NEW: Sheet Piling app available for iPad and Android devices
Technische Unterstützung
Design assistance
- feasibility studies
- dimensioning of pile structures
- optimizing the technical and economic solutions
- development of options to equivalent quality, at low cost, using ArcelorMittal products
- service life in corrosive environments
- elaboration of anchorage systems
- determination of fire-resistance of sheet piling in structures such as tunnels, bridges and underground car parks
- pile projects and follow-up planning
Covering the following fields of application
- retaining walls
- bridge abutments
- tunnels
- basements
- underground car parks
- water treatment plants
- pumping stations
- port facilities
- locks and dams
- waterfront structures
- excavations and trenches
- landfill and waste disposal (old and new)
Advisory service in-house advice
- in-house advice
- advice to consulting engineers on the preparation of tender documents and lists of materials
- comprehensive information on the use of the various steel grades and sections available
- procurement of international standards and technical documentation
- recommendation of specialists, such as pile driving contractors, anchorage manufacturers
- information regarding suitable sheet pile design programs
- advice for engineers, contractors and regional authorities regarding the appropriate driving methods and back-up
- recommendation for site-welding techniques
- recommended coating systems
- prediction of vibration and noise emission by a special computer program
Practical help
- driving plans (layout), special piles (detailed design of corner constructions, connections, box piles, toe reinforcements etc.)
- supply of a design program to be used on PC for simple sheet pile constructions
- anchorage layout
- design of pile guides
- renting of driving caps
- site assistance in pile installation
Special features
- interlock sealings of all types for specific requirements
- calculation of seepage and pumping requirements
- advice on aesthetic aspects for permanent structures
- vertical load-bearing capacity of sheet piling
- behaviour of sheet piles under transverse load
Test and measurement laboratory
- laboratory
- material testing
- fire-resistance
- corrosion resistance
- service life of coating, sealants
On site
- precision seepage measurement of sealed sheet pile joints
- monitoring of corrosion
- monitoring of vibration and noise during installation
- monitoring load tests
Training
- in-house
- seminars
- lectures at technical colleges and universities