Case Study

In-ground swimming pool located in the municipality of Peschiera del Garda (VR)

Lifting 10cm of an in-ground swimming pool

Structure: outdoor swimming pool pertaining to a B&B located in the Municipality of Peschiera Del Garda (VR) with reinforced concrete masonry having a thickness of 25 cm and a height of 140 cm.
Foundations: reinforced concrete slab having a thickness of 25 cm with an underlying layer of lean concrete of 10 cm.
Disturbance: slope of the structure of 10 cm northwest direction . Soil: presence of superficial fill soils, followed by mainly clayey soils and sandy silts.

Request for intervention: lifting of pool planarity restoration.

Il Progetto

Intervention: consolidation and lifting of foundations by laying 24 Lift Pile® lifting, steel MP60 micropiles (CE-marked product – EN 1090-1:2009) prethreaded (European patent 29187731) with special jacking jacking jackets on the existing foundation slab and subsequent injection of expanding resins to fill the void created by the lifting.
Depth reached by the micropiles with respect to the foundation slab: from 23 to 25 meters.
Infusion pressure: 220/230 bar corresponding to 22/23 tons per infilled micropile.
Duration of consolidation work: 8 working days.
Number of operators employed for the work: 3 specialized operators.