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SSAB offers a versatile range of steel pile dimensions so you get the optimal size, steel grade and length for your project. Piles are installed with driven or drilled technology and come in diameters of 76.1–1220 mm (3.0–40.0 in.) and thicknesses of 6.3–23 mm (0.25–0.91 in.). Our steel grades made for piling are up to S550J2H.
RR® and RD® micropiles
Large diameter piles
RD® casings: thin walled non-bearing casings installed by drilling
Traditional retaining walls are often cast in place and labor intensive. The smarter choice is retaining walls from SSAB based on steel piles. Our walls have higher resistance against vertical loads than regular sheet pile walls and feature excellent bending stiffness. Our RD® pile wall is designed specifically for challenging conditions and faster implementation.
RD® pile wall: For difficult ground conditions
Combi wall: Retaining walls based on steel pipes
Our steel water mains are a reliable and cost-effective solution for drinking water and for sewage. We ensure the long life of our pressure pipes by using an external polyethylene coating and an internal concrete or epoxy layer suitable for drinking water. Joints can be made by welding or using flanges and couplings.
Water mains Long-lasting steel pipes
Spirally welded pipes: For industries, heating and cooling
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The RD® pile wall solution was chosen due to the undulating bedrock profile and its hard characteristics. It was considered a safe and stable solution. Fundamentering AS has for a long time been one of SSAB’s largest pile customers in Norway, especially within the large diameter pile aspect.
Luleå is a region in growth. Its existing water and waste system is now 60-100 years old and in great need of upgrading to deal with the growing population. By 2040, the population is expected to reach 100 000 inhabitants. “Östre länken” was initiated in 2014 and will be ready in 2026. It consists of 4 new pumping stations and 20 km of water pipes with a diameter of up to 2 meters. This is Luleå Municipality’s biggest construction project ever and has an estimated price tag of up to SEK 2bn. There are already 70 pumping stations in the area to ensure the transportation of fresh water from the Lule River to end users and then transport the used water back to Uddebo wastewater treatment plant.
In the project ‘Reconstruction of Klaipeda Northern Breakwater’, the entrance of the harbour of Klaipeda was strengthened and renewed. In the course of this construction work, a retaining wall was built underwater at the foot of the breakwater at the narrowest point of the entrance. Through the installation of this wall, it was possible to design a rectangular cross-section between the northern and southern breakwaters, thus achieving a depth independent of the breakwater slope. Main contractor for the project was Depenbrock Ingenieurwasserbau GmbH & Co. from Germany.
Ålesund is a large Norwegian harbor for cargo and cruise ships. The fishing industry is well-established in the area together with manufacturing of furniture. This may explain the 65,000 containers that move through the area each year, making it one of Norway’s largest container harbors. Two billion fishmeal is exported from this region worldwide each year. Ålesund is also located on the doorstep of picturesque Norwegian fjords and majestic mountains, providing easy access for cruise tourism.
Residential building of As Oy Matti was originally built on end bearing timber piles in the end of 1960s. The level of the building has been followed for some years and the first leveling data is from 2012. During the first years of leveling, the building was in practice non-settling. Since 2016 there has been clear settlement on one area of the building. The settlement rate accelerated during years 2018 and 2019, which emerged the need for underpinning of the building.
Construction company Godai Oy is building a carbon-negative small house ecovillage to Parainen, Finland. Godai is concerned about the environmental aspects of climate change in the construction industry and this construction project has high goals, as the plan is to build Finland’s first carbon-negative small houses. According to the Ministry of the Environment, construction and buildings account for about one third of Finland’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, is building a new bioproduct mill in Kemi next to existing pulp mill. The new mill will consume 7.6 million m3 of wood in a year and produce 1.5 million tons of pulp of which 70 % will be exported. Metsä Fibre’s investment to Kemi bioproduct mill is worth 1.85 billion euros and it will increase Finland’s export revenue with 0.5 billion euros annually. SSAB supplied displacement piles and micropiles for this new bioproduct mill, which Metsä Fibre is currently building in Kemi, Finland.
The Kokemäenjoki river is one of the most important hydropower production areas in Finland. The Melo hydroelectric power plant in Nokia was built in the Kokemäenjoki river basin at the turn of the 1970s. The fall height of the power plant is 20 meters. In total, the dam is 123 meters long. The power plant has a capacity of 68 megawatts and an annual production of 200 GWh.
Green shipping has long been a goal for Norwegian transportation. This has led to heavy investments in electric and hybrid transportation ferries. These ferries are used to allow road traffic to pass over the huge number of fjords along the Norwegian coast line. In 2021, 70 ferries out of a total 200, more than 1/3, had been replaced by electric ones. This transition has been backed by national funding and has also triggered demand for infrastructure development.
Swedish Pålkommissionen report 108 on design of composite piles in Sweden has been implemented to PileCalc designer tool.
PileWallCalc, the calculation program for SSAB steel retaining walls has been updated. Thanks to this update, the geographical coverage of the program has expanded.
The latest news on SSAB path to Fossil-free steel production and SSAB Pile products were presented at the Ramboll Finland Geo-day in Hämeenlinna, Finland.