This type of cofferdams if higher than 2 5 m should be strutted.
Double wall sheet pile cofferdam.
The width between the parallel piles is h 2 1 50 m.
In deep waters where it is difficult to penetrate the guide piles or sheet piles into the hard bed below crib cofferdam is used.
In this type of construction the sheet piles are supported by a series of wooden cribs.
The gap between walls is filled with soil.
Double walled sheet pile cofferdams.
Double wall sheet pile cofferdam higher than 7 5 feet should be strutted.
They are cofferdams comprising two parallel rows of sheet piles driven into the ground and connected together by a system of tie rods at one or more levels.
Double wall sheet piling cofferdam.
When construction work can take many years single wall cofferdams may not be suitable.
This consists of two straight parallel vertical wall of sheet piling tied to each other and the space between them filled with soil.
Single wall cofferdams leaks and dewatering is required on a regular basis.
Typically single wall cofferdams are built using sheet piles.
Double wall cofferdams are somewhat permanent in nature and are built to last for few years.
A double wall sheet piling cofferdam comprises two straight parallel vertical walls of sheet piling tied to each other.
The space between the walls is generally filled with granular material such as sand gravel or broken rock.
This type of cofferdam is suitable when it is required to exclude water over 36 feet.