1er Congreso - Seminario Internacional de Fundaciones Profundas - Santa Cruz, Bolivia - 2013

1. Lost bit projectsBAUER
Full displacement pile
(FDP)
April 2008

2. Piles for new IKEA building
FDP lost bit - Projects
Padova, Italy
Contractor: Dolomiti Rocce
Base carrier: BG 24 H+ lattice mast extension
FDP Tool: 620 mm dia. lost bit
Pile length: L = 24 m
Quantity: >350

3. 800mmdiaboredpileto23,4m
800mmdiaboredpileto23,4m
610mmdiaFDPto18,8m
610mmdiaFDPto16,8m
610mmdiaFDPto18,8m
610mmdiaFDPto16,8m
Soft silty clay
with sand lenses
Silty fine sand
Silty fine sand
Soft silty clay
Soft silty clay
FDP lost bit - Projects
Padova, Italy
CPT test

4. FDP lost bit - Projects
Padova, Italy
BG 24 H Lattice mast extension
Concrete pump on crawler

5. FDP lost bit - Projects
Padova, Italy
Excavated pilecaps

6. FDP lost bit - Projects
Padova, Italy
Tension anchors
BAUER load test equipment
Anchordrilling with same machine
Load test

7. FDP lost bit - Projects
Padova, Italy
Load [t]
Settlement[mm]

8. FDP lost bit - Projects
Dolo, Italy
Contractor: Dolomiti Rocce
Base carrier: BG 28 V
+ lattice mast extension
FDP Tool: 620 mm dia. lost bit
Pile length: L = 28 m
Quantity: >500
Tension piles for underpasses

9. ORIGINAL DESIGN
800 mm dia Jet grout
columns, 14.5 m long
reinforced with Gewi
bars
1200 mm bored pile
28 m long
4 Tie-downs / pile
FDP lost bit - Projects
Dolo, Italy

10. ALTERNATIVE DESIGN - 610 mm dia. FDP, 24 m long
FDP lost bit - Projects
Dolo, Italy

11. FDP lost bit - Projects
Dolo, Italy
BG 28 V
BG 28 V with lattice mast extension
max. drilling depth = 30 m

12. FDP lost bit - Projects
Dolo, Italy
620 mm FDP tool with 1,50 m auger
Cage installation through the stem
Joining 2 pieces of cage, each is 10 m long

13. FDP lost bit - Projects
Dolo, Italy
Drilling down in automatic mode
Pulling up automatic is monitored by
the quantity of the concrete pump
BTronic operating screen in concreting mode

14. FDP lost bit - Projects
Nordenham, Germany
Contractor: Akril
Base carrier: RG 20 S
FDP Tool: 440 mm lost bit
Pile length: L = 13 m
Quantity: 377
Foundation piles for a supermarket

15. FDP lost bit - Projects
Nordenham, Germany
Soil conditions
CPT test
Exploration borehole and dynamic probing
peat c´=2-5 kN/m²
sand
sandy silt

16. FDP lost bit - Projects
Nordenham, Germany
Peat with c ´= 2 - 5 kN/m² Concreting with mobile truckpump

17. FDP lost bit - Projects
Durban and Capetown, South Africa
Introduction of FDP in
South Africa
Contractor: FRANKI
Base carrier: MG 48
FDP Tool: 710 mm lost bit
Pile length: up to 18 m
Scope of work: 10 testpiles

18. FDP lost bit - Projects
Durban and Capetown, South Africa
MG 48 with lattice mast extension 1. Torque converter
2. Gearbox
3. Hopper
1
2
3

19. FDP lost bit - Projects
Durban and Capetown, South Africa
710 mm FDP tool with 1,50 auger
MG 48