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This is how special civil engineering works: Explanatory video - Soft gel injection

/ Special civil engineering / News / Press Release

Soft gel injection seals excavations against rising groundwater in an environmentally friendly and economical way.

View into the approximately 6 metre deep, level construction pit. The sheet pile walls have already been installed. In the centre of the construction pit are a few small pieces of construction equipment as well as a construction container and silo. Two piling machines are in use in the rear part of the construction pit. The construction pit is located in an industrial area, next to an office building. In the background is a hilly landscape.
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Its advantages are:

✅ Low CO2 footprint: minimal use of cement.
✅ Environmentally friendly: groundwater-compatible ingredients
✅ Less transport & disposal costs: no reflux suspension

At our RBO construction site in Hamburg, one of the largest new construction projects in the Hanseatic city, the team convinced the client with an economical and environmentally friendly excavation solution from a single source: to solve the complex construction task, our special civil engineering experts combined with other special civil engineering services to implement a 14,200 m2 soft gel sealing base. Economical and safe on any subsoil. "This is how special civil engineering works".

Learn more about the application possibilities, production and advantages of soft gel injection in the new explanatory video.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Sarah Render

Unternehmenskommunikation / Deutschland
+49 89 71001-475
presse@porr.de