E-MAIL FRANCAIS HOME PROFILE CERTIFICATIONS PROCESSING EQUIPMENT SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT NEWS CONTACTS DOWNLOAD BROCHURE DIAPHRAGMS Diaphragms are reinforced concrete walls built underground. They are continuous and waterproof support works. They are carried out as follows: • construction of a reinforced concrete guide curb • positioning of vertical guide beams • trench excavation using a specific machine for diaphragms using bentonite mud • insertion of metal reinforcement • casting of concrete from the bottom with casting and recovery pipe sludge • vertical beam recovery after setting the concrete © 2013 VE.I.CO.PAL. Srl - All rights reserved - VAT 01760800340 by Immagica Comunicazione

E-MAIL FRANCAIS HOME PROFILE CERTIFICATIONS PROCESSING EQUIPMENT SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT NEWS CONTACTS DOWNLOAD BROCHURE Load tests on poles and tie rods The list of services offered by VE.I.CO.PAL. it also includes load tests on poles and tie rods, as well as on micropiles. The tests are set up or carried out in complete contrast with the two adjacent ones. The load test has the purpose of establishing what is the bearing capacity of a pole: it is the most effective and most reliable method to find out, and it involves inserting the pole up to the depth determined by the project, thus applying a succession of loads to the pole itself. The load tests on the pilot piles, therefore, have to do with the safety of the projects, and are used to verify the behavior of the structures involved. The load tests on poles and tie rods carried out by VE.I.CO.PAL. they can concern poles of every kind, of every shape, of every dimension and of every material, regardless of the installation technique that was used to place it in the desired point and regardless of the purpose of the tests themselves. More specifically, the design tests are those that serve to confirm the hypotheses underlying the projects or to clarify them: they are pushed to failure, and allow the survey of the so-called load - yield curve, in addition to the identification of the limit load. These are destructive tests, which are then carried out on poles that are made in a specific manner. There are also acceptance tests, which instead are carried out on poles destined not to be destroyed. The load tests on poles and tie rods are obviously carried out by qualified personnel and specialized operators: the ultimate goal is © 2013 VE.I.CO.PAL. Srl - All rights reserved - VAT 01760800340 by Immagica Comunicazione