When aquifers underlay made ground a stone column is sometimes perceived as potential path for contamination. In reality, vibro treatment reduces the mass permeability and so this is rarely an issue. However, in some cases it is necessary to seal the base of the columns. This is where Keller’s…
Soil nailing uses grouted steel nails to reinforce in situ soils and create a gravity retaining wall for permanent or temporary excavation support.
This technique involves the improvement of weak soils by the installation of densely compacted columns made from gravel or similar material with a vibrator. The displacement process reinforces all soils in the treatment zone and densifies surrounding granular soils. It’s a technique first…
Vibro compaction is a ground improvement technique that densifies clean, cohesionless granular soils with a downhole vibrator. It’s a technique first developed by Keller in the 1930s that we’ve used on thousands of projects since.
Pali Radice (literal translation ‘Root Pile’ from the Italian) is a versatile foundation system using small diameter cast in situ bored piles, developed in Italy in the 1950s. It has been extensively employed as an underpinning/stabilisation system for strengthening existing foundations which…
Single bore multiple anchor (SBMA) are ground anchors with multiple strands, each bonded to the soil/rock and carrying a load.
Minipiles are a deep foundation element constructed using high-strength, small-diameter steel casing and/or threaded bars.
In restricted access situations, where large, heavy conventional plant cannot be used, we provide a choice of piling systems such as continuous flight auger, cased CFA, rotary bored, drilled rock socket or driven. A number of our restricted access rigs are able to enter buildings via a normal…
Continuous flight auger (CFA) piles are drilled and concreted in one continuous operation enabling much faster installation time than for bored piles. Reinforcement is placed into the wet concrete after casting, enabling the pile to resist the full range of structural loading.