Konrad Westermann

Optimisation of an excavation pit through large scale triaxial tests on gravel Niederterrassenschotter Basel

For the construction of a new high-rise in Basel, a deep excavation pit was created in the middle of a pharmaceutical site. To secure the excavation pit against earth pressure and water pressure of up to ten metres in the highly permeable ground, a secant bored pile wall with a single intermediate support in the form o...