Equipment

AFDS has an extensive range of drilling and auxiliary support equipment which is unusual for a smaller operation and allows the company to offer a full foundation drilling and shoring service. Key equipment includes two self-erecting crawler drilling rigs. These rigs are capable of drilling from 300mm to 1800mm diameter holes to depths of 32m.

ABI MOBILRAM 13/16, 46T Self-Erecting Crawler Rig

• Sheet Piling - 16m
• Continuous Flight Auger Piering - 12m - 300mm to 600mm diameter
• Bored Piers - 12m - 300mm to 750mm diameter
• Soil Mixing
• Driven Piles

SOILMEC R210 32T Self Erecting Crawler Rig

• Continuous Flight Auger Piers - 16m - 300mm to 750mm diameter
• Bore Piers - 32m - 300mm to 1800mm diameter

UNIDRILL 28T Self-Erecting Crawler Rig

• Bored Piers - 18m - 300mm to 1500mm diameter

12T CFA Self Erecting Crawler Rig

• Continuous Flight Auger Piers 9m - 300mm to 600mm diameter

EXCAVATORS (also with drilling attachments)

30, 23, 13, and 5 Tonne

VIBRATORY HAMMERS

Used for installation and extraction of steel sheet piles and casings

DRILLING AND PILING EQUIPMENT

• Rock Augers (300mm – 1500mm diameter)
• Coring Augers (300mm - 1500mm diameter)
• Cleaning Buckets (300mm - 1500mm diameter)
• Continuous Flight Augers (300mm - 750mm diamter)

POSITRACK BOBCAT

TRANSCRETE TROJAN

Trailer Mounted Concrete Pump 40m³/hr

WELDING EQUIPMENT

Operations

The above equipment allows AFDS to provide the following services:

• Large diameter bored piling
• Continuous flight auger piling
• Contiguous and secant bored piled walls
• Driven steel tubes
• Vibrated steel sheeting
• Shotcreting
• Bulk Excavation
• Concrete pump services 

These techniques are used in the preparation of various structures:

• Support and retaining walls
• Foundations
• Deep basements
• Swimming pools
• Underground car parks
• Sign placements
• Bridge constructions
• Telecommunication towers

Because AFDS owns the above equipment, they are able to offer a complete drilling and excavation service from on-site evaluation through to site cleanup after their project is complete.

Technical Infomation