Newsletter Construction Gilbert May 2022

MAY NEWSLETTER

Hello ,

Summer is just around the corner and Gilbert is ready for the busy season. In the last few weeks we have had many opportunities to meet with our customers and new potential contractors. The team is looking forward to another great season.

--------------- WHAT'S NEW ?

Our Gilbert HD Hammer : Coming soon!

The Gilbert Hydraulic Drop Hammer will be launched in the next weeks. With its 8 foot vertical travel, the hammer delivers the most massive weight and drop in the industry. The Gilbert HD Hammer is suited for sheet piles, H-beams, tubes & timber piles and concrete piles.

The Gilbert Duo will help you achieve your pile driving work twice as fast.

Stay tuned !

--------------- WHAT'S NEW ?

Our team at the 1st edition of Driven Pile Academy

In April, Gilbert attended the first edition of the “Driven Pile Academy”. It was a successful event where contractors, engineers and owners learned more about pile driving technicalities and had hands-on opportunity to see a large range of pile driving equipment in real-life situations. Special thanks to PDCA and team for organizing this great event.

--------------- DEALER NEWS

Heidi visits the three Shearforce teams

Since 2017, ShearForce Equipment has been an outstanding sales representative for the Gilbert Grizzly MultiGrip Pile Driver.

Their involvement has played a significant role in the development and success of both the MG-60 and MG-90 Pile Drivers on the Canadian and American West Coast.

A key application of the pile driver in Alberta and British Columbia has been the pipeline industry.

Several MG-90s are at work in the field installing sheet piles along the pipeline construction sites.

In April, Heidi Danbrook, Sales Manager at Gilbert visited all three ShearForce facilities.
In Airdrie, Alberta, she was pleased to meet with Andrew Young, Branch Manager as well as Travis Ostermeier.

The following day, she met with the Derek Basey, Branch Manager and Heather Bucyk at their new office and factory in Leduc, Alberta.

Heidi then flew to the head office in beautiful Langley, BC, where she met with the President, Brad Dewit and his dedicated team: Glen Devries, Territory Manager, John Zietsma, Jeremy Huebert and Nolan Dewit.

ShearForce specializes in a wide variety of excavator attachments. To know more about their products, we strongly encourage you to contact their dynamic team.

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--------------- JOB STORY

The MG-90 at work under the bridge

A Gilbert Grizzly MultiGrip MG-90 vibro from the Foundiz rental fleet at work under height restrictions under an existing bridge over the Twente Channel near the city of Almelo in The Netherlands. Very impressive work by the professionals of the contractors Joint Venture of Van Oord – Hakkers – Beens. Temporary and permanent sheet piles AZ24- 700 with a lengths up to 13,5 metres were driven from a barge in parts of 2 metres. During pile driving the channel remained open for shipping traffic. Also interested in a Gilbert Grizzly MultiGrip vibro? Foundiz is our exclusive dealer in the Benelux, Baltic States and Scandinavia.

This application is a perfect fit for the Gilbert Side Grip arm technology, which can handle sheet piles in conditions with challenging space restrictions.

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