Rapidshor - notable projects

1. Notable Projects
Rapidshor
High duty, adaptable shoring

2. Summary
• Arabian Ranches
• Twin Bridges
• Mafraq Interchange
• Mt Lindesay Highway Overpass
• Nad Al Sheba
• South Australian Health & Medical
Research Institute
• The Yas Hotel
• Flinders Centre for Innovation in
Cancer
• Sitra Bridges
• Northern Busway
• Zallaq Bridges
• Victoria Point Shopping Centre
• Shahama - Saadiyat Freeway
• Saadiyat Expressway
• A2M2
• Telfer Mine
• Stacket Bridge
• Reem Island Bridges

3. Arabian Ranches, UAE
Contractor: Taisei Corporation
Location: Dubai, UAE
Construction of 11 structures being
built concurrently. Rapidshor was
designed in modular towers to
not only allow plan curves to be
incorporated, but also for quick
and easy movement and re-use
on site to meet tight deadlines.

4. Twin Bridges, Australia
Contractor: Fulton Hogan
Location: Princes Highway, Flinders, NSW
In their design brief for the Twin
Bridges project, Fulton Hogan
had a number of challenges to
overcome. They needed a
falsework system to support not
only the soffit of the bridge but
also the formwork which is
needed to cast the wings.
The Rapidshor shoring system
fulfilled these requirements very
successfully.

5. Mafraq Interchange, UAE
Contractor: China Civil Engineering & Contracting Co
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Construction of 3 bridge
decks, utilising over
100,000m3 of Rapidshor.
The largest 2 spans were
constructed first, with the
third span being
constructed from
equipment reused from the
previous 2.

6. Mt Lindesay Highway Overpass, Australia
The overpass is 125.5m from
abutment to abutment and the bridge
is approximately 9m to the top of
the slab.
The Rapidshor shoring system was
used for soffit support, with Alform
Beam as primary bearers on a deck
that was used under the Megashor,
as a working deck and for access.
Approximately 90,000kg of
Rapidshor and Super Slim Soldiers
were supplied to the site for Stage 2.
Contractor: L.D.I. Constructions Pty Ltd
Location: Mt. Lindesay High, Queensland

7. Nad Al Sheba Bridges, UAE
Contractor: Afcons
Location: Dubai, UAE
Construction of the bridge
leading to the main grandstand.
Linked Rapidshor towers
support Superslim & GTX Beam
slab support.
Rapidshor was selected as
Afcons required a product that
was flexible, to allow reuse on
other sites.

8. S. Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
Contractor: System Formwork Pty Ltd
Location: West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
Within Levels 3 to 5 there are
approximately 400t of
Rapidshor shoring system.
Given the structural requirements
of the building through its
erection phase, Rapidshor was
chosen as the preferred high-
strength shoring system, as it
has been designed to safely
withstand both the concrete
weights of Levels 5 and 6
together.

9. The Yas Hotel, UAE
Contractor: Al Futtaim Carillion
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
A number of different RMD Kwikform
systems were used to construct this complex
hotel.
Rapidshor was used in a birdcage
configuration, supported by Megashor and
R700, designed to support and incorporate
the node points used to help position the
steel ladder sections of the gridshell shroud.

10. Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer
The first level, was
approximately 9.5m from the
ground with gantry support for
site access incorporated.
A further two levels sit above
this floor at approximately 3.5m
high per floor. Rapidshor was
utilized to support the high level
concrete slab, while its
enhanced leg capacity enabled
the gantry structure to support
the opening required, while the
structure is formed above.
Contractor: NEWGEN Formwork Pty Ltd
Location: Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia

11. Sitra Bridges, Bahrain
Contractor: Gamuda
Location: Manama, Bahrain
Construction of a new 3 lane
highway intersection.
Rapidshor was selected due to
its flexibility to deal with the
varying soffit heights from 4m
- 14m.

12. Northern Busway, Australia
The key area of work consisted of
design and supply of the
Rapidshor shoring to the soffit of
a voided slab which was 1800mm
deep.
The area of the slab to be poured
was 700m² and the propping
height ranged from 6.5m up to 10m.
In total RMD Australia supplied
over 5000m³ of Rapidshor which
also included the Rapidshor
Captive Deck System, which
provided a safe working platform.
Contractor: Abigroup Contractors Pty Ltd
Location: Windsor to Kendron, Brisbane, Queensland

13. Zallaq Bridges, Bahrain
Contractor: Hafeera & IJM JV
Location: Manama, Bahrain
Construction of a 7 span bridge
across the Zallaq highway to
Bahrain University.
Rapidshor shoring used to
support the 240m span across
the existing highway.

14. Victoria Point Shopping Centre, Australia
Contractor: Swiftform
Location: Victoria Point, Queensland
The Rapidshor shoring system
was used with Albeam as
primary beams, with a leg grid of
1.8m x 2.4m.
The Rapidshor shoring system
supported 3m Airodek Beams
and Airodek panels, with a 3m x
1.8m leg grid.
The client enjoyed excellent turn
around, saving time and labour in
the stripping process because
Rapidshor disassembles very
quickly.

15. Shahama - Saadiyat Freeway, UAE
Contractor: Taisei (Abu Dhabi)
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Construction of 7 bridges
carrying 6 lanes of traffic in
each direction.
5 of the 6 bridges were
constructed using over
60,000m3 Rapidshor due to
speed of erection and modular
nature of the system.
Product training on Rapidshor
and site supervision were also
provided for the duration of the
project.

16. Boggo Road Busway, Australia
The Boggo Road Busway is an
elevated roadway constructed at
Wooloongabba in Brisbane, it
consists of 12 headstocks that are
40m long, 2.5m wide and 1.9m
high with radiussed ends,
approximately 7m high with a
precast plank deck, and parapet.
RMD Australia was contracted to
design and supply the Rapidshor
shoring system, Megashor
shoring system, and Super Slim
Soldiers.
Contractor: Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd and SKM JV
Location: Wooloongabba, Queensland

17. Saadiyat Expressway, UAE
Contractor: Leightons Construction (Abu Dhabi)
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Construction of a 10 lane, 6.5km
highway linking Abu Dhabi city
with Saadiyat Island.
215,000m3 Rapidshor was
supplied for the construction of
the 8 in situ, box girder
bridges, totalling 1.6km.

18. A2 /M2 Viaduct, UK
Contractor: CSM JV
Location: Kent, UK
Rapidshor was used in
conjunction with Kwikstage and
Megatruss to construct the new
viaduct over the Medway river
and live railway lines.
Rapidshor was used in a
birdcage assembly for the
approach viaduct, due to its
strength and ability to cope
with sloping ground.

19. Telfer Mine, Australia
The Telfer Gold Mine went through
a $1.19 billion upgrade in recent
years. Its located 485km south-
east of Port Hedland, where
mining is the sole industry.
All levels were formed utilising
17mm plywood decking, Alform
secondary bearers and Super Slim
Soldier primary bearers. All
suspended floor slabs were
supported utilising RMD’s
Rapidshor shoring system.
Contractor: DTMT Construction
Location: West of Port Hedland, WA

20. Stacket Bridge, Sweden
Contractor: Skanska
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Construction of arch
suspension rail bridge was
planned to span the 126 metre
wide River Staksund at Staket
near Stockholm.
Rapidshor was used to support
for the bridge arches and outer
sections of the horizontal rail
deck. Due to its strength, the
amount of equipment required
was minimised, reducing the
overall weight of equipment
required to support the arch.

21. Reem Island Bridges, UAE
Contractor: CCECC
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Construction of bridges
spanning over a canal which is
20m wide and 6m
deep.
The Rapidshor system was
erected in modules which were
crane handled onto the canal
floor. As the bridges are being
constructed, the canal is being
slowly filled with water.