Sheet pile walls for dikes
Flood protection: Sheet pile walls stabilize dikes and protect residents from flooding.
Sheet piling has been used in port construction for more than a century. Now, these steel walls are also being used for flood protection. Sheet piling is sunk through the top of the dike and anchored in the ground at a depth of two or three meters below the dike. A newly developed modular system makes it possible to increase the height of the sheet pile wall if required. Depending on the dike, the individual elements can be six to twelve meters long and from six to ten millimeters thick. Essen-based manufacturer ThyssenKrupp GfT Bautechnik GmbH has supplied its watertight steel walls for dike projects in Germany, Russia, the Czech Republic and Spain. ThyssenKrupp offers total solutions, from consultation to implementation, as installing the steel piles calls for special machinery. The use of sheet pile walls for flood protection is a relatively recent development, as the old dikes served their purpose for a long time. But now it's time for a rethink: many of the dikes on the Elbe and Oder rivers have started to soften, others have proved to be too low or have even had to be moved back. Steel sheet pile walls offer an environmentally compatible solution, as they last for more than a hundred years and are fully recyclable.
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