Hamburg
Waltershofer Brücken
Static load tests with loading platform
Impuls Pfahlmessung GmbH · since 1995
Pile testing for structures across Europe
Static and dynamic load tests, integrity testing and consulting. Since 1995, experienced and innovative, with in-house measuring systems up to 40,000 kN.
Why IPM
Why IPM
Own measurement systems, own structural design, own teams. The numbers speak for themselves.
31
years of experience
since 1995, without interruption
40,000 kN
maximum test force
own systems, own structural design
21
countries
from Iceland to Kazakhstan
0
workplace accidents on site
Safety before schedule
We developed our measuring systems and our software ourselves because the accuracy and flexibility of the available technology were not enough for us. That will not change in the future either.
Forces you can visualize
4,000 tons.
Seven A380s stacked on top of each other.
Our teams work with these forces every day. That is why employee safety comes first: hazard assessment starts during project planning. No workplace accident on site in 31 years.
- Test force
- 40,000 kN
- Equivalent to
- 4,000 t
This corresponds to 7 fully fueled and fully occupied aircraft. Size comparison, schematic illustration.
Services
Our services
Six services, one point of contact. From test planning to the verifiable report.
Currently on site
Selected projects
A selection of our assignments.
BAB A45
Talbrücke Eisern
Static load tests up to 30,000 kN
Hamburg
Ersatzneubau Steinwerder Kai
Static load tests with four new 15.1 m test beams, span 14.4 m, test force up to 24,000 kN
Already tested, among others: Stuttgart 21, Humboldt Forum, BER, Fraport T3
Safety
Occupational safety comes first
Every site starts with the hazard assessment, not with the first test beam. Load paths, rescue scenarios, restricted areas. Defined before arrival.
The result shows in the statistics: no workplace accident on site since 1995. This figure is the only proof of quality that cannot be talked up.
Contacts
Your contacts
You speak directly with the people who plan and carry out the measurement.
Dipl.-Ing.Torsten Schreier
Managing Director
B.Sc.Patrick Brühl
Junior Management
Sabine Etzold
Executive assistant
Dipl.-Ing.Alexander Etzold
Company founder
Overview
What stands on site
Our equipment at a glance.
To technology- Jack assembly test force
- up to 15,000 kN, 27,000 kN and 40,000 kN
- HE1000 beams, reinforced, S460
- large load tests up to 40,000 kN
- HE700 beams, reinforced, S460
- small load tests up to 10,000 kN
- 15.1 m high load test beams, new 2026
- for large spans up to 14.7 m, up to 56,000 kN
- Load frame crown
- up to 18 anchor connections, up to 15,000 kN
- 700 bar hydraulics
- power units with electronic constant force control, power units with electronic constant displacement control, two-way jacks with compressive forces of 2 MN, 3 MN and 8 MN, two-way hollow piston jacks with tensile forces of 1 MN and 3.2 MN
- Force measurement
- calibrated load cells under every jack
- Displacement measurement
- calibrated precision probes below 10 µm, resolution 1/1000 mm
- Instrumentation
- vibrating wire sensors, fibre optic measuring system, extensometers, pile base load cells, inclinometers with up to eight levels
- Measurement technology
- PC controlled measurement and control system, data loggers, fibre optic measurement technology
Project inquiry
Request a project
Tell us the project, the number of piles and the planned test load. You will receive a test concept with a quote within two business days.