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Tourcoing
France
Haarlem
Netherlands
New Islington
Manchester, UK 12
Kolkata
India 16
St. Martens Latem
Gent, Belgium 20
Dadeland
Miami, USA 24
Tourcoing
France
14
12000
1800
12000
50
4400
15750
17000
17000
17500
6800
AZ 18 - L = 7500mm - 8500mm
PU 18 - L = 7500mm
00
36
52750
42.75
41.90
41.85
Tramway axis
41.70
40.90
39.40
39.30
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1 The underground carpark beneath the residential building was built with a watertight sheet pile retaining wall
2|3 The AZ 18 sheet pile wall surrounding the excavation during the construction stage was subsequently left in place to serve as the outer wall of the underground carpark
4|5 The underground carpark was built in a cramped inner-city area right next to existing buildings and transport infrastructures
6|7 A concrete capping beam was then poured onto the head of the sheet piles
Haarlem
Netherlands
11
12
13
14
15
16
5040
6700
AZ 26 - L = 8100mm - 15850mm
24120
15120
AZ 13 - L = 8000mm - 10500mm
18
5040
4020
4020
22680
Elevator
15120
5360
4020
Elevator
32760
58590
17640
45360
Pumping
Room
5360
5360
83160
17
19
20
21
87,50 m
AZ 36-700 - L=19,50m
7,60 m
AZ 36
L=19,50m
21,00 m
AZ 36-700
L=20,00m
37,80 m
AZ 36-700
L=22,50m
5,60 m
AZ 36-700
L=20,00m
22,40 m
AZ 36-700
L=19,50m
P1B
6,30 m
AZ 36
L=19,50m
34,00 m
AZ 36
L=19,50m
75,60 m
AZ 36-700 - L=23,50m
P1A
AZ 3
81,2
6-700 0 m
- L= 2
1,00
17,60 m
AZ 36
L=19,50m
37,80 m
AZ 36-700 - L=22,50m
100,80 m
AZ 36-700 - L=19,50m
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22
The groundwater level was lowered to 5.3m before the upper inclined active tie
rod was placed at El.1.10m. Every third
AZ36-700 double pile was secured with
a tie rod, corresponding to a c/c spacing
of 4.2m (c/c = 3.78m for
AZ36 piles). Excavation then proceeded
and the second tie rod level was installed
at El.4.15m. The water level was raised
to El. 0.0m again before excavating to
the final depth of 12.50m and placing a
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24
26
10
+1.00
-0.10
-1.10
-3.00
Level -1
-4.15
-6.00
Level -2
30
-10.00
Level -3
-10.80
-12.30
-12.55
AZ 36-700
-18.50 to 22.50
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Section A - A
AZ 36-700
AZ 36-700
A
50
150
200 100
L 150 x 15
50 150
L 150 x 15
UPN 140
lg. 500 mm
UPN 140
lg. 500 mm
30 x 30
lg. 400 mm
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29
AZ 36-700
Concrete
floor slab
700
-10,00 m
-10,80 m
150
Drainage
100
-10,70 m
Underwater concrete
sub-base
1500
14x30x400mm
pin
30
11|12|13
14|15
16
17|18|19
250
-12,30 m
Gravel
-12,55 m
The Raaksproject includes the construction of 220 apartments and a commercial area
The project is a redevelopment plan for a 2-hectare inner-city area
A steel template guided the AZ sheet piles and ensured correct positioning
Carpark P2: 2 levels, capacity of 200 cars, AZ 13 & AZ 26 sheet piles
20
Carpark P1 was built in two phases separated by a temporary AZ 36-700 sheet pile wall
21
22|23|24
31
1,920 tons of sheet piles were used to support the excavation (11.5 m deep in places)
25|26
27
28|29
30
Studs welded to the AZ 36-700 piles ensured proper connection to the base slab
31
The contractor reduced noise and vibration emissions effectively by pre-drilling the soil before driving the sheet piles
The AZ piles were installed with a PVE vibratory hammer with variable moment
2 levels of tie rods secured the AZ 36-700 retaining wall during the basement construction phase
Sheet-pile-to-carpark-deck connection detail
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New Islington
Manchester, UK
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34
33
35
12
36
37
38
39
13
40
41
14
All shown images of the Chips building received from Urban Splash Ltd are credited to the photographer Mr.Joel Chester.
Top Slab
+ 49.92 m
AU 25
S 270 GP
L = 8 - 13 m
+46.53 m
Basement
Chips
Builing
Basement Slab
+45.53 m
44
+44.00 m
42
250
600
Capping beam
AU 25
S 270 GP
L = 8 - 13 m
Hydrophilic waterstop
Load transfer
45
Designer:
Martin Stockley Associates (MSA)
Contractor:
Urban Splash Construction Ltd,
Stent Foundations Ltd
(subcontractor piling)
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32|33
Designed by British architect Will Alsop, the striking Chips building is one of the main features of Manchesters New Islington Millennium Village development
34|35
New canal arms were built in New Islington in 2003 using AZ 25 steel sheet piles as retaining elements
36|37
The soil behind these AZ 25 piles was removed in 2006 to leave the sheet piles as the sole separation between the excavation and the new canal arm
38|39
AU 25 sheet piles were installed during the second construction phase as permanent outer wall of the Chips buildings single-level basement
40|41
The soil and water retaining sheet pile walls enabled construction in the dry
42
The adjacent building has a common sheet pile wall with the Chips building
43
A watertight bottom-slab-to-sheet-pile connection and seal-welded interlocks ensure that no water will penetrate into the basement
44
45
The sheet piles were grit blasted, then left uncoated so as to maintain the steels industrial appearance
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Kolkata
India
46
168.60
44.30
31.20
34.54
7.86
24.40
16.45
3.25
26.30
98.28
11.34
59.25
47
Surcharge=10 kN/m2
Water level monsoon rain
0.00
-1.50
-0.30
top slab
-4.30
floor level -1
-7.30
floor level -2
excavation
phase 1
-4.80
excavation
phase 2
-7.80
-8.10
AZ 26
S355GP
L=18.0m
-18.00
48
28.80
AZ 26 - L = 18.0 m
16
49
50
17
51
52
53
54
18
56
57
58
46
The two-level underground structure will feature a shopping mall and a carpark
47
48
Several construction stages were considered when designing the sheet pile wall
49
Steel sheet piles are a preferred choice for construction sites in confined spaces
50
The perimeter wall of the carpark was built with 628 AZ 26 sheet piles
51|52
The top-down method reduced the period during which the construction area was unavailable for public use
53|54
55|56
57|58
The sheet piles of the carpark and shopping-mall levels were seal-welded and coated
19
59
60
20
62,11 m
45,00 m
3,56 m
D
C
C9
1087
AZ 18 - lg. 8,50 m
S 270 GP
23,43 m
AZ 18 - F. I
2,95 m
30
17,11 m
16,92 m
AZ 18 - F. I
C9
30
61
1073
C 14
405
AZ 18 - Pos. A
698
62
C9
489
+5,00
30
AZ 18 - Pos. B
E
Showroom
550
AZ 18 - Pos. A
C9
30
0,00
F
AZ 18 - F. I
25
C 14
68
1260
1328
AZ 18
L = 8,50 m
133
90
AZ 18 - Pos. B
-3,70
H
180
90
560
-8,50
63
64
AZ 18 - Pos. A
21
65
66
22
AZ 18
Soil
A
67
AZ 18
Strip waterstop
Product fixed to
sheet piles
Concrete base slab
Varies
Injection tubes
fixed to sheet
piles
Soil
Section A - A
68
69
59
The Mercedes-Benz and Smart dealer in Sint-Martens-Latem built an underground showroom in 2002
60
The sheet piles were installed with an ABI hydraulic allowing vibration-free installation of four single piles at once
61|62
63
64
The corners of the basement wall used connectors and special piles
65|66
After excavating inside the basement walls, anchors were installed to hold the concrete base slab securely in place
67|68
A watertight connection between the sheet pile wall and the concrete base slab was designed
69
175 tons of AZ 18 sheet piles were used to build the 45 by 23.5 m underground showroom
The AZ sheet piles were seal-welded and coated to complete the aesthetic showroom
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Dadeland
Miami, USA
70
71
+1,00 m
0,25 m
0,00 m
3,25 m
-2,50 m
0,25 m
Sheet piles
3,25 m
-6,00 m
0,30 m
-7,50 m
-9,00 m
72
1,20 m
24
75
73
76
74
77
25
78
79
80
81
82
83
26
84
85
86
70
3,000 tons of steel sheet piles were used as permanent and temporary retaining elements
71
The residential complex built in Dadeland, Miami includes an underground carpark for 970 cars
72
The sheet piles for the two-level structure were driven through the tough Miami limestone
73|74
75|76|77
The concrete bearing columns of the residential buildings foundation were built before installing the sheet piles
78|79
A capping beam incorporating temporary tie rods was placed at the head of the AZ 26 piles
80|81
The underwater concrete of the bottom slab was poured with a tremie
82|83
The interlocks of the piles were cleaned and seal-welded to render the excavation watertight
84|85
Temporary sheet piles separating different parts of the excavation were held together with walings
86
The coated sheet pile walls add an aesthetic aspect to the finished carpark
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