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Ductile Pile

The BAUER Ductile Pile

How to do a simple, economic and safe foundation

Skin friction piles

(grouted)

The BAUER Ductile Pile

End-bearing piles
(non grouted)

he BAUER Ductile Pile (BDP) is a simple,

fast and highly effective deep foundation
system. The industrially pre-fabricated
piles made from high-strength ductile cast iron
guarantee high quality and a safe foundation.
To execute the foundation, the individual pile
sections are joint together without using special tools to form a pile shaft of any length and
vibrated into the soil by a high frequency hydraulic impact hammer. After driving, the BDP

is cut down at exactly the required length. The

offcut is then reused as lead section for the
next pile. The BDP is installed as end-bearing
or as skin friction pile depending on the soil
characteristics. With the driving times recorded
during the driving process the soil bearing
capacity of the different layers can be determined. Thus, for each single pile an individual
pile length can be specified depending on
the local construction soil conditions.

Non load-bearing
soil stratum

Load-bearing
soil stratum

Rock

The BAUER Ductile Pile

Advantages of the
BAUER Ductile Pile
Simple

Economical

Safe

simple site installation

low investment cost

soil bearing capacity secured

directly (driving criteria)

hardly any additional site trafc

low requirements for work

platform

low level of vibrations

no nishing works on pile heads

no cut-offs

more than 30 years of experience

no drill spoil removal

low wear and tear

more than 5 Mio. lin m installed

piles

short construction period

(up to 450 lin m/day)

The BAUER Ductile Pile can be a beneficial alternative to

stone columns

cast-in-situ driven piles

pre-fabricated driven piles

GEWI-piles

bored piles

etc.

The BAUER Ductile Pile (BDP) sets standards by using this pre-fabricated pile system the construction period can be
reduced considerably compared to other similar foundation systems. Thus and due to the enormously lower expenditure
for staff and site installation the Ductile Pile can be an economical alternative to conventional foundations. Eventually, the
BDP-system in general optimizes the work process on site.

Ductile Pile

Time
Staff
Site Installation

The BAUER Ductile Pile

Bored Pile

Load Bearing Capacities

non grouted
(with concrete lling)

grouted

BDP type [mm]

C20/25

C35/45

C20/25

C35/45

118 x 5,0 1)

479 kN

570 kN

639 kN

730 kN

118 x 7,5

709 kN

792 kN

869 kN

952 kN

118 x 9,0

842 kN

920 kN

1.001 kN

1.080 kN

170 x 7,5 1)

1.134 kN

1.323 kN

1.365 kN

1.554 kN

170 x 9,0

1.335 kN

1.517 kN

1.566 kN

1.748 kN

170 x 10,6

1.545 kN

1.719 kN

1.776 kN

1.950 kN

170 x 12,5 1)

1.788 kN

1.954 kN

2.019 kN

2.185 kN

1) on

request
Stated inner bearing capacity expressed as design (factored) values (Nd). The outer bearing capacity depends on the
local subsoil conditions. In order to determine the dimensions of the foundation, the lower one of the two results is relevant.

Structural load test

The BAUER Ductile Pile

Areas of Application
Building construction

Industrial building

Slope protection

Silo foundation

Bridge construction

Soil nailing

Uplift prevention

Refurbishment

The BAUER Ductile Pile

Emissions

Noise level

Diagrammatic representation of typical equipment on site (standard data)

Air
hammer

Disk
saw

BAUER
Ductile Pile

Vibrating
plate

Heavy load
vehicles

Vibrations

admissible

excess rate

Vibration velocity

Vibrations in accordance with DIN 4150-3:1999-02

BAUER Ductile Pile

Very sensible buildings

(e.g. listed and/or
dilapidated buildings)

BAUER Ductile Pile

Sensible buildings
(e.g. housing dwellings)

Non-sensible buildings
(e.g. commercial and
industrial buildings)

Conclusion: The vibrations caused during the installation of the BAUER Ductile Pile are harmless for any kind of building.

The BAUER Ductile Pile

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07/2012

BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH

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86529 Schrobenhausen, Germany
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