Wirtgen Group: Driving excellence on greenfield projects with innovative machines

Purvanchal Expressway is a prestigious greenfield project under construction in India. It commences near village Chand Sarai, located at Lucknow-Sultanpur road (NH-731), district Lucknow and concludes near village Haidaria on National Highway No 19, before 18 km of UP-Bihar border, in district Ghazipur. This project had been envisaged knowing its strategic importance to uplift the eastern part of the state along with providing seamless connectivity to the state capital and national capital through other greenfield expressways in the state viz., Agra to Lucknow Expressway and Yamuna Expressway.

The Purvanchal Expressway being the greenfield alignment entails an enormous requirement of approximately 2.34 crore cu m of earthwork, 16 lakh cu m of WMM, and 10 lakh cu m of asphalt paving.

Perfect foundation with Hamm 311 soil compactor
A fleet of 53 Hamm compactors has been in action across the expressway length contributing to accelerate the pace of construction with quality compaction. Made in India Hamm 311 soil compactor with an operating weight of 11 ton and a 2.14 m wide vibration drum ensures high compaction force and a large static linear load of up to 30 kg/cm on the construction site. The 3-Point

Articulation technology provides for outstanding all-terrain mobility, supporting safe manoeuvring on uneven ground and offers excellent driving comfort by effectively dampening the vibrations.

Quality paving with world-class Vögele pavers
As many as 28 Vögele pavers having clocked approximately 25,000 working hours are seamlessly operating in tandem with Hamm. The Vögele Super 1800-3 pavers with a paving width of 9 m in one pass have effortlessly paved the Purvanchal expressway in all the packages followed by the Hamm tandem rollers to compact the final layer.

Vögele, an epitome of excellent longevity and reliability, offers the range of sensor pavers from 1.5 m paving width to a maximum of 18 m – one of the largest pavers in the world.

Wirtgen Group: Sustainable solution provider for road construction The Wirtgen Group machines are technology and innovation leaders in the CE industry with the market leading Vögele pavers, best-in class Hamm compactors and innovative slipform pavers to cater to all the requirements on greenfield expressways.

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