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Pile testing Stuttgart

Pile testing in Stuttgart

Load testing and integrity testing for Stuttgart and the Neckar region. Own measurement technology, test force up to 40,000 kN, travel distance about 3.5 hours from Gotha.

Ground conditions

What Stuttgart is founded on.

Gipskeuper, Schilfsandstein and Lettenkeuper on slopes, anhydrite and gypsum layers prone to karstification, plus mineral water occurrences with strict requirements for any intervention in the ground.

What happens without testing

Swelling anhydrite lifts structures, leaching creates cavities. Both are localised, not widespread, a borehole next to it does not show it. Without measurement on the built pile, it remains open what it actually stands on.

Untested foundations are not a cost risk, they are a structural stability risk. Differential settlement, cracking and re-foundation cost many times the price of testing.

Typical construction tasks: Slope construction, tunnel and rail structures, industrial construction, underpinning of existing buildings.

Methods

Three methods, one decision.

In Stuttgart and the Neckar region the ground often leads to integrity test. We make the final choice based on the ground report and pile concept, not on instinct.

Dynamic load test in Stuttgart

Bearing capacity of several piles within one day, evaluated per CAPWAP. The method per DIN EN ISO 22477-4 delivers shaft friction and base resistance separately and fits where the construction schedule does not allow a week of setup.

Drop weight up to 12 t, evaluation per CAPWAP

Static load test in Stuttgart

The direct proof per DIN EN ISO 22477-1. The load-settlement line shows the real load behaviour under sustained load, up to 40,000 kN test force. Basis for foundation optimisation and for any disputed proof.

Up to 40,000 kN, own loading platform and beam system

Integrity test in Stuttgart

Test of construction quality: length, cross-section, necking, defects. Low-strain from the pile head for the whole site, cross-hole between measuring tubes for the core of large bored piles.

Low-strain and cross-hole, large quantities

Regional answers

Questions on pile testing in Stuttgart

All questions on process, methods, standards and scheduling are in the FAQ section.

Pile testing in Stuttgart

A soil survey and pile concept are enough for a reliable answer. Travel distance about 3.5 hours from Gotha.

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.