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Diamond wire saw rigged up against a mass concrete section on a civil site

Wire SawingEchuca

A loop of diamond wire instead of a blade. Once it is threaded around the section, thickness stops being the argument.

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For the sections nothing else will touch

A wire saw is not limited by blade radius, because there is no blade. The wire is threaded through or around the section and pulled through it, which means bridge headstocks, piers, abutments, deep footings, weir and channel structures and heavily reinforced mass concrete all get cut without anybody arguing about depth.

It cuts cold. No percussion, no hammering and almost no vibration going back into the structure. On a river crossing still carrying traffic, on an old masonry structure, or on anything sitting over live services, that is usually the whole reason it gets specified in the first place.

The face it leaves is flat and square, so what stays behind is in a condition you can pour against, bolt to or land steel on. Nothing has to be made good before the next stage starts.

What turns up

Method
Diamond wire loop
Section size
No practical limit
Cuts
Concrete, stone, steel
Vibration
Next to none
Finish
Flat and square
Availability
24/7, 365

What ends up on the wire

Wire sawing costs more per metre than a blade, so we only put a job on it when the job genuinely needs it. These are the ones that do.

  • Bridges and crossings

    Headstocks, piers, abutments and deck sections cut without shaking a structure that is still carrying traffic over the river or the channel.

  • Irrigation structures

    Regulators, drop structures, outlets and channel headwalls in the Goulburn Murray country, cut apart without cracking what stays.

  • Mass concrete

    Footings, blocks, tank bases and thick pours where no blade on the market reaches the middle of the section.

  • Heavy reinforcement

    Dense rebar, post tension anchors and embedded steel plate that would cook a diamond disc long before it got through.

  • Staged demolition

    Taking a structure down in pieces small enough to lift out, on sites where dropping it in one hit is not an option.

  • Stone and old masonry

    Bluestone footings, wharf and river structures and rubble walls that need a clean parting line rather than a hammer and a hope.

Crane set up over a concrete parapet section being taken apart by wire saw

Wire sawing around Echuca, Moama and the river country

Wire work around Echuca is not a walk in enquiry. It comes from engineers, civil contractors, water authorities and demolition companies, and the job is usually a bridge, a channel structure, a mass footing or something that has to come apart in pieces because it cannot be knocked over.

The river and the irrigation network are why the phone rings. Echuca and Moama sit either side of a crossing, the country behind them is threaded with channels, regulators and outlet structures, and none of that concrete was poured thin. It is also mostly structures that have to keep working while the work happens.

Wire saws are specialist gear and most of northern Victoria has to bring one up from Melbourne. Ours comes across from Bendigo, which turns mobilisation into part of a morning. On a road closure, a channel outage or a rail possession, that difference is often what makes the job affordable at all.

Often on the same job

Wire Sawing across the region

Bendigo is the base, but the truck is on the road most days. Same gear, same crew, same hours, right across central Victoria and southern New South Wales.

What Echuca customers say

4.9 out of 5From 18 Google reviews
  • “Fast and efficient nothing is ever a dramma no matter the complexity of the job”
    Jack HealeyGoogle review
  • “Highly professional, efficient, and cost-effective service. The whole process is always handled smoothly and professionally from start to finish. Would highly recommend.”
    Connor MaymanGoogle review
  • “Reliable, honest with knowledge and experience, accompanied with the correct machinery for each of the projects and,”
    Paul GrechGoogle review
  • “Darren and his team were communicative, honest, and professional. Cannot ask for more than that. We were very appreciative of their work.”
    Terry DoddsGoogle review

Asked often

How thick can a wire saw cut?

There is no practical limit. A wall saw stops at 730mm from one side because it is bound by blade diameter. A wire is a loop, so once it is around the section, thickness is no longer the deciding factor.

Will it damage the structure around it?

No. It cuts cold, with no percussion and almost no vibration, which is why it gets used on live bridges, old masonry and anything sitting over services a breaker would wreck.

Can it cut through steel?

Yes. Heavy rebar, post tension anchors and embedded steel plate all go through, and that is often exactly why a job ends up on the wire instead of a blade.

Does the wire need holes drilled first?

Usually. We core a small hole at each end of the cut and thread the wire through. Where the section has a free edge on both sides we can sometimes wrap it without coring at all.

Do you travel to Echuca for wire work?

Yes. Echuca and Moama are on our regular run, and wire jobs turn up wherever the bridge, the channel or the plant happens to be. We work through northern Victoria and across the border into southern New South Wales.

Is wire sawing worth the extra cost?

Only when the section actually needs it. Plenty of jobs quoted as wire work sit comfortably inside a wall saw, and we will tell you that rather than charging you for a wire you do not need.

Send us the section

Dimensions, what is reinforcing it and what has to survive around it. We will tell you straight whether it is a wire job or whether a wall saw does it for less.

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