ACM Project – Services Access Road – Meerschaum Vale NSW

PROJECT:

To construct a services access road through a swampy area for Country Energy Contractor vehicles.

LOCATION:

Marom Creek Road, MEERSCHAUM VALE NSW

PROJECT STATS:

• 36 square metres –
• 1 roll – 2.4m wide x 15m mat
• 1.5 hour start to finish
• 1 5 ton excavator with bucket
• 1 operator and 1 labourer

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Farm creek crossing and culvert entrance was dry due to drought so prime opportunity to clear out and construct a suitable hard surface access road for services to driveover without getting bogged and to avoide further erosion of the creek bed from fast flowing water.

WORKS UNDERTAKEN

• Excavator was used to clear debris and weeds along the creek and culvert opening and stabilise the base of the creek bed.
• Area was seeded for grass to grow under the mat
• Concrete Erosion rolls placed into position and unrolled into place
• The flexible nature of the mats ensured that it easily contoured to the curves of the creek bed.
• The bucket of the loader simply pulled the mat to straighten and into position
• Once the mat was in position the excavator drove over it to track the mat into the ground

RESULTS & BENEFITS:

• Reduce the velocity of the water when it flowed across the concrete mat
• Vegetation will grow through the mat and allow for the farmer to maintain into the future
• Reduce sediment loss and maintain a hard surface creek crossing
• Very efficient with time and resources.
• The works were completed swiftly, with minimal labour and effort
• Once laid the mats start working straight away.