Projects
The projects in the Department of Geotechnical Engineering are each handled under the auspices of a specific section and in many cases also in close cooperation with other sections (frequently on all three locations), other departments or sister institutions, such as the BfG. The projects are focussed on central issues such as consultation services for the enhancement of waterways, as well as for the planning and construction of locks and ship lifts. This is illustrated by the following examples; each project is being handled under the direction of a specific section, although in each case the necessity of close cooperation is clearly shown.
Project Survey
- Dörverden Lock
Between Minden and Bremen, the River Weser is currently being developed to accommodate modern freight vessels. As a result, it was necessary to construct a new lock at Dörverden. This project is characterised by the innovative approach to the wall of the lock chamber, which has been constructed as a back-anchored, secant bored pile wall with a reinforced facing concrete slab.
mehr ...- Impervious Lining Systems on Waterways
Artificial waterways, like motorways, often follow uneven terrain, leading to shipping traffic's need, as with road traffic, for dams, bridges and occasionally tunnels, too. Furthermore, the water needs to be kept securely in the waterways. They therefore receive impervious lining systems in those sections in which the water level lies above the surrounding terrain.
more ...- Sülfeld lock
As part of the upgrading of the Mittellandkanal, the southern chamber of the Sülfeld double lock as well as the corresponding water saving basins were replaced by a modern extended shipping lock. To this end, an economic and environmentally compatible excavation and groundwater drainage concept was drawn up.
more ...- Construction of the new ship lift at Niederfinow
The Federal Waterways Building Office in Berlin is currently erecting the new ship lift at Niederfinow to the north of the existing ship lift. The construction work encompasses erection of the upper outer basin, the canal bridge, the lower outer basin and the actual new ship lift at Niederfinow with an effective trough length of 115 m and an effective width of 12.5 m with water depth of 4 m.
more ...- Ladenburg
Heidelberg Waterways and Shipping Office is currently rehabilitating Ladenburg side canal between kilometres 8.90 and 12.36. The banks no longer showed sufficient long-term stability due to bow thruster, screw race and wave impacts.
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