Heichal Shlomo, Jerusalem
Excavation and shoring at Heichal Shlomo, on King George Street in Jerusalem, for Heichalei HaMelech Shlomo Ltd.: 80,000 m³ of excavation and rock cutting, all recycled and taken to Sanhedria HaMurchevet, shoring with micropiles, anchors and shotcrete, and dismantling of façade stones for conservation.
- Client
- Heichalei HaMelech Shlomo Ltd.
- Location
- King George Street, Jerusalem
- Years
- 2016
- Status
- Completed
Services
Quantities executed
- 80,000 m³Excavation, rock cutting and recycling
- approx.5,100 mMicropiles for shoring, 45 cm diameter (contract quantity)
- approx.5,500 m²Shotcrete on the shoring (contract quantity)
- 225 anchorsTemporary and permanent anchors (contract quantity)
- 147 tReinforcing steel (contract quantity)
The challenge
Heichal Shlomo stands on King George Street, in the heart of Jerusalem. We excavated and cut 80,000 m³ there, and shored the pit with micropiles up to 15 m long, anchors of 45 to 60 tonnes and shotcrete. Alongside the excavation we dismantled 200 m² of façade stones for conservation and put them back. The excavated material was not landfilled: all of it was recycled and taken to the Sanhedria HaMurchevet project, with the approval of the Jerusalem Municipality's Environmental Quality Department.
What we did
- Excavation and rock cutting to any depth, recycling and transfer to Sanhedria HaMurchevet80,000 m³
Scope of the shoring and related works per the bill of quantities (lump sum; contract quantities):
- Rock cutting for slabs and foundations1,100 m³
- Micropiles for shoring, 45 cm diameter, up to 15 m5,100 m, plus 600 m of additional length
- Micropiles, 35 cm diameter500 m
- B30 shotcrete on the shoring5,500 m²
- Temporary and permanent anchors, 45–60 t225 anchors
- Rock bolts65 bolts
- Reinforcing steel147 t
- Dismantling of façade stones for conservation and reinstatement200 m²
What sets it apart
Two very different kinds of work on the same site: excavation and shoring on a scale of 80,000 m³, and dismantling façade stones for conservation and putting them back. And everything excavated went back into use: as fill at Sanhedria HaMurchevet, not to a landfill.
