BAUER

Ductile Pile
A brilliantly simple
Foundation Method

Grouted skin
friction piles

End-bearing
piles
 Non load-bearing
soil stratum

Load-bearing
soil stratum

System
Description
The Bauer Ductile Pile (BDP) is a cut-off level and the offcut is reused
simple, fast and highly effective deep as lead section for the next pile.
Rock
foundation system. Manufactured Depending on prevailing soil condi-
formation
from high-strength ductile cast iron, tions, Bauer ductile piles are con-
the driven pile system guarantees structed either as end-bearing or
high quality and a safe foundation. as skin friction piles with grouted
The 5 or 6 m long pile sections can annulus. During pile installation, the
be joined together to form a pile technique allows the pile length of
shaft of any length without the use each individual pile to be optimised
of special tools. After driving, the in line with locally prevailing ground
BDP is cut down to the specified pile conditions.
 Advantages
of Ductile Driven Piles
1. Low capital investment for 4. Minimum site traffic compared 7. Low level vibrations during
pile-driving plant and equipment to other deep foundation methods installation (peak particle velocity
2 mm/sec, compared with 20 mm/
sec for conventional driven pre-
2. Simple site setup, only light plant 5. Pile installation in close proxim- cast concrete piles)
and equipment (18 - 30 tonne ity to existing buildings, pile
hydraulic excavator or MBG 12 clearance of 40 cm to existing
leader rig, high-impact hydraulic buildings possible 8. The load-bearing stratum is
hammer, possibly concrete pump determined during pile driving,
and silo) making on-site optimisation of
6. Simple pile driving even in pile length possible
restricted site conditions
3. Low requirements for working
platform, due to light and versa- 9. Quality assurance of each indi-
tile equipment vidual pile as a result of pile driv-
ing criterion

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 Load Bearing
Capacities
BDP types with design values (Nd) calculated with filling

BDP Type [mm] C20/25 C35/45

118 x 5.0 1) 2) 639 kN 730 kN

118 x 7.5 869 kN 952 kN

118 x 9.0 1,001 kN 1,080 kN

118 x 10.6 2) 1,139 kN 1,212 kN

10. Cut down pile to specified cut- 170 x 7.0 1) 2) 1,298 kN 1,498 kN
off level immediately after installa-
tion, resulting in zero waste 170 x 9.0 1,566 kN 1,748 kN

170 x 10.6 1,776 kN 1,950 kN

11. No finishing works on pile
heads, such as trimming back 170 x 12.5 2) 2,019 kN 2,185 kN
etc., construction of the super-
structure can commence immedi-
1)
ately after pile installation without building licence
2)
only on request

12. No off-site removal of drill spoil

(particularly advantageous in con-
taminated soils)

13. Horizontal forces can be trans-

ferred by way of raking piles

14. Construction of tension piles

(generally as grouted piles)

15. Low wear and tear costs

16. High production rates with up to

700 m of completed piles per day

17. Short construction period

18. Favourable alternative to

Vibro displacement stone columns
Driven cast insitu concrete piles
Driven precast concrete piles
GEWI piles
Bored piles
etc.
Static pile test

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 Areas of Application
Building construction Industrial buildings Slope stabilisation Silo Foundations

Bridge construction Soil nailing Uplift protection Underpinning

Bauer Ductile Piles are particularly suited for load transfer in restricted site conditions such as reduced working space
or low headroom. They can also be deployed as foundation piles in close proximity to existing buildings (minimum
clearance 40 cm).

Underpinning works in restricted headroom Foundation works adjacent to an existing building

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 Emissions
Graphic chart of noise levels for plant and equipment typically deployed on site measured directly at source. The
ambient noise level of a construction site is approximately 95 dB (A).
dB (A)

120

115

110

105

100

95

90

85

80

75
Air Drilling Bauer Vibrating Heavy
Hammer Rig Ductile Pile Plate Goods
Compactor Vehicles

Vibrations
Vibrations in accordance with DIN 4150-3: 1999-02 at an impact frequency of 60 Hz
Rate of vibration (mm/s)

60
not permitted

50

40
permitted

30

20

10

2
0
Highly sensitive buildings Sensitive buildings Non-sensitive buildings Bauer
(e. g. protected historic (e. g. residential (e. g. commercially used Ductile Pile
monuments or buildings in buildings) buildings, industrial
danger of collapsing) buildings)
This 3D bar diagram illustrates that the vibrations generated during the installation of Bauer Ductile Piles are harmless for
all types of buildings.

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BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH
BAUER-Strae 1
86529 Schrobenhausen, Germany
Telephone: +49 8252 97- 0
Telefax: +49 8252 97-1496
BST@bauer.de
www.bauer.de

05/2011
905.020.2