Hancock Breweries in Skive has been an important part of the city's business community for over 130 years. Hancock Breweries is known for their traditional and artisanal approach to beer brewing, and their focus on quality and taste. In 2021, the company chose to expand the factory to increase production.
During the construction, the municipality had a requirement regarding the handling and seepage of surface water on the site. WaterCare met project manager Bo Christensen from the construction company Jens Dalsgaard in connection with the project.
Bo had started calculating how many traditional rainwater cassettes would be needed for the project, but quickly realized that it could be made easier. His boss introduced him to WaterCare’s Faskine Tunnels, and Bo was excited. After investigating the product, the project manager realized that it would require fewer units and have the ability to withstand heavy traffic loads, making it possible to place them close to the factory. The total 66,000 liter Faskine Tunnel, consisting of 12 units, replaces approximately 500 units of 127 liter rainwater cassettes, which would otherwise have had to be assembled by hand down in the hole.
“You just have to dig a big hole”
Bo praises WaterCare for developing products with the future in mind and the challenges we face with increasing rainfall. Although it was the first time Bo had encountered WaterCare’s Faskinetunnel, he was impressed by how simple and easy the system was, and he felt that only a brief tutorial was needed. “The streamlining of the workflow was a great advantage, where the modules were quickly and easily lifted into the excavation by machine lifting in the cast-in lifting eyes and assembled with the excavator.”
The work was easily carried out with the help of the machines that could lift the Faskine tunnels into place, so that they only needed to be screwed together. This led to a significant streamlining of the workflow. Bo is very satisfied with the project and is looking positively to the future with the increasing requirements for surface water infiltration.
The Faskine tunnel was a great advantage in this project because of its unique ability to carry heavy traffic loads. Bo points out that this allowed them to place it closer to the factory, as trucks often drive with heavy loads, especially on a turnaround like this. He believes that having it on the site itself rather than having to look for extra space elsewhere is a fantastic advantage.
Bo sees many advantages in the modular system, which can be adapted to different base sizes and shapes: “It can be tailored to any need.” The Faskine tunnels are especially brilliant for larger projects, such as halls, industry and large squares: “You can adapt it to whatever you want. We had a long Faskine tunnel of 66,000 liters because that was what suited our needs. We even made it a little bigger, even though we only needed 61,000 liters, to be on the safe side.”
Bo sees enormous potential in WaterCare's Faskinetunnel: “It's a fantastic product that can solve all our challenges, and it's especially useful for larger projects like halls, industry and large squares, as it's an easy tool to use.”