My first Magazine dsi-info-23-en | Page 85

Construction—EMEA—Germany—Hydro & Marine Structures At the lower offshore terminal, the separating breakwater consists of an overlap bored pile wall tied back in 4 layers. The front sides of the excavation are confined by sheet pile cofferdams. In these areas, tension anchors were used at the top of the wall in addition to the tie back anchors. The prevailing soil mainly consists of 5 layers, with back fills, alluvium, gravel and sand in the upper layers. The drilling work for the bored pile wall and the anchors were carried out in conglomerates of highly abrasive consolidated gravel and in weakly abrasive, partly scaly claystone and siltstone. To tie back the retaining structures around the excavation, DSI produced and supplied 223 permanent DYWIDAG Strand Anchors with 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 strands and a total length of 5,313m as well as 393 temporary DYWIDAG Strand Anchors with 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 strands and a total length of 6,230m. Owner Wasser und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV), Germany Contractor HOCHTIEF AG, Germany Subcontractor GBS Grundbau Bohrtechnik Spezialtiefbau GmbH & Co. KG, Germany DSI Unit DYWIDAG-Systems International GmbH, BU Geotechnics, Germany DSI Scope Production, supply, technical support DYWIDAG Products 223 permanent DYWIDAG Strand Anchors with 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 strands, 393 temporary DYWIDAG Strand Anchors with 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 strands 85