would you want a house on these ?

[V8Druid]

Akela develops alternative ground beam

Akela Ground Engineering has developed a precast concrete beam system that it claims could speed up house-building.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

 

[doobin]

Akela develops alternative ground beam

Akela Ground Engineering has developed a precast concrete beam system that it claims could speed up house-building.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

Only as good/level as the made-up ground underneath!

 

[Smiffy]

Only as good/level as the made-up ground underneath!

They are still on pipes by the looks of it as it says they are using a jcb piling rigs

 

[V8Druid]

yeh, but they'd all need to be perfectly bang on level and the ground prep around them'd need to be bloody good to prevent point/stress loading and possible cracking

and this is a box ticking bullsh1t exercise

" “Using sustainable methods of production at our purpose-built facility and existing equipment for installation, we’re able to reduce our carbon footprint and offer developers a more modern and energy efficient alternative to existing ground beam options. "

 

[groundworker]

These have been around a while, not sure what this system is doing that's new. I can definitely see the argument for a beam that's been fixed, shuttered and poured in a factory setting rather than on a wet muddy site (less chance of concrete being pissed up, bad steel fixing, poor cover on bars etc.)

I don't see what the ground prep has to do with it? I'd be more interested to know how they pack up to level/grout void off of the cropped piles. And how they connect the beams at joints.

 

[groundworker]

Seems like a better way of getting a heave void than using cellcore too.

 

[DaveDCB]

Vanelle have been doing them for years and years!

 

[V8Druid]

Seems like a better way of getting a heave void than using cellcore too.

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presumably those joints are all cast in situ? ..... looks a bit more like it
now all they have to do is cast the piles 3 (or more) feet higher and flood plain building is dealt with .. nice breathable void under the house . job done

 

[Smiffy]

yeh, but they'd all need to be perfectly bang on level and the ground prep around them'd need to be bloody good to prevent point/stress loading and possible cracking

and this is a box ticking bullsh1t exercise

" “Using sustainable methods of production at our purpose-built facility and existing equipment for installation, we’re able to reduce our carbon footprint and offer developers a more modern and energy efficient alternative to existing ground beam options. "

I don't see why the ground prep would need to be good. The whole idea of a pile is to transfer loading deep in to the ground. As for finish height of pipes you could trowel them off with a laser level or there are pipe saws available that would cut them pretty accurately. Could also use driven piles instead of concrete.