Ground anchors transfer tensile loads and consist of an anchor head, a free length and a bond length. The free length enables the anchor to be, a big advantage for excavation pits with very low horizontal deflections.
Single bore multiple anchor (SBMA) are ground anchors with multiple (more than one) bonds.
Contiguous pile walls consist of piles arranged in a way that a gap remains between the piles. Where required the soil between the piles can be stabilised during excavation by either installing timber lagging in front of the excavated soil or by building a reinforced shotcrete wall towards the…
King post/soldier piles and lagging walls are a cost effective system of temporary or permanent retaining wall using beams and pre-cast concrete panels.
Vertical panels are excavated under stabilising slurries using mechanical/hydraulic clamshell grabs or hydromill cutters to form a continuous cut-off, retaining and/or structural wall.
Slurry walls are constructed using a cement-bentonite slurry to produce a below ground low permeability barrier.
Sheet piling retains soil, using steel sheets with interlocking edges and is applied using both vibratory and vibration-free installation rigs.
Gabions are rectangular, interconnected, stone filled wire baskets formed from welded or woven mesh, used to form an aesthetic retaining wall.
During construction it is often necessary to form a stable excavation and to ensure that any associated movement will not damage neighbouring structures or utilities. Keller offers flexible solutions to solve even highly complex excavation support problems both in a temporary or in a…
Keller offers a full range of services for the marine construction market. This includes the design and construction of new ports, jetties and quays as well as the extension and restoration of existing structures. We also have solutions for tidal barriers and coastal protection schemes.…
The iconic Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is undergoing a $1.8 billion expansion, with a gleaming 36-storey, guitar-shaped hotel as its stunning centrepiece. Such a unique and challenging project requires a wide range of specialist geotechnical skills and expertise – making it ideal for the Keller…
Wet soil mixing, also known as the deep mixing method, improves the characteristics of weak soils by mechanically mixing them with cementitious binder slurry.
Mass Soil Mixing (MSM), or mass stabilisation, is a ground improvement technique that improves soft or loose soils, by mechanically mixing them with either wet grout or dry cementitious binder.
Trench cutting and remixing deep (TRD) soil mix walls are mixed-in-place using a specialised vertical cutter post mounted on a base crawler machine.
Soil nailing uses grouted, tension-resisting steel elements (nails) to reinforce in situ soils and creating a gravity retaining wall for permanent or temporary excavation support.
When wet soils swell and can’t expand downwards or sideways, the soil rises up and exposes the upper surface, effectively the opposite of subsidence. While displacement may be relatively small, ground heave can still lead to serious structural damage. Keller can provide the best solution to…
Compensation or fracture grouting is the injection of a cement slurry grout into the soil creating and filling fractures that then lift the overlying soil and structures.
Keller today announces changes to its Board and Executive Committee with effect from 20 August 2018
Following the tragic deaths of 18 employees in a traffic accident last year, Keller company Franki Africa has joined forces with campaigners Arrive Alive to improve road safety in South Africa. The move comes as the business unit also launches a fitting memorial to the victims…
Driven cast in-situ (DCIS) piles are constructed by driving a closed-ended hollow steel or concrete casing into the ground and then filling it with concrete.
