Powerpile polymer pillars lift sunk buildings
Royal Albert Museum in Britain is an example of a building stabilized by polymer pillars.A Finnish innovation facilitates remedial construction in Finland and other parts of the world. Powerpile Oy is company manufacturing, marketing and installing expanding polymer pillars. Powerpile is the daughter company of the Finnish Uretek Worldwide, UWW, which is a business network applying geopolymer solutions in over 40 different countries.
Consolidation construction for improving unstable foundation is one of the fastest growing fields within remedial construction. Powerpile-pillars are intended specifically for lifting and stabilizing sunk buildings. When installed, Powerpile is a small capsule with a strong bag filled with chemically expanding geopolymer. The capsule is placed beneath the construction through a small hole.
The polymer pillar was invented by the CEO of Powerpile, Sami Häkkinen and automation engineer Tuomas Lievonen. The development work was carried out with the assistance of a team of geoengineers.
- The deepest point of installation for the pillar, which looks like a pill, is 12 meters, although sometimes there would be a need to get even deeper than that. The product is well suited for builders, who don't want to resort to ordinary piling, says Häkkinen on the company's website.
The patented Powerpile- pillars have been manufactured since 2006. Before entering the Finnish market, the product was tested for instance in over 200 construction projects in England.
http://www.powerpile.fi/
http://www.uretekworldwide.com/
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