Ekistics YJP
Ekistics YJP
Ekistics YJP
A deep excavation is an excavation in soil or rock typically more than 15 ft (4.5m) deep.
Deep excavations require careful design & planning especially when constructed in
urban areas. Retaining wall and support system selection can have significant impact on
time, cost and performance.
Retaining Wall Systems
The term "Retaining System" for a
deep excavation refers to the
structural system that retains soil and
water and prevents it from collapsing
into the open cut. Many types of
retaining systems exist.
Steel sheet piling is the most common because of several advantages over other
materials:
1. Laying out a sequence of sheet pile sections, and ensuring that sheet piles will
interlock.
2. Driving (or vibrating) the individual sheet piles to the desired depth.
3. Driving the second sheet pile with the interlocks between the first sheet pile and
second "locked“
4. Repeating steps 2 & 3 until the wall perimeter is completed
5. Use connector elements when more complex shapes
are used
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Retaining Wall Systems
S e c a n t P i l e Wa l l s
1. Slurry wall construction requires the use of heavy construction equipment that requires
reasonable headroom, site area, and considerable mobilization costs.
2. In limited headroom conditions smaller cranes can be used and the technique can be
altered to “remote backfill mixing”, where the excavated soil is transported and mixed
to a remote location, and then is returned as backfill.
3. One should check that slurries are able to withstand chemical attacks from the in-situ
soils. In such a case, alternate slurry materials to be identified and used.
T H A N K YO U
Source - http://www.deepexcavation.com