Airport Prefabricated Vehicle Pits

The project: To dig out ten old pits and replace them with nine new pits within a 12 weeks period, whilst the workshop was still under 24 hour operation.

Pit specification: Nine working pits, each 17 metres long, 1.25 metres wide and 1.65 metres deep.

The problem: The bus garage based in Scotland needed to install new pits due bus design changes, such as lower floors affecting under body access and the change in the size of modern buses.  It was not an option to close down the workshop whilst the project took place, the replacement pits were installed in a 24 hour fully operational workshop.  The waste away generated had to be cleared on a daily basis to keep the workshop as clear as possible.

Solution: To keep workshop disruption to a minimum, Premier Pits worked on sections of three or four pits at a time.  Each pit was broken out individually and replaced with a new one before moving onto the next. This approach made it possible for Premier Pits to work efficiently whilst the workshop operated its day to day routine.  The waste away generated is generally cleared after the dig outs have been completed, so to clear on a daily basis from this site required extra time and labour but did not delay the project.

Outcome:  The bus garage undertook a complete pit replacement involving ten old pits and nine new pits without having to close down the workshop and within the 12 weeks allocated.