Localizacin de la obra

Piled Foundation for the Chiapas Bridge

in Mexico

God Morgen mine Damer og Herrer !

Wolfgang G. Brunner

Maschinen

Localizacin de la obra

Location of State Chiapas in Mexico

State Chiapas in Mexico

Chiapas Bridge

Localizacin de la obra

Location of the Jobsite

Localizacin de la obra

Veracruz
Puente Chiapas

Procedimiento no. 1
Chiapas 1

Oaxaca

Procedimiento no. 2
Chiapas 2

Chiapas

Data of Chiapas Bridge

Datos generales de proyecto

Length 1208 m

Drilling depth 56.0 m

Height above water 10 m

Contract amount including

Maximum total length of

drilling string 148.5 m
Maximum water depth 92.5 m

VAT 100 million US $

Execution period of
foundation 7 month

Datos generales de proyecto

Construction of Pier Foundations

Stage 1:
Fabrication on land of steel jacket on its side comprising four 2.80
m dia. steel tubes and struts.
Stage 2:
Floating jacket into position of pier with side buoyancy tanks.
Stage 3:
Up-ending of jacket
Driving four 1000 mm dia. tubular support leg piles with
structural connections to jacket.
Stage 4:
Construction of working platform on top of jackets, lifting
hydraulic casing oscillator onto platform and fixing it onto
platform. Installation of 2500 mm dia. drill casing comprising a
sacrificial section jointed onto the bottom of the main casing
section.

Datos generales de proyecto

Construction of Pier Foundations

Stage 5:
Mounting and connecting BA 2500 top drill on drill casing.
Stage 6:
Installation of drill head, ballast rods and air-lift pipe assembly
with casing guides.
Stage 7:
Drilling down with air-lift flushing as the casing oscillator rotates
the 2500 mm dia. drill casing and jacks it down with its powerful
hydraulic rams.
In order to reduce the frictional resistance on the drill casing,
three hydraulically operated roller bits are extend laterally during
drilling. They underream the casing shoe.
Embedment of drill casing in conglomerate up to 20m.
Stage 8:
Drilling with fully extended roller bits to final depth.

Datos generales de proyecto

Construction of Pier Foundations

Stage 9:
Lifting top drill off drill casing, removing drill string and drill head.
Cutting drill casing inside steel jacket tube approximately 5 m
above bottom end of steel tube.
Stage 10:
Raising upper section of drill casing and holding it in position with
casing oscillator.
Stage 11:
Installation of reinforcement cage, which extends from the base of
the pile to 5 m above the top of the enlarged pile head.
Stage 12:
Lowering tremie pipe assembly into drill casing and concreting
pile to top of reinforcing cage.
Stage 13:
Extracting upper drill casing string.
Stage 14:
Constructing remaining three piles.

Steel Jackets:
Fabrication
Launching
Floating into Position

Jacket Manufacturing Yard

Fabrication of Jackets

Fabricacin de jackets

Launching of Jacket
step 1: pull jacket
winch

step 1: retract jacket

step 1: float jacket

Launching of Jacket

Botado de los jackets 8, 7, 6 y 5

Jacket no 8

Jacket no 7

Jacket no 6

Jacket no 5

Launching of Jacket into Water

Floating Jacket into Position

Step 1: float to position

Step 4: vertical position

Step 2: turn through water inflow

Step 3: continue turning

Step 5: remove floating body

Step 6: install steel piles

with diesel hammer

Floating Jacket into Position

floating valves

guides for
steel piles

floating body

Transporte

Floating Jacket into Position

length 70

Ziele der Bodenverbesserung

Floating
Jacket into Position

Drilling with RC Drill:

Drill
Installation of Casing
Mounting of RC Drill
Drilling in Conglomerate and Rock

Principle of RC (Reverse Circulation) System

-20

-20/25

-30/35

Construction of Working Platform

Preparation of Drill Casing

Dia 2500 mm

Installation of Casing with Oscillator

Installation of Casing and RCD Drill

RC Drill BA 2500

Installation of Casing and Drilling into Rock

RCD drill rig BA 2500

oscillator BV 2500

casing dia 2500 mm

open hole drilling

Rock

Drill Head with Underreamer Dia 2350 mm

underreamer roller

Stabilizer and Flanged Drill Pipes

Stabilizer and Flanged Drill Pipe

Stabilizer and Flanged Drill Pipe

Drilling with RC Drill and Oscillator

Drilling with RC Drill and Oscillator

Underreaming the Casing during Drilling

hydraulic power pack for moving
out the underreamer rollers

casing

movable
roller

rock

Drilling at Jacket No. 8

Remove Casing
cutting drill casing with diver, max water depth 80 m
and recover the cut off casing section

oscillator BV 2500

cut casing by diver

casing dia 2500 mm

Rock

Completion of Pile:
Installation of Reinforcement Cage
Placing Concrete

Installation of Reinforcement Cage

Pipes for concrete

inspection

Installation of Reinforcement Cage

Installation of Reinforcement Cage

placing reinforcement cage into the borehole

casing dia 2500 mm

uncased bore in rock

Rock

Concreting the Pile

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concrete

concrete

tremie pipe

casing dia 2500 mm

uncased bore in rock

Rock

Concrete Pipe Line from the Shore to the Pier

Raked Piles

Pile diameter: 1300 mm

Pile length:
up to 50 m

Inclination: 1: 3

Bridge Deck Construction:

Construction
Construction of Pier Heads
Pushing Bridge Deck

Concreting of Pier Head

Concreting of Pier Head

22.7.2000

Concreting of Pier Head

Concreting of Pier Head

Concreting of Pier Head

Pier Overview

Pier 6
Pier 7

Pier 8

Pier 7

Pier 6

Pier 7

Pier 6

Pier 8
Pier 8

152.0 m

Abutment 9

jacking attachment

Abutment 9

Installation of Bridge Deck by Jacking

152.0 m

Fabricacin de dovelas

Installation of Bridge Deck by Jacking

Completed Chiapas Bridge

Fabricacin de dovelas

Thank you for your kind attention !

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