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Harsco Corporation
Quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, the Harsco Corporation is one of the world’s leading industrial
services companies, providing technological solutions and support services to the global industrial,
construction, metals and rail sectors. With operations at over 400 locations in 50 countries, Harsco has
annual revenues of $3 billion and employs over 20,000 people worldwide.

Harsco Infrastructure Harsco Metals Harsco Minerals and Rail

The world’s largest access
services, scaffolding, shoring and
forming rental group, serving the
construction, engineering and
industrial maintenance markets
in 43 countries.
The world’s largest provider of
on-site, outsourced services to
the steel and metals industries,
operating at more than 163 mills
in 33 countries.
A group of specialist businesses
supplying track technologies,
metal recovery processes,
industrial abrasives and granules,
air-cooled heat exchangers,
grating and commercial boilers.

Working in long-term partnership with leading customers in each of its markets, the Harsco Corporation
brings an unparalleled range of resources, technology and experience to every project. Harsco is now
expanding its range of solutions and extending its global operations as one team, under one name.
The new identity reflects the scale, depth and focus of a truly global company.
Harsco produces value by becoming our customers’ preferred service partner, providing innovative
solutions to their most challenging operating, technical and environmental requirements.
Harsco Infrastructure

Harsco Infrastructure is the world’s largest access, formwork and

industrial maintenance service provider. Operating in 43 countries, we
provide innovative, engineered solutions to the global construction, energy
and processing industries.

Clients come to us for our proven expertise in:

n Safe solutions for construction and maintenance
n High productivity, cost-effective solutions
n Engineering and applications knowledge

With over 7,000 employees worldwide, our knowledge, insight and

experience are at the heart of our customer service. This is backed up by
an industry-leading range of products, and the resources to ensure that
even the most complex project requirements are sourced and delivered
on time.

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 Harsco Infrastructure

Harsco Infrastructure offers almost 300 years of combined specialist experience in access,
industrial maintenance, shoring and formwork in Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia.
We have acquired extensive expertise on construction sites and industrial facilities around
the world, allowing us to develop a range of services tailored to the requirements of today’s
international construction and industrial sectors.
Insight onsiteTM – working Engineering expertise
together to build success Developers, engineers, utilities
We believe that our shared providers and plant managers need
knowledge is our greatest asset. reliable, engineered solutions to
It offers in-built advantages allow them to operate efficiently,
to clients around the world in effectively and safely. As part of
terms of safety, productivity and your team, Harsco Infrastructure
innovation, all of which can make will bring the experience, the
a critical difference to the success innovative thinking and the range
of your project. We provide a of leading products and systems to
hands-on, ‘can-do’, technical ensure your project is completed
approach to all our projects – quickly, safely and cost-effectively,
from the simplest access tower, wherever it is located.
to the most complex and high
profile multi-product projects.

Rouchain Dam, France

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At Harsco Infrastructure, our shared knowledge offers in-built advantages to clients around the world in
terms of safety, productivity and innovation, all of which can make a critical difference to the success of
your project.

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 Supporting a safer environment
Throughout Harsco Infrastructure, the safety of our staff, our customers and the public is our
highest priority. It takes precedence over all other aspects of our business.
When it comes to health and
safety, Harsco is a standard setter
for the industry. This requires
constant efforts in all aspects of
risk management, process control,
training and communication.
Our responsibility is to exercise
safety leadership and maintain
a safety-conscious working
environment at every level of our
operation. We are dedicated to
maintaining this attitude as part of
our culture and everyday activities.
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We work closely with our clients to
ensure that clear standards of safety
competence, co-operation and
communication are strictly observed
throughout a project. We conduct
regular safety reviews, checks and
inspections and work proactively
with clients and contractors
to ensure we create a safe
environment for everyone working
on or around our equipment.
Harsco runs the industry’s most
comprehensive programme of
safety training. It is ongoing at all
levels – from site toolbox talks and
safety workshops, to advanced
safety management and leadership
courses.
Our safety communication
plans include a comprehensive
safety manual for managers and
supervisors, backed up with product
user guides and safety notes,
technical data sheets, a regular
in-house safety magazine,
web-based safety updates and a
range of award-winning safety
films which have been widely
used throughout the global
construction industry.
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Harsco Infrastructure’s safety record currently sets the standard for the industry. Our responsibility is to
exercise safety leadership and maintain a 100% safety-conscious working environment for all.

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 Supporting improved productivity

Harsco Infrastructure believes that productivity is something that can always be improved.
Innovative solutions, experienced project management and impeccable logistic back-up all
make a significant difference. We believe that Harsco Infrastructure’s focused support will
give you the competitive edge today’s markets demand.
Innovation applications for existing products, With experience and expertise
Our engineers and designers cover or something completely radical. stretching back over a century,
a range of disciplines and are Harsco Infrastructure has the we have already developed many
chosen for their ability to innovate global breadth and depth to apply widely used solutions, but more
solutions that pre-empt and solve a solution developed in Prague to a importantly, we have the ingenuity
problems, and save money for our project in Penang, with immediate to devise new ones. The breadth
customers. Innovations can be new cost savings and no ‘reinvention of of our product range increases
ways of using old methods, new the wheel’. our versatility, and we are adept
at finding practical, intelligent
solutions from the simplest to the
most complex projects.

Customer support
From the first call to Harsco
Infrastructure, your dedicated
local contact will work closely with
you to establish an accurate and
comprehensive understanding
of your short- and long-term
requirements and priorities.
The team assigned to your project
will use the latest cost modelling
techniques to give you realistic
total cost forecasts, keeping
potential variations to the plan and
contingencies under firm control.

Logistics
By devoting meticulous attention
to planning, scheduling and
logistics, we ensure the smooth
implementation of designs that
are thoroughly safe, demonstrably
cost effective and that will make
a positive impact on your project
schedule.

Electricity pylon, West Thurrock, UK

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CardioCliniC, Hamburg, Germany

The key to optimising productivity on any project is partnering. We believe that our focused
support will give you the competitive edge today’s industry demands.

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 Supporting the construction industry
with access solutions

Our customers face unprecedented challenges in today’s construction industry. Innovations

in building design, increased demands for environmental protection and the ever-present
responsibility for safe working at height now combine with extraordinary pressures on
timetables and budgets.
Unique requirements
Every project imposes a different
set of unique access demands.
At Harsco Infrastructure, we are
able to provide optimal solutions
by combining our wide range of
access options with our expertise
in devising the most appropriate
combination of access methods
- from traditional and systemised
scaffolding, to the most advanced
powered access and mast
climbing work platforms.
Our experience is your
reassurance
This approach to solving new
challenges has kept us at the
forefront of our industry for over
100 years, constantly evolving
better procedures and better
products.
Our experience has helped
thousands of clients succeed
in new build, restoration or
maintenance projects for the
largest commercial developments,
the most sensitive historic
buildings and the most complex
airports and rail networks. From
St Paul’s Cathedral in London to
metro stations in Moscow, or
the NASA centre in the USA, we
offer the expertise to meet the
constantly changing demands of
the construction sector.

Brahmsquartier, Germany

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 Nottingham University, UK

We are able to provide optimal solutions because of the uniqueness of our range, and our expertise in
devising the most appropriate combination of access methods.

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 Supporting the construction and maintenance
of industrial process plants

Process plants around the world share a common requirement for safe and efficient
access to facilitate construction and ongoing maintenance. Each plant and facility
has its own specialist needs and we can supply a dedicated, site-based team, on a
long-term basis.
We have built up exceptional Whether working on the SIPS solutions
insight into the servicing construction of a new plant, We provide a complete scaffolding,
requirements of the oil and gas routine maintenance or emergency insulation, painting and service
industry and of major process shutdowns, we develop a bespoke solution. Our belief in the value of
plants. These range from the Shell plan for each facility to allow the planning-based maintenance has
Pernis Refinery in Holland, and most efficient execution of the led us to develop a complete range
Sabic’s refining and processing project. Drawing on the widest of specialist insulation services
plants in Saudi Arabia and the UK, range of scaffolding and access such as thermal, acoustic, heat
to power generation plants in the systems, we can provide work control and fireproofing. Insulation,
USA and steel mills in India. platforms for construction and access and additional services like
maintenance crews that enable corrosion protection are often part
maximum productivity without of a multi-disciplinary approach.
compromise to safety.

Corus Redcar Steel Works, UK BASF Plant, Holland

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Wilton International Manufacturing Site, Teesside, UK

We work in close partnership with operating management to provide market leading safety and support
to scheduled maintenance programmes in some of the world’s most challenging environments.

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 Supporting the construction industry with
formwork and shoring solutions

We apply the same judgement and experience when developing products and solutions for
concrete forming and shoring on construction and civil engineering projects. We understand
the pressures for faster work cycles and the need for constantly improving material quality.
Shared knowledge
Delivering the best solutions on
site is the result of co-ordinated
teamwork between designers,
application specialists, safety
managers and site support
engineers. Our shared knowledge
in Harsco Infrastructure’s global
network enables us to tackle the
widest range of projects from the
latest high-rise projects in Dubai,
to dam construction projects in
Africa and bridges for the new
road networks of Eastern Europe.

Unrivalled product range

Harsco Infrastructure has
developed an extensive range
of solutions for wall and slab
formwork and support, climbing
formwork, bridge parapet
Boxberg Power Plant, Germany
support, protective climbing
screens and edge protection
systems – all adaptable to the
specific needs of each project.

Zpevnena Viaduct, Czech Republic

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Dulles International Airport, USA

We understand the pressures for faster work cycles and the need for constantly improving material
finishes, whether working on civil engineering, commercial or residential projects.

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 The Forth Rail Bridge, Scotland
Project challenges
On 21st January 1890, two trains
first crossed the Forth Rail Bridge,
travelling across 2,500m of track
suspended nearly 50m above
the Firth of Forth. This feat of
engineering remains an iconic
structure and today requires equal
feats of ingenuity to maintain.
The exposed location, the
extraordinary structure, 190 train
movements per day and the busy
shipping lane below, make this
famous bridge one of the ultimate
access challenges.
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Insight onsiteTM
Scaffolding the bridge starts by reversing the conventional ‘ground-up’
approach. The evident complexity of the bridge, built with virtually no
elements meeting at right angles, means every scaffolding structure has
to be individually designed, fabricated and suspended in position, high
above the Forth. Access platforms then have to be encapsulated in
plastic sheeting to prevent old lead paint being shot-blasted into the
environment, and to protect the new, glass flake epoxy paint from the
weather while it dries.
The bridge is well over 100 years old, but it takes 21st century
technology and expertise to keep it in safe use, making our experience
on live industrial maintenance invaluable. In total, Harsco Infrastructure
has supplied 3,500 tonnes of steel scaffolding to
the project.
La Tour Granite, France
Project challenges
Designed by architect Christian
de Portzamparc to represent the
‘prow’ of a triangular site in Valmy
quarter in the Parisian business
district and to link with the
existing twin towers of La Société
Générale, La Tour Granite is 184m
tall. The key challenge in building
this icon in the latest generation
of skyscrapers was the façade
slope of eight degrees, designed
to minimise interference with the
light and views from the existing
towers.
Insight onsiteTM
Harsco Infrastructure’s SCF (self-climbing formwork) platforms were used
to build the outer structure of the 45-storey high- rise, with its tapering,
broadening and angled slopes. The SCF platforms were always safely
connected to adjoining vertically climbing platforms by telescopic and
sliding elements.
With a width of 3.25m, our platforms provided an unusually deep and
extra-safe work platform, designed for a dynamic load of 5.0kN/m2
(without formwork). Every individual element was designed to withstand
a maximum wind speed of 208km/h. The largest single element used
was a platform 14.5m long, supported by only two brackets, enabling
as many as eight brackets (platform lengths of 55m) to ascend
simultaneously with retracted formwork.
Combining leading-edge technical expertise with world class equipment
and project support resulted in La Tour Granite growing at a rate of one
storey a week. La Société Générale is now doing business in 70,000m2 of
additional premium space.
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 The BMW World Experience and
Delivery Centre, Germany
Image courtesy of BMW Group
Project challenges
275 architecture firms submitted
tenders for the BMW Welt, and the
jury’s decision was unanimous. The
winning design was by Professor
Wolf D. Prix and the Viennese
architecture firm Coop Himmelb
(l)au. Planning and construction
preparations began in 2003, for
a unique ‘star-shaped corset’
bearing the load of a 26m tall
double-cone steel structure.
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Insight onsiteTM
The traditional approach to providing access to a building of this size and
complexity would have been to use large steel columns and girders, but
this would also have applied extreme individual loads to foundation slabs
with unacceptable costs to the client. The solution developed by Harsco
Infrastructure used the BOSTA® 100 frame scaffold and MODEX® props,
stabilised with integrated lattice girders. This design ensured that the
total load of 450 tonnes was evenly distributed over the surface of the
foundation slabs.
In 2008, this multi award-winning building, completed to budget and on
time, welcomed its one millionth visitor.
Shell Pernis Refinery, The Netherlands
Project challenges
The Shell Pernis Refinery is the
largest in Europe and one of the
largest in the world. More than
60 different plants with different
refining capabilities process products
through pipelines that would run
about four times round the world.
The industrial complex covers
a surface the equivalent of 800
football fields, making maintenance
a massive and ongoing operation.
Insight onsiteTM
Harsco Infrastructure’s on-site team averages 500 operatives, a figure
that rises to about 750 at peak times. Planning-based maintenance
includes regular inspections and upgrades of thermal and acoustic
insulation, fireproofing and heat control for the miles of pipeline. Between
30 and 50 powered access machines are in use at any one time, plus
20 telescopic forklifts and 15 special aviation tow trucks for transporting
materials around this vast industrial complex.
18,000 tonnes of scaffolding has been supplied on site, 97% of which is
constructed using CUPLOK®. This offers a more productive alternative to
traditional tube and fitting, being faster to both erect and dismantle.
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 Port Arthur Refinery, USA
Project challenges
A joint venture between Shell
and Saudi Aramco, the Motiva
Enterprises Refinery in Port Arthur,
Texas, is expanding to become
the largest in America and one of
the top ten in the world. As part
of this project, approximately 53
new refinery modules are being
assembled at Cianbro’s Modular
Manufacturing Facility in Brewer,
Maine, each requiring a vast
amount of scaffolding to set all the
various pipes and structural beams
in place.
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Insight onsiteTM
With very little continuity in design, as each module differs from the
next, there is only one-eighth of an inch margin for error, as all structural,
piping and functional elements have to fit precisely. The harsh winters in
Maine add to the challenges of working outside at this scale.
Harsco Infrastructure’s own QES® scaffold system was chosen for its high
levels of adaptability, which means different lengths and heights can be
accommodated without interruption, and projected levels of productivity
can be maintained. Scaffolding specifications for this vast and complex
project have, to date, drawn on 90% of the component range. During
winter assembly, some modules were wrapped in more scaffolding and
plastic sheeting to provide shelter from the weather. Finally, after each
module is completed, they travel by barge from Maine, around the Florida
coast and then west to Texas. Once arriving in Port Arthur, the modules
are assembled together to form the refinery. This mega-project will
increase the refinery’s current capacity of 275,000 barrels per day to more
than 600,000 barrels per day.
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Project challenges
The Beta Sciences Faculty of
the University of Utrecht in the
Netherlands is housed in various
buildings in De Uithof. At the
end of 2005, the university’s
governing body commissioned a
new building to replace the existing
Wentgebouw Pharmaceutical
Sciences facility.
Designed by the Hertzberger
architecture studio, the striking
new faculty building brings together
different scientific disciplines in one
centre under a huge open atrium.
Upon completion, the atrium was to
be topped by a large glass structure;
however during construction of
the building shell, all work would
need protection from exposure to
weather conditions.
Insight onsiteTM
Harsco Infrastructure used a wide variety of equipment to allow main
contractor, Hurks van der Linden, to construct the facility efficiently.
A temporary HAKI® ‘rolling roof’ ensured construction work remained
on schedule, whatever the weather. Lifted into position using a crane
and remaining moveable throughout the project, the width of the roof
extended to 39.4m, resulting in a total surface area of 1,446m².
The project scope also includes 14,500m2 of concrete surfaces, for which
Harsco provide supports and shuttering. In total, Harsco will erect and
dismantle 65,000m3 of GASS® aluminium supports. 2,500m2 of MANTO®
wall shuttering was used, alongside MANTO® shaft corners, making it
easier to erect and strike the shaft formwork. Some of the shafts were
used as climbing formwork a few levels ahead of the
slab formwork.
The central part of the complex structure is now under construction,
with GASS® shoring being used to support the concrete beams, in
combination with 2,400m of EXTRAGUARDTM as edge protection. Other
Harsco equipment used on this project includes mast climbing work
platforms (MCWPs), mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs), materials
hoists, suspended access platforms, staircase towers and temporary
modular accommodation cabins.
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 Dubai International Airport, UAE

Project challenges Insight onsiteTM

Terminal 3 at Dubai International
Airport, United Arab Emirates is
one of the world’s largest airport
terminals, built as part of a
$4.1 billion expansion programme
to increase the airport’s capacity
to 70 million passengers per year.
The 1km long terminal building has
a curved steel roof over a complex
concrete frame and a substructure
which accommodates arrival and
departure halls, lounges, restaurants
and parking.
The huge basement area was
constructed in an excavation 800m
long, 700m wide and 20m deep.
The arrangement of floors includes
varying ceiling heights and open
voids, making the construction of the
concrete structure complex to design,
plan and programme. The upper slab
also forms part of the aircraft apron
and therefore has to support the
weight of waiting planes.
Harsco Infrastructure worked with main contractor Al-Naboodah – JV to
design and develop a forming and shoring solution to meet the unusually
tight project deadline. The scale of the job was considerable involving
the construction of over 1,000,000m2 of floor slab with thicknesses of up
to 2.2m and ceiling heights of up to 16m. Our GASS® aluminium shoring
system was selected as the most appropriate, cost-effective solution.
GASS® is one of the most sophisticated systems of its type, used on
many of the world’s largest and most complex projects. Over a 30 month
period, Harsco supplied over 5,000 tonnes of GASS® and ancillary products
to the site.
Using the company’s experience on similar major international airport
projects, a specialist team of falsework designers were based with the
main contractor on site – supported by close management involvement
from the UK. At the peak of the project, our designers were producing
over 300 drawings per month.

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All information in this brochure is correct at the time of going to press. Harsco Infrastructure reserves the right to change products’ details or withdraw products
at any time. Harsco Corporation Trademarks - Companies within the Harsco Group are the proprietors of, amongst others, the following trading names and trade
marks: Harsco, Harsco Infrastructure, SGB, Hünnebeck and Patent.
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