Landwehrbach

Landwehrbach, construction of waste water pipelines including rainwater treatment in Castrop-Rauxel and Herne BA 1

Landwehrbach Herne(3)

Client

Emschergenossenschaft, Essen

Project volume

EUR 12.1 million

Construction time

12/2016 – 10/2018 (23 months)

Services

Companies

Smet Tunnelling N.V.

 

The Landwehrbach and its tributaries are part of the Emscher sewage system. The Landwehrbach joint venture comprising the companies Wittfeld GmbH, Eiffage Infra-Vortriebstechnik GmbH and Smet Tunnelling N.V. was commissioned by the Emschergenossenschaft with ecologically redeveloping the Landwehrbach. In future, surface water is to flow in near-natural rivers and waste water discharged in newly constructed parallel pipelines.

•    7 x start and finish pits to a depth of 16 m as intersected bored pile wall
•    2,150 m² of bored pile wall shoring for the structure of a sewer with storage capacity and overflow with lower-lying discharge, 4x stiffened, depth 17 m
•    370 m² of sheet pile shoring with shotcrete infill
•    520 m² of sheet pile shoring with wood infill
•    1 lowering shaft DN 3200, depth 12.0 m
•    515 m of pipe jacking DN 2200
•    370 m of pipe jacking DN 2400 using roadheader and compressed air-protected working face
•    530 m of pipe jacking DN 600 to DN 1200 by means of a full section machine and flushing conveyance
•    1,700 m³ of reinforced concrete work
•    1 operations building
•    Drainage measures
•     Open laying of various waste water pipes DN 800 to DN 2400