Ashtead Technology - General - London, UK wide

Date: 19 Mar 2010

Vibration monitors protects property during works.

Vibration instrumentation on hire from Ashtead Technology helped a firm of engineering contractors to ensure that remediation of contaminated land did not incur costly structural damage to nearby properties.

Phil Evans, a Site Manager for Leeds based VHE, said: "The company's core business is brownfield land reclamation and remediation. Much of our work involves hard break out, soil excavation and processing and for many sites it may be necessary to monitor vibrations levels in nearby buildings, particularly when contaminated material is being removed from household gardens.

"The Vibrock V901 can detect when vibrations are approaching levels of concern, in which case alternative remedial methods can be employed.

The V901 from Ashtead enabled us to measure the vibrations from a number of different projects happening simultaneously and in each case helped us to carry out the remediation work safely and effectively.

Ashtead Technology's Alan Hasson, added: "Vibration monitoring instrumentation represents an important market for us and we have made considerable investment in our fleet to ensure that we have the very best technologies available.

"A major benefit of renting is the flexibility that it provides; customers have access to the most up-to-date instrumentation on the market but avoid the capital cost associated with buying outright."

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