The Manioca industrial estate in Eschen and KIKA in Liezen

The new Manioca industrial estate in Eschen (Liechtenstein) was built on an old lake bed. Firm ground is only found in the underlying moraine at a depth of over 20 metres. The solution for the right foundations was therefore compressed piles from a single casting.

The KIKA company has built a new furniture store in Liezen. During the first geological investigations, the planners found themselves confronted with peaty ground and non-supporting gravel strata as far as the underlying moraine.
 
A solution was found by constructing the foundations on ductile piles from TRM at a depth of 40 -50 metres.

Detailed information

The Manioca industrial estate in Eschen (Liechtenstein)

Client: Manioca AG
Customer: Meistebeu AG
140 jacket-compressed piles DN 170
Total: 4,000 m
Loads: 900 kN
Supporting device: O+K RH9 with Krupp 1500 ram hammer
Period: April 2002 – 3 weeks

KIKA in Liezen
Client: KIKA
Customer: Rappatz & Jahn
360 uncompressed piles DN 170 and 118 mm
Total: 12,000 m, pile lenghts between 38 and 48 m
Loads: 170 mm 800 kN/pile and 118 mm 500 kN/pile
Supporting device: LH 942 with Krupp 1300 ram hammer
Period: August 1991