FLAT JACKS
Low height steel capsule jacks
The Structural Engineer's Solution for Temporary & Permanent Load Transfer

Applications

Flat Jacks are simple, practical devices for the civil or structural engineer wherever the application or control of large forces is required.

They are frequently used in the solution of unforseen problems such as in remedial measures or structural additions. They are just as often used in new construction in which they form part of the structural concept.

In the years since their invention by Eugene Freyssinet in 1934 many techniques have been evolved for applications such as:

• Structural lifting
• Underpinning
• Control of thrust forces
• Maintenance of constant thrust
• Adjustment of support reactions
• Prestressing
• Structural pre-loading
• Loading of seismic isolators
• Arch striking
• Control of settlement
• Measurement of forces
• Weighing of offshore structures
• Permanent shimming