The first prefabricated reinforced concrete piles

The first prefabricated reinforced concrete piles

The first prefabricated reinforced concrete piles, the production of which was to be a further mainstay of Wayss & Freytag AG for more than 70 years, were driven in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstadt in 1906. Already within the first 20 years another 600 km of bored piles followed.

The prefabricated piles where highly popular, especially in Northern Germany. In Hamburg numerous prestigious buildings were founded on W&F piles:

• Elbe tunnel – Western bypass
• Telecommunication tower
• Unilever high-rise building
• Hotel Plaza
• Allianz high-rise building
• Lombard bridge
• CHP plant (combined heating and power station) at the port
• Fly-over Billhorn Röhrendamm,

to list only the most important projects.

The variety of products, ranging from the standard cross-section to customized manufacture with an enlarged base and achievement of extraordinary foundation depths by means of non-bending steel couplings, made these piles technically and economically unrivalled for many years.