EXCAVATION, FOUNDATION AND UNDERPINNING WORK ADJACENT TO EXISTING BUILDINGS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

03-07-2021

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-1972

Publisher

German Institute for Standardisation (Deutsches Institut für Normung)

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Concept
4 Documentation
5 Site management
6 Work preparatory to planning and execution
   6.1 Investigations prior to beginning work
   6.2 Ground exploration
   6.3 Investigation of existing buildings
   6.4 Investigation of ground forces
   6.5 Securing the existing building
7 Excavations
   7.1 General
   7.2 Limits of excavation
   7.3 Excavations in sections
   7.4 Weather protection of excavation pit
   7.5 Monitoring of existing building
8 Foundations
   8.1 General
   8.2 Foundation depth
   8.3 Trenches and shafts
   8.4 Foundations for new structure
   8.5 Settlement
   8.6 Monitoring of existing building
9 Underpinnings
   9.1 General
   9.2 Foundation depth
   9.3 Building materials and products
   9.4 Wall thickness
   9.5 Trenches and shafts
   9.6 Underpinning wall
   9.7 Connection of underpinning to foundation
   9.8 Foundations for new structure
   9.9 Monitoring of existing building
10 Stability analysis
   10.1 Stability analysis of existing building
   10.2 Stability analysis for excavation, foundation and
        underpinning work
   10.3 Stability analysis of underpinning wall

Applies to excavations and foundation work in non-cohesive and cohesive soils near existing buildings.

DevelopmentNote	Suspended until publication of a revised English text, due to a new German edition. (05/2011)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	6
PublisherName	German Institute for Standardisation (Deutsches Institut für Normung)
Status	Superseded

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DIN 18127:1997-11	SOIL - INVESTIGATION AND TESTING - PROCTOR-TEST
DIN EN 1537:2001-01	EXECUTION OF SPECIAL GEOTECHNICAL WORKS - GROUND ANCHORS
DIN 4094:1990-12	SOIL; EXPLORATION BY PENETRATION TESTS
DIN 18122-1 E : 1997	SOIL, INVESTIGATION AND TESTING - CONSISTENCY LIMITS - PART 1: DETERMINATION OF LIQUID LIMIT AND PLASTIC LIMIT
DIN 4022-1 E : 1987	SUBSOIL AND GROUNDWATER - CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF SOIL AND ROCK - BOREHOLE LOGGING OF SOIL AND ROCK NOT INVOLVING CONTINUOUS CORE SAMPLE RECOVERY
DIN 4124 E : 1981	BUILDING PITS AND TRENCHES - SLOPES, WORKING SPACE WIDTHS, SHEETING
DIN 4107 E : 1978	SUBSOIL; SETTLEMENT OBSERVATIONS DURING AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES
DIN V 106-1:2003-02	CALCIUM SILICATE UNITS - PART 1: SOLID UNITS, PERFORATED UNITS, SOLID BLOCKS, PERFORATED BLOCKS, HIGH PRECISION UNITS, HIGH PRECISION ELEMENTS, CHAMFERED UNITS, SLABS, SHAPED UNITS
DIN 4017-1 E : 1979	SUBSOIL; SHEAR FAILURE CALCULATIONS FOR SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS WITH VERTICAL AND CENTRAL LOADING
DIN 4021:1990-10	SOIL; EXPLORATION BY EXCAVATION AND BORINGS; SAMPLING
DIN 4022-1:1987-09	SUBSOIL AND GROUNDWATER - CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF SOIL AND ROCK - BOREHOLE LOGGING OF SOIL AND ROCK NOT INVOLVING CONTINUOUS CORE SAMPLE RECOVERY
DIN 4021 E : 1990	SOIL; EXPLORATION BY EXCAVATION AND BORINGS; SAMPLING