A light heavyweight

Kjell Jinneby estimates that this will ultimately amount to 8 000 cubic meters. Converted into kilos, it means that some 20 000 kg will have to be drilled and blasted.

“This is the biggest job I have ever undertaken, and it’s quite a lot of rock for this little rig,” says Jinneby, who has been running the family business, Kjell Jinneby Allservice AB, together with his wife Johanna, for the last 10 years.

The family mainly concentrates on trucking, digging and rock drilling, but now that they have updated their drilling fleet with a FlexiROC T15 R it will be easier to take on bigger assignments.

Three blocks of rented apartments are being built on this site, and just a little further away there will be two more. In this new suburb of Vega, located between Handen and Skogås, outside Stockholm, major construction plans are underway.

It is hoped that the area will have approximately 10 000 inhabitants. There are also plans to expand the public transport system and commuter trains will get a completely new station here.