Foundation techniques Verstraeten BV has made the foundation poles for the highest municipal office in the Netherlands
Last year Foundation techniques Verstraeten BV have installed foundation poles for the municipal office in Utrecht. The Utrecht Municipal Offices includes 66,000 m2 and is one of the largest buildings that is built from mid-2011 in the Netherlands. The municipal office will act as a central point where the citizens of Utrecht can go for almost all municipal services and products. With a maximum height of 92 meters, the municipal office is the highest and soon one of the largest municipal offices in the Netherlands.
Independent review puts Twin Pole in the marketFinding solutions to foundation problems, that's what foundation techniques Verstraeten in Oostburg is good at. With the self-developed systems Fundexpaal and successor Tubex Pole Verstraeten has made a name in the (international) construction industry. Recently the Twin Pole has been added these registered systems. A Twin Pole is a pipes wall system that drills vibration-free into the ground.Two piles, grout and a V-shaped septumFor construction work involving ground or water retaining walls, Fundex has developed a new technique: The Twin Pole, a pipes wall system that goes into the ground vibration-free. Grout, a mixture of cement and water will be uses as a lubricant when drilling. Below is a V-shaped septum to catch abnormalities. So this is the beginning of a water sealing and retaining wall. Once hardened grout works invigorating.
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Separation wall protects current CoentunnelWith the constructing of the second Coentunnel, a separation wall provides protection to the integrity and stability of the existing Coentunnel. The separation wall is applied with a vibration-free method from a fri anchor pontoon combination in the North Sea Canal.
The separation wall is made by the company Foundation techniques Verstraeten, better known as foundation specialist Fundex. The method was pre-tested on the land. Implementation of the separation wall in the North Sea Canal had as complication that the wall had to be applied submerged and 2 meters below the channel bottom. |
