Corrugated aluminium plate culverts have been used around the world for over 60 years and are a proven option for many civil infrastructure applications. Multi-plate 100+ is a premium, enhanced durability range of aluminium culverts engineered to achieve a 100 year design life in New Zealand conditions. CSP Pacific also supplies culverts for less demanding applications - galvanised Steel Multi-plate for up to 50 years service life and standard Aluminium Multi-plate for 75 years service life.
For more information on the durability, performance and methods for predicting the service life of CSP Pacific's range of Multi-plate structures click here.
Multi-plate 100+ culverts span up to 8m (depending on the loading and backfill). For spans exceeding 8m refer to CSP Pacific's SuperCor™ information.
Application Versatility
The versatility of Multi-plate structures is limited only by engineering inventiveness. Traditional uses include culverts - small and large, bridges, storm drains, pedestrian and stock underpasses. However, other applications include mine and tunnel portal protection, conveyor housings, water tanks, caissons, underground storage facilities, and even wineries.
Cost Benefits
Multi-plate 100+ installation can provide many advantages:
- Premium durability culvert option offering service life of 100 years.
- Culverts are designed by Project Engineers however CSP Pacific can review the structural design and issue Producer Statement PS2 (Design Review).
- Aluminium oxidation products look similar to the metal itself so there is no ‘rusty’ appearance.
- Fast economical job completion.
- Simple assembly of the culvert - please note the project requires engineering supervision and the backfilling of the structure requires skill and experience.
- Low equipment costs for assembly due to the very light weight of the average plate, i.e. less than 75kg.
- Pre-assembly reduces inconvenience and cost to maintain existing services.
Ease of Installation
Easy installation of Multi-plate 100+ structures offer very real benefits to specifiers in both normal and difficult situations. The easily handled corrugated plate system can be erected on-site - an ideal solution for remote areas where access is difficult - or delivered to site fully assembled if access and transport regulations allow, where fast job completion is vital.
Multi-plate structures derive their strength through interaction of the surrounding backfill. Design and supervision of this should be conducted by an experienced engineer. The site engineer is to ensure that assumptions made at the design stage are present on site and that backfilling is in accordance with the specification.
Note: Multi-plate structures are not stocked items. A lead time for manufacture can be provided following the design and consultation process.
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