection Post (BIP) and associated contained aisle pavements.
- Balfour Beatty
- Fjori Ltd
- Tilbury, UK
- 2012
- Port pavement engineering
- Heavy-duty pavement analysis and advice
- Defect investigation
- Evaluation of defect cause
- Reporting with maintenance recommendations
- Use of multiple heavy-duty pavement design techniques to evaluate structural design
- Assessment of steel fibre reinforced pavements
- Design assessment for straddle carriers and reach stacker in zoned pattern
- Development of operational process model to determine loading
Fjori was approached due to its specialist knowledge and experience with heavy duty port pavements, including block paving, concrete, and asphalt pavements.
To assess the loading environment, Fjori developed an operational process model, carefully considering the BIP operation.
Fjori used multiple pavement analysis techniques in order to assess the adequacy of constructed steel fibre reinforced concrete pavements. Steel fibre reinforcement has been around since the 1970s and continues to evolve with time. The bents and hooks are crucial to the fibre’s anchoring performance and subsequent concrete ductility. Unlike traditional reinforcement, steel fibre concrete reinforcement actively reinforces every part of the concrete pavement structure, allowing them to control small cracks immediately after they occur.
Fibre reinforced concrete behaves very differently to traditionally reinforced concrete and requires specialist knowledge to design and assess.