Month: October 2019

  • Rock slingers for a quicker trench sanding & backfill

    Rock slingers for a quicker trench sanding & backfill

    This morning I found by chance this very interesting website (well, it is interesting if you like wind farm constructions…). Basically it is an Australian company using “rock slingers” (that is, conveyors belts connected to a dumper) to backfill trenches mounted on small vehicles (2.5 meters wide). The equipment is made by CAS, an American…

  • Risk & contingencies – a brief introduction

    One of the hot topics frequently discussed in the creation of the budget for big projects is the appropriate contingency level and how to estimate it. My colleague Giuseppe had found an interesting paper online that has been the starting point for this post. So, what are contingencies? Some far reaching definitions consider different typologies…