About 10,600 square meters in area, the entire foundation pit is supported by a structure with two structural steels at top and bottom, and uses a total of about 1750 tons of steel, among which 1680 tons of steel can be recycled, resulting in a re-utilization rate of up to 96%. Only 7 meters from the adjacent residential area, the project has achieved effective noise reduction with the green construction method...

Recently, with CDHORIZON (the comprehensive equipment operation service provider under Fehorizon) as the contractor, the slope support & dewatering steel support and pile foundation project of Jinan Shimao Xiaoya A-1 Plot is under construction in full swing, and its construction work of the current phase has been completed. Once again, the green and environment-friendly characteristics of CDHORIZON’s neo-excavation support system have received extensive attention. With the widespread use of steel support structure for foundation pit represented by CDHORIZON’s neo-excavation support system, green architecture will contribute to the sustainable development of China’s architecture in the new era.

Contributing to Sustainable Development with Green Product

For big cities where an inch of land values an inch of gold, the construction of high-rise buildings downtown has always been an engineering task that must be tackled. Regardless of the building’s height, construction in a plot with adjacent buildings must face foundation pit construction as the first challenge.

Devoted to the field of foundation pit and bridge, the neo-excavation support system of CDHORIZON provides clients with one-stop solutions integrating project design, material rental and engineering construction targeting the bracing and support engineering of land and water foundations. To answer the national call for energy conservation and emission reduction, CDHORIZON has developed green smart foundation pit system and total prefabricated and steel trestle, adopting the all-steel and recyclable support system with incomparable advantages in the application of temporary support engineering.

Compared to conventional concrete support, CDHORIZON’s steel support consumes less energy in production, and the all-steel structure also endows it with higher recovery rate and cyclic utilization rate. During construction, it can effectively reduce pollution resulting from construction waste, realize energy conservation and emission reduction, and promote sustainable development.

Creating Green Engineering with Environmentally Friendly Construction

Over the years, CDHORIZON’s neo-excavation support system team has been focusing on environmentally friendly construction and devoted to creating “green projects”.

Take the Wuxi R&D Center project of SVOLT Technology as an example. With 14600 square meters of foundation pit area, this project uses more than 1000 tons of steel in total. To achieve safe and green construction, CDHORIZON adopts its self-developed 2nd-generation HC steel structure of truss type, which effectively solves the problem of the bending and instability of single steel support in large-span foundation pit, and forms advantages including convenient installation, easy removal and significant reduction in noise and dust pollution, thus contributing to a green and low-carbon urban environment.

Regarding this project, the engineering team of CDHORIZON added: “To thoroughly implement green construction, we adopted solar lamps and LED lighting facilities during on-site construction. Steel structure was used substantially in construction to greatly reduce the usage of concrete, which both guarantees the construction speed and realizes energy conservation and environment protection.” Furthermore, the green concept was consistently practiced throughout the project. Details were implemented by CDHORIZON and the project leader, like using recycled water to wash vehicles entering and leaving the site, adopting metal atomizing fire sprinkler at the site to achieve effective dust control and turning on fog cannon and spray system to purify air, thereby providing nearby residents with good living conditions and improving air quality.

This is just one epitome of CDHORIZON’s “green engineering”, and there are still more similar construction cases. Due to its advantages including convenient and flexible construction, no maintenance period and easy removal, the neo-excavation support system has been highly recognized in the industry. What’s worth mentioning is that, the total prefabricated and recyclable green support product of CDHORIZON has relatively low total carbon emissions during stages including production, transportation, construction and removal. According to statistics of the past four years, compared to when traditional techniques are adopted, the total carbon emission of foundation pit is reduced by about 88.9% with the application of CDHORIZON’s product.

In addition to insistence on green construction, CDHORIZON has also continued to introduce environmental production equipment in construction. For instance, for the foundation pit project of Houmeiren Art Museum of Kunshan City, it introduced the hydrostatic pile planter featuring no noise, no vibration, adaptability to narrows areas and ability to be used for hard ground that can effectively reduce impacts on the environment, avoid disturbing the public with noise and create a livable environment for nearby residents.

Leading Industry Development with a “Green” Vision of the Future

At present, CDHORIZON’s neo-excavation support system has been applied in more than 16000 projects and served over 7000 clients cumulatively, resulting in a series of successful projects including: water improvement and engineering consolidation project of Jinyin Lake (Wuhan), bridge engineering project of Tianfei Lake (Ningbo), Pullman Hotel project (Nanjing), Daya Bay cross-sea public pipe rack project, Dengkou Yellow River super-large bridge cofferdam project of Baotou-Yinchuan High-speed Railway and Yarlung Zangbo River super-large bridge project of Milin County (Tibet). Guided by technology, during its continuous R&D and independent innovation, CDHORIZON improves its product competitiveness comprehensively, provides clients with professional solutions, enriches its project experience with the green construction method, and foresees the long-term development possibility of the industry. 

Giving play to the role of green finance and contributing to the construction of a beautiful China. CDHORIZON will resolutely practice its strategic positioning as the pacemaker of China’s equipment operation service industry, thoroughly implement the new development concept of the nation and maintain upward development potentials, to make even more contribution to the realization of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals and the construction of green, low-carbon and sustainable cities.