The upgrade of the Millipore Waste Water Treatment Plant in Cork involved demolition, access road construction, a new reinforced concrete bund, steel platforms and a new glass-lined tank. Quinn Piling engaged DFS from tender stage to develop an economical foundation solution for the piling sub-contract.
- Pile layout and service load resolution
- Geotechnical and structural pile design for compression, tension, shear, torsion and overturning
- Pile group behaviour, settlement and lateral deflection
- PLAXIS 3D, Oasys Alp and Oasys AdSec modelling
DFS was also responsible for detailed design at construction stage. Load tests on selected working piles met the supervising engineers’ specifications.
