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Bored piles

Koelnmesse Hall 1plus

Bored pile foundation for the new exhibition hall 1plus

Aerial view of the construction site of exhibition hall 1plus with Cologne Cathedral in the background.

For the new exhibition hall 1plus at Koelnmesse, 400 bored piles with diameters of 70 cm and 80 cm were installed down to 17.5 m.

Bored piles total
400
Ø 70 cm
241 piles
Ø 80 cm
159 piles
Pile length
up to 17.5 m
Vertical load average
2.7 MN
Vertical load max.
3.6 MN

Loads and geometry

241 piles with a diameter of 70 cm and 159 piles with a diameter of 80 cm reach down to 17.5 m. The piles carry vertical loads of 2.7 MN on average and up to 3.6 MN.

Execution

Output reached up to 18 piles or 260 m per day and rig. The work was carried out in 2018 and 2019 within around seven weeks by JACBO on behalf of Kölnmesse GmbH.

Design

The economical design of the piles was carried out with the calculation core of piledesigner.io.

Reaction beam of the pile load test in front of the existing exhibition building.

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