Free Pile Design Service

As head of the Trench Control design team, I am very much aware of the varied requirements we receive from customers. To ensure we can provide the right solution design for your excavation we have built up an indepth database of geotechnical ground conditions covering the whole country.

To help you understand our approach to value engineered ground support solutions, I have outlined below our methodology for achieving cost savings and the sofware used to provide our customers with full design drawings

You can contact my office directly on 045 866 944 to avail of our free design service and I look forward to discussing your project in more detail.

Chisco Ruiz - Geotechnical Design Engineer

Design Methodology 

Our team comprises engineers who work in addressing the design needs of customers in line with Eurocode 7 standards. Whether this is a straightforward trench box solution, or a more complex design involving concrete or sheet piles and supports, we welcome all contact from our customers.

This service is provided free of charge, is fully covered by PI Insurance and will frequently involve us in direct discussions with the clients consulting engineers.

Using our design service can help save €0,000s on a 100m linear of sheet  piling:

• Reduce pile length - through better application of load requirements to ground conditions, a one meter reduction on pile length could be achieved.
• Reduce steel width – the grade of steel required based on load requirements and corrosion possibilities can be reduce.
• Reduce Cantilever depth – improved design can affect a reduction in cantilever by better analysis of ground conditions and use of lesser steel & additional frames.

SupportIT is a design and analysis tool for cantilevered and propped sheet pile retaining walls. Multi-layered excavations may be defined, with different soils on each side of the excavation.

Different pressure models (Rankine, Coulomb, etc), sheet pile penetration models (Free/Fixed Earth, etc) and factor of safety calculations (Net/Gross Pressure, Burland-Potts) provide complete control over a design. Surface loads, foundations and sloping/irregular ground may be modelled.

SupportIT calculates the optimum positions of supporting frames, and generates a method statement for installing a design.

On Site Advice

Our on site engineer will be pleased to visit site and discuss particular problems that may arise. This can provide a useful assistance to the consulting engineer in approving a particular design. Equally, we can arrange to visit your office to discuss your particular needs.