EP2930275B1 - System and method for producing a foundation for a building in water - Google Patents

System and method for producing a foundation for a building in water Download PDF

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EP2930275B1
EP2930275B1 EP14001284.0A EP14001284A EP2930275B1 EP 2930275 B1 EP2930275 B1 EP 2930275B1 EP 14001284 A EP14001284 A EP 14001284A EP 2930275 B1 EP2930275 B1 EP 2930275B1
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02DFOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D27/00Foundations as substructures
    • E02D27/32Foundations for special purposes
    • E02D27/42Foundations for poles, masts or chimneys
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02DFOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D13/00Accessories for placing or removing piles or bulkheads, e.g. noise attenuating chambers
    • E02D13/04Guide devices; Guide frames
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02DFOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D15/00Handling building or like materials for hydraulic engineering or foundations
    • E02D15/08Sinking workpieces into water or soil inasmuch as not provided for elsewhere
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02DFOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D27/00Foundations as substructures
    • E02D27/32Foundations for special purposes
    • E02D27/42Foundations for poles, masts or chimneys
    • E02D27/425Foundations for poles, masts or chimneys specially adapted for wind motors masts
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02DFOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D27/00Foundations as substructures
    • E02D27/32Foundations for special purposes
    • E02D27/52Submerged foundations, i.e. submerged in open water
    • E02D27/525Submerged foundations, i.e. submerged in open water using elements penetrating the underwater ground
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02DFOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D5/00Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering
    • E02D5/22Piles
    • E02D5/34Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same
    • E02D5/38Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same making by use of mould-pipes or other moulds
    • E02D5/40Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position ; Apparatus for making same making by use of mould-pipes or other moulds in open water
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02DFOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D7/00Methods or apparatus for placing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mouldpipes, or other moulds
    • E02D7/28Placing of hollow pipes or mould pipes by means arranged inside the piles or pipes
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/12Underwater drilling
    • E21B7/124Underwater drilling with underwater tool drive prime mover, e.g. portable drilling rigs for use on underwater floors

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  • the invention relates to a method and a system for producing a foundation for a structure in the water.
  • a platform is arranged at a foundation site, which has a guide element for a monopile to be introduced.
  • the monopile is placed in the soil and then the annulus is filled between the monopile in the soil.
  • a first variant of the monopile is introduced directly, on which then a wind turbine is installed via a connecting section.
  • the foundation structure is divided into two parts, in which a monopile is first introduced, in which then subsequently a second tubular element is set, on which then the connection adapter and on the turn the wind turbine are applied.
  • a lost formwork is placed in the ground in which then the monopile is placed on the then the connection adapter and the wind turbine are placed.
  • a jack-up platform or a comparable carrier vehicle is provided at the foundation site, with the particular management of the monopile is accomplished during insertion.
  • the use of such jack-up platforms is expensive.
  • EP 2527539 A1 discloses an underwater drilling assembly and method for introducing a foundation element into a body of water.
  • the underwater drilling assembly comprises a retractable platform for placing on the bottom of the water. It has a guide tube for receiving and guiding a drilling tool.
  • the underwater drilling arrangement is supplied with energy, flushing liquid and / or hardenable mass, in particular concrete, from a supply ship via a supply line.
  • the guide tube is slidably and rotatably mounted on the work platform.
  • the guide tube is screwed as an additional anchorage of the platform in the ground.
  • the guide tube On its underside, the guide tube has a cutting device.
  • a drilling device for creating the borehole is then arranged. After the borehole is made, the boring device is removed and the foundation pile is inserted through the guide tube into the borehole and anchored with concrete.
  • the guide tube is removed from the ground and lifted together with the platform from the bottom of the water.
  • EP 256248 A1 discloses a drilling apparatus for creating a well in a body of water. At the bottom of the river, a working platform will be dropped off.
  • a guide tube is provided in the platform.
  • the guide tube On its underside, the guide tube has a cutting device.
  • a drilling device is provided in connection with the working platform, which is arranged to be movable in the guide tube.
  • the guide tube itself is arranged adjustable relative to the working platform, so that it can be lowered relative to the working platform. As a result, a larger drilling depth can be achieved.
  • the guide tube can be introduced into the ground itself. Guide tube and drill head can be alternately introduced gradually into the ground. The dissolved soil material is removed from the borehole. After creating the hole, the platform with the guide tube will be removed from the bottom of the water.
  • the drilling device is used to create holes for the foundation piles for wind turbines.
  • the invention provides a method in which a guide device is placed on the body surface at the place of foundation, a casing is arranged in the guide device in the direction of water body bottom, a drilling device is arranged in the casing, a cavity in the water bottom is produced below the casings, by removing the soil by means of the drilling device, the casing is lowered into the cavity until an intended final depth is reached in the soil, the drilling device is subsequently removed from the casing, a foundation element in the cavity inside the Casings is introduced and lowered, and the gap between the cavity wall and the outside of the foundation element is filled, wherein the casing after the introduction of the foundation element is removed from the cavity, and wherein the guide device and the casing separated from each e are removable .
  • the guide device is deposited as a separate unit on the water base surface.
  • the tubular casing is used, which acts as a kind of casing.
  • the drilling device is introduced, which then subsequently removes the soil in the foundation area. If necessary, the casing is introduced into the resulting casing by the guiding device. Once the casing has been inserted into the ground to its final depth, drilling is stopped and the drilling device removed from the casing.
  • the guide element is removed before or after the introduction of the foundation element in the casing. Furthermore, it is advantageous that the casing is closed after removal of the drilling device with a closure element, wherein preferably before the introduction of the foundation element, the closure element is removed and / or it is preferably in the closure element is a lid. By closing the casings, it becomes possible to seal the casing, in particular in waters with strong currents or a high proportion of sediment, in order to prevent material entry in a simple manner.
  • Another teaching of the invention provides that a cementitious material is used to fill the cavity between the cavity wall and the foundation element. This makes it possible in a particularly simple manner to achieve a corresponding fixation of the foundation element in the ground. Furthermore, it is advantageous that the foundation element is a pile. Furthermore, it is advantageous that the building is a wind turbine.
  • the solution according to the invention provides for a system, preferably according to the method described above, with a guide device which can be placed on the groundwater surface at the place of foundation, with a casing that can be arranged in the guiding device in the direction of entry at the bottom of the water, with a Casing-drivable drilling device adapted to create a cavity below the casing in the water bottom by removing the soil by means of the drilling device into which the casing is lowered and from which the casing is removable after introduction of the foundation element, with a foundation element which can be brought into an interior space inside the casing and is lowered, and with a backfill material, which is suitable to fill a cavity, which is present after a removal of the casing between the cavity wall and the outside of the foundation element, wherein the guide element and the casing are separately removable.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that a closure element is provided, with which the casing is closable. This is preferably a lid.
  • the foundation element is a pile, and / or that the backfill material is a cementitious material.
  • a guide device 13 is arranged in the water 11 on the ground 12 (see Fig. 1 ).
  • the guide device 13 has a pipe section 14 which is connected to a flat support body 15 on the body of water 12.
  • To support diagonal struts 16 are arranged between the pipe section and the support body.
  • a casing arranged in the form of a casing 18.
  • a drilling device 20 is arranged in the interior 19 of the casing 18. With a drill head 21 of the drilling device 20 located in the removal area to be solved bottom 22 is removed. This creates a cavity 23, in the progress of Bohrfort suits (see Fig. 4 ) the casing tube 18 is lowered into the cavity 23.
  • the drilling device 20 is removed from the interior 19 of the casing 18.
  • Fig. 6 can then be applied to the closing of the interior 19 of the casing 18, a cover member 25 on the projecting into the water 11 end 26 of the casing, so that then the interior 19 against material entry is closed by inflowing water.
  • the thus-prepared foundation site 10 can now be found in the in Fig. 6 state shown remain until the subsequent construction steps of the structure 100 are performed.
  • Fig. 7 is shown, the lid 25 removed and then, as in Fig. 8 is shown, introduced into the interior 19 of the casing 18, a foundation pile 27 and parked on the cavity deepest. Subsequently, the casing tube 18 is removed from the cavity 23, as in Fig.
  • annular space 30 Between the outer wall 29 of the cavity 23 and the outer wall 28 of the foundation pile 27 thus there is an annular space 30 (see Fig. 10 ).
  • a filling material 31 is introduced and the previously located in the annular space 30 water displaced thereby. This is continued until the filling material 31 in the annular space 30 has reached the height of the body of water 12.
  • the guide device 13 After hardening of the filling material 31, the guide device 13 is then removed and the foundation pile 27 is located free-standing in the body of water 11 starting from the water bottom 12.
  • a connecting element 32 is then arranged on the foundation pile 27 (see FIG Fig. 14 ), on which then the wind turbine 100 (see Fig. 15 ) is built.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren und ein System zum Herstellen einer Gründung für ein Bauwerk im Wasser.The invention relates to a method and a system for producing a foundation for a structure in the water.

Ein solches Verfahren und ein solches System sind aus der EP 2500473 B1 bekannt. Hier wird an einem Gründungsort eine Plattform angeordnet, die ein Führungselement für einen einzubringenden Monopile aufweist. Der Monopile wird in den Boden eingebracht und anschließend wird der Ringraum zwischen dem Monopile im Boden verfüllt. Als erste Variante wird der Monopile direkt eingebracht, auf dem dann über einen Verbindungsabschnitt eine Windkraftanlage installiert wird. Alternativ wird als zweite Variante das Gründungsbauwerk in zwei Teile aufgeteilt, in dem zuerst ein Monopile eingebracht wird, in dem dann anschließend ein zweites rohrförmiges Element eingestellt wird, auf dem dann der Verbindungsadapter und auf dem wiederum die Windkraftanlage aufgebracht werden. Als dritte Variante wird zunächst eine verlorene Schalung in den Boden eingebracht in die dann der Monopile gestellt wird, auf den dann der Verbindungsadapter und die Windkraftanlage aufgestellt werden. Um die zuvor beschriebenen Verfahren durchführen zu können, ist an der Gründungsstelle eine Jack-Up-Plattform oder ein vergleichbares Trägerfahrzeug vorgesehen, mit der insbesondere die Führung des Monopiles beim Einbringen bewerkstelligt wird. Der Einsatz solcher Jack-Up-Plattformen ist teuer.Such a method and such a system are known from EP 2500473 B1 known. Here, a platform is arranged at a foundation site, which has a guide element for a monopile to be introduced. The monopile is placed in the soil and then the annulus is filled between the monopile in the soil. As a first variant of the monopile is introduced directly, on which then a wind turbine is installed via a connecting section. Alternatively, as the second variant, the foundation structure is divided into two parts, in which a monopile is first introduced, in which then subsequently a second tubular element is set, on which then the connection adapter and on the turn the wind turbine are applied. As a third variant, first a lost formwork is placed in the ground in which then the monopile is placed on the then the connection adapter and the wind turbine are placed. To the previously To be able to carry out the described method, a jack-up platform or a comparable carrier vehicle is provided at the foundation site, with the particular management of the monopile is accomplished during insertion. The use of such jack-up platforms is expensive.

EP 2527539 A1 offenbart eine Unterwasser-Bohranordnung und ein Verfahren zum Einbringen eines Gründungselements in einen Gewässergrund. Die Unterwasser-Bohranordnung umfasst eine versenkbare Arbeitsbühne zum Aufsetzen auf den Gewässergrund. Sie weist ein Führungsrohr zum Aufnehmen und Führen eines Bohrwerkzeugs auf. Die Unterwasser-Bohranordnung wird über eine Versorgungsleitung mit Energie, Spülflüssigkeit und/oder aushärtbarer Masse, insbesondere Beton, von einem Versorgungsschiff versorgt. Das Führungsrohr ist verschiebbar und drehbar an der Arbeitsbühne gelagert. Das Führungsrohr wird als zusätzliche Verankerung der Arbeitsbühne in den Boden eingedreht. An seiner Unterseite weist das Führungsrohr eine Schneideinrichtung auf. In dem Führungsrohr wird dann eine Bohrvorrichtung zum Erstellen des Bohrlochs angeordnet. Nachdem das Bohrloch erstellt ist, wird die Bohrvorrichtung entfernt und der Gründungspfahl wird durch das Führungsrohr in das Bohrloch eingebracht und mit Beton verankert. Das Führungsrohr wird wieder aus dem Boden entfernt und zusammen mit der Arbeitsbühne vom Gewässergrund abgehoben. EP 2527539 A1 discloses an underwater drilling assembly and method for introducing a foundation element into a body of water. The underwater drilling assembly comprises a retractable platform for placing on the bottom of the water. It has a guide tube for receiving and guiding a drilling tool. The underwater drilling arrangement is supplied with energy, flushing liquid and / or hardenable mass, in particular concrete, from a supply ship via a supply line. The guide tube is slidably and rotatably mounted on the work platform. The guide tube is screwed as an additional anchorage of the platform in the ground. On its underside, the guide tube has a cutting device. In the guide tube, a drilling device for creating the borehole is then arranged. After the borehole is made, the boring device is removed and the foundation pile is inserted through the guide tube into the borehole and anchored with concrete. The guide tube is removed from the ground and lifted together with the platform from the bottom of the water.

EP 256248 A1 offenbart eine Bohrvorrichtung zum Erstellen einer Bohrung in einem Gewässergrund. Auf dem Gewässergrund wird eine Arbeitsbühne abgesetzt. In der Arbeitsbühne ist ein Führungsrohr vorgesehen. An seiner Unterseite weist das Führungsrohr eine Schneideinrichtung auf. Weiterhin ist eine Bohrvorrichtung in Verbindung mit der Arbeitsbühne vorgesehen, die im Führungsrohr verfahrbar angeordnet ist. Das Führungsrohr selber ist gegenüber der Arbeitsbühne verstellbar angeordnet, so dass es gegenüber der Arbeitsbühne abgesenkt werden kann. Hierdurchkann eine größere Bohrtiefe erreicht werden. Über die Schneideinrichtung kann das Führungsrohr selber in den Boden eingebracht werden. Führungsrohr und Bohrkopf können abwechselnd schrittweise in den Boden eingebracht werden. Das gelöste Bodenmaterial wird aus dem Bohrloch abgefördert. Nach dem Erstellen des der Bohrung wird die wird die Arbeitsbühne mit dem Führungsrohr wieder vom Gewässergrund entfernt. Die Bohrvorrichtung dient zum Erstellen von Bohrungen für die Gründungspfähle für Windkraftanlagen. EP 256248 A1 discloses a drilling apparatus for creating a well in a body of water. At the bottom of the river, a working platform will be dropped off. In the platform a guide tube is provided. On its underside, the guide tube has a cutting device. Furthermore, a drilling device is provided in connection with the working platform, which is arranged to be movable in the guide tube. The guide tube itself is arranged adjustable relative to the working platform, so that it can be lowered relative to the working platform. As a result, a larger drilling depth can be achieved. About the cutting device, the guide tube can be introduced into the ground itself. Guide tube and drill head can be alternately introduced gradually into the ground. The dissolved soil material is removed from the borehole. After creating the hole, the platform with the guide tube will be removed from the bottom of the water. The drilling device is used to create holes for the foundation piles for wind turbines.

Eine praktische Anwendung des zuvor beschriebenen Verfahrens bzw. Systems ist offenbart auf S. 139 bis 149 der Mitteilungen des Institutes und der Versuchsanstalt für Geotechnik der technischen Universität Darmstadt, Heft Nr. 91, 2012.A practical application of the above-described method or system is disclosed on pages 139 to 149 of the Communications of the Institute and the Research Institute for Geotechnical Engineering of the Technical University Darmstadt, Issue No. 91, 2012.

Um die zuvor beschriebenen Verfahren bzw. Vorrichtungen einsetzen zu können, muss an der Gründungsstelle ein Versorgungsschiff über den gesamten Zeitraum des Erstellens der Gründung vorhanden sein, dessen Einsatz teuer ist.In order to be able to use the methods or devices described above, a supply ship must be present at the foundation site over the entire period of the creation of the foundation, the use of which is expensive.

Es ist daher Aufgabe der Erfindung, das vorgenannte Verfahren dahingehend zu verbessern, dass es kostengünstiger durchgeführt werden kann.It is therefore an object of the invention to improve the aforementioned method in that it can be carried out more cheaply.

Zur Lösung der erfindungsgemäßen Aufgabe hinsichtlich des Verfahrens sieht die Erfindung ein Verfahren vor, bei dem am Gründungsort eine Führungsvorrichtung auf der Gewässergrundoberfläche abgesetzt wird, ein Casing in der Führungsvorrichtung in Einbringrichtung am Gewässergrund angeordnet wird, im Casing eine Bohrvorrichtung angeordnet wird, im Gewässerboden ein Hohlraum unterhalb des Casings erzeugt wird, indem der Boden mittels der Bohrvorrichtung entfernt wird, das Casing in den Hohlraum abgesenkt wird, bis eine vorgesehene Endtiefe im Boden erreicht wird, die Bohrvorrichtung anschließend aus dem Casing entfernt wird, ein Gründungselement in den Hohlraum im Inneren des Casings eingebracht und abgesenkt wird, und der Zwischenraum zwischen Hohlraumwand und der Außenseite des Gründungselements verfüllt wird, wobei das Casing nach dem Einbringen des Gründungselements aus dem Hohlraum entfernt wird, und wobei die Führungsvorrichtung und das Casing getrennt voneinander entfernbar sind..In order to achieve the object according to the invention with regard to the method, the invention provides a method in which a guide device is placed on the body surface at the place of foundation, a casing is arranged in the guide device in the direction of water body bottom, a drilling device is arranged in the casing, a cavity in the water bottom is produced below the casings, by removing the soil by means of the drilling device, the casing is lowered into the cavity until an intended final depth is reached in the soil, the drilling device is subsequently removed from the casing, a foundation element in the cavity inside the Casings is introduced and lowered, and the gap between the cavity wall and the outside of the foundation element is filled, wherein the casing after the introduction of the foundation element is removed from the cavity, and wherein the guide device and the casing separated from each e are removable ..

Eine Trennung der Führungsvorrichtung von der Plattform hat sich als vorteilhaft erwiesen, da es hierdurch möglich wird, das Verfahren in mehreren Abschnitten durchzuführen. In einem ersten Abschnitt wird daher die Führungsvorrichtung als separate Einheit auf der Gewässergrundoberfläche abgesetzt. In diese Führungsvorrichtung wird dann der rohrförmige Casing eingesetzt, der als eine Art Casing fungiert. In das Casing wird die Bohrvorrichtung eingebracht, die dann anschließend den Boden im Gründungsbereich entnimmt. In den dadurch entstehenden Casing wird gegebenenfalls kontrolliert durch die Führungsvorrichtung das Casing eingebracht. Ist das Casing bis an seine Endtiefe in den Boden eingebracht worden, wird das Bohren beendet, und die Bohrvorrichtung aus dem Casing entfernt. Durch das Vorsehen dieses Casings hat es sich als möglich erwiesen, in einem zweiten Verfahrensschritt dann den Monopile in das Casing einzubringen, das Casing zu entfernen und hinterher den Hohlraum zwischen Hohlraumwand und äußerer Wand des Gründungselements zu verfüllen. Nach dem Aushärten des Füllmaterials und der damit einhergehenden Fixierung des Gründungselements im Boden kann das Führungselement entfernt werden.Separation of the guide device from the platform has been found to be advantageous, as this makes it possible to perform the method in several sections. In a first section, therefore, the guide device is deposited as a separate unit on the water base surface. In this guide device then the tubular casing is used, which acts as a kind of casing. In the casing, the drilling device is introduced, which then subsequently removes the soil in the foundation area. If necessary, the casing is introduced into the resulting casing by the guiding device. Once the casing has been inserted into the ground to its final depth, drilling is stopped and the drilling device removed from the casing. By providing this casing, it has proven possible to then introduce the monopile into the casing in a second method step, to remove the casing and subsequently the cavity between cavity wall and outer wall of the foundation element to fill. After curing of the filling material and the associated fixation of the foundation element in the ground, the guide element can be removed.

Hierdurch ist es auf einfache Weise möglich, das im Stand der Technik beschriebene Verfahren in mehrere Abschnitte aufzuteilen, die kostengünstig von mehreren Einheiten durchgeführt werden können. So ist es möglich in einem Bereich, in dem mehrere Bauwerke errichtet werden sollen, mit einer ersten Einheit erst sämtliche Bohrungen vorzunehmen, um dann anschließend mit einer zweiten Einheit sehr viel schneller die einzelnen Bauwerke errichten zu können.This makes it possible in a simple manner to divide the method described in the prior art into several sections that can be inexpensively performed by multiple units. So it is possible in an area in which several structures are to be built, with a first unit to make all the holes, and then to be able to build a single unit much faster then the individual buildings.

Eine weitere Lehre der Erfindung sieht vor, dass das Führungselement vor oder nach dem Einbringen des Gründungselements in den Casing entfernt wird. Weiterhin ist es vorteilhaft, dass der Casing nach dem Ausbau der Bohrvorrichtung mit einem Verschlusselement verschlossen wird, wobei bevorzugt vor dem Einbringen des Gründungselements das Verschlusselement entfernt wird und/oder es sich bevorzugt bei dem Verschlusselement um einen Deckel handelt. Durch das Verschließen des Casings wird es möglich, insbesondere in Gewässern mit starken Strömungen bzw. hohem Sedimentanteil den Casing zu verschließen, um einen Materialeintrag auf einfache Weise zu verhindern.Another teaching of the invention provides that the guide element is removed before or after the introduction of the foundation element in the casing. Furthermore, it is advantageous that the casing is closed after removal of the drilling device with a closure element, wherein preferably before the introduction of the foundation element, the closure element is removed and / or it is preferably in the closure element is a lid. By closing the casings, it becomes possible to seal the casing, in particular in waters with strong currents or a high proportion of sediment, in order to prevent material entry in a simple manner.

Eine weitere Lehre der Erfindung sieht vor, dass zur Verfüllung des Hohlraums zwischen Hohlraumwand und Gründungselement ein zementhaltiges Material verwendet wird. Hierdurch ist es auf besonders einfache Weise möglich, eine entsprechende Fixierung des Gründungselements im Boden zu erreichen. Weiterhin ist vorteilhaft, dass es sich bei dem Gründungselement um einen Pfahl handelt. Weiterhin ist es vorteilhaft, dass es sich bei dem Bauwerk um eine Windkraftanlage handelt.Another teaching of the invention provides that a cementitious material is used to fill the cavity between the cavity wall and the foundation element. This makes it possible in a particularly simple manner to achieve a corresponding fixation of the foundation element in the ground. Furthermore, it is advantageous that the foundation element is a pile. Furthermore, it is advantageous that the building is a wind turbine.

Hinsichtlich des Systems sieht die erfindungsgemäße Lösung vor, ein System vor, bevorzugt nach dem zuvor beschriebenen Verfahren, mit einer Führungsvorrichtung, die am Gründungsort auf der Gewässergrundoberfläche absetzbar ist, mit einem Casing, das in der Führungsvorrichtung in Einbringrichtung am Gewässergrund anordbar ist, mit einer im Casing anordbaren Bohrvorrichtung, die geeignet ist, im Gewässerboden einen Hohlraum unterhalb des Casings zu erzeugen, indem der Boden mittels der Bohrvorrichtung entfernt wird, in den das Casing abgesenkt wird und aus diesem das Casing nach dem Einbringen des Gründungselements entfernbar ist, mit einem Gründungselement, das in einen Innenraum im Inneren des Casings einbringbar und absenkbar ist, und mit einem Verfüllmaterial, das geeignet ist, einen Hohlraum, der nach einem Entfernen des Casings zwischen Hohlraumwand und der Außenseite des Gründungselements vorliegt, zu verfüllen, wobei das Führungselement und das Casing getrennt voneinander entfernbar sind.With regard to the system, the solution according to the invention provides for a system, preferably according to the method described above, with a guide device which can be placed on the groundwater surface at the place of foundation, with a casing that can be arranged in the guiding device in the direction of entry at the bottom of the water, with a Casing-drivable drilling device adapted to create a cavity below the casing in the water bottom by removing the soil by means of the drilling device into which the casing is lowered and from which the casing is removable after introduction of the foundation element, with a foundation element which can be brought into an interior space inside the casing and is lowered, and with a backfill material, which is suitable to fill a cavity, which is present after a removal of the casing between the cavity wall and the outside of the foundation element, wherein the guide element and the casing are separately removable.

Eine vorteilhafte Ausgestaltung der Erfindung sieht vor, dass ein Verschlusselement vorgesehen ist, mit dem der Casing verschließbar ist. Hierbei handelt es sich bevorzugt um einen Deckel.An advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that a closure element is provided, with which the casing is closable. This is preferably a lid.

Eine weitere Lehre der Erfindung sieht vor, dass es sich bei dem Gründungselement um einen Pfahl handelt, und/oder dass es sich bei dem Verfüllmaterial um ein zementhaltiges Material handelt.Another teaching of the invention provides that the foundation element is a pile, and / or that the backfill material is a cementitious material.

Nachfolgend wird die Erfindung anhand einer Zeichnung näher erläutert. Dabei zeigen die Fig. 1 bis 15 die einzelnen erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrensschritte und das erfindungsgemäße System.The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to a drawing. The show Fig. 1 to 15 the individual process steps according to the invention and the system according to the invention.

An einem Gründungsort 10 für ein Offshore-Bauwerk in Form einer Windkraftanlage 100 wird im Wasser 11 auf dem Grund 12 eine Führungsvorrichtung 13 angeordnet (siehe Fig. 1). Die Führungsvorrichtung 13 weist einen Rohrabschnitt 14 auf, der mit einem flächigen Auflagekörper 15 auf den Gewässergrund 12 verbunden ist. Zur Abstützung sind zwischen dem Rohrabschnitt und dem Auflagekörper Diagonalstreben 16 angeordnet. In den Innenraum 17 im Rohrabschnitt 14 wird, wie in Fig. 2 dargestellt ist, ein Casing in Form eines Casing 18 angeordnet. Im Innenraum 19 des Casing 18 wird, wie in Fig. 3 dargestellt ist, eine Bohrvorrichtung 20 angeordnet. Mit einem Bohrkopf 21 der Bohrvorrichtung 20 wird der im Entnahmebereich befindliche zu lösende Boden 22 entfernt. Hierdurch entsteht ein Hohlraum 23, in den mit fortschreitendem Bohrfortschritt (siehe Fig. 4) das Casing-Rohr 18 in den Hohlraum 23 abgesenkt wird.At a foundation site 10 for an offshore structure in the form of a wind turbine 100, a guide device 13 is arranged in the water 11 on the ground 12 (see Fig. 1 ). The guide device 13 has a pipe section 14 which is connected to a flat support body 15 on the body of water 12. To support diagonal struts 16 are arranged between the pipe section and the support body. In the interior 17 in the pipe section 14 is, as in Fig. 2 is shown, a casing arranged in the form of a casing 18. In the interior 19 of the casing 18, as in Fig. 3 is shown, a drilling device 20 is arranged. With a drill head 21 of the drilling device 20 located in the removal area to be solved bottom 22 is removed. This creates a cavity 23, in the progress of Bohrfortschritt (see Fig. 4 ) the casing tube 18 is lowered into the cavity 23.

Ist der Hohlraum 23 auf die entsprechende Tiefe durch die Bohrvorrichtung 20 abgebohrt worden (siehe Fig. 5) und das Casing-Rohr entsprechend auf das Hohlraumtiefste 24 abgesenkt worden, wird die Bohrvorrichtung 20 aus dem Innenraum 19 des Casings 18 entfernt.If the cavity 23 has been drilled to the appropriate depth by the drilling device 20 (see Fig. 5 ) and the casing tube has been lowered corresponding to the cavity deepest 24, the drilling device 20 is removed from the interior 19 of the casing 18.

Wie in Fig. 6 dargestellt ist, kann anschließend zum Verschluss des Innenraums 19 des Casings 18 ein Deckelelement 25 auf dem in das Gewässer 11 ragende Ende 26 des Casings aufgebracht werden, so dass dann der Innenraum 19 gegenüber Materialeintrag durch einströmendes Wasser verschlossen ist. Der so vorbereitete Gründungsort 10 kann nun in dem in Fig. 6 dargestellten Zustand verbleiben, bis die anschließenden Errichtungsschritte des Bauwerks 100 durchgeführt werden. Hierfür wird, wie in Fig. 7 dargestellt ist, der Deckel 25 entnommen und anschließend, wie in Fig. 8 dargestellt ist, in den Innenraum 19 des Casings 18 ein Gründungspfahl 27 eingebracht und auf dem Hohlraumtiefsten abgestellt. Anschließend wird das Casing-Rohr 18 aus dem Hohlraum 23, wie in Fig. 9 dargestellt, herausgezogen, so dass der Pfahl im Hohlraum 23 und im Innenraum 17 der Führungsvorrichtung 13 verbleibt. Zwischen der Außenwand 29 des Hohlraums 23 und der Außenwand 28 des Gründungspfahls 27 besteht somit ein Ringraum 30 (siehe Fig. 10). In den Ringraum 30 wird ein Verfüllmaterial 31 eingebracht und das vorher im Ringraum 30 befindliche Wasser hierdurch verdrängt. Dieses wird so lange fortgesetzt, bis das Verfüllmaterial 31 im Ringraum 30 die Höhe des Gewässergrundes 12 erreicht hat. Nach Aushärten des Verfüllmaterials 31 wird dann die Führungsvorrichtung 13 entfernt und der Gründungspfahl 27 befindet sich ausgehend vom Gewässergrund 12 freistehend im Gewässer 11. Auf dem Gründungspfahl 27 wird dann ein Verbindungselement 32 angeordnet (siehe Fig. 14), auf dem dann die Windkraftanlage 100 (siehe Fig. 15) errichtet wird.As in Fig. 6 is shown, can then be applied to the closing of the interior 19 of the casing 18, a cover member 25 on the projecting into the water 11 end 26 of the casing, so that then the interior 19 against material entry is closed by inflowing water. The thus-prepared foundation site 10 can now be found in the in Fig. 6 state shown remain until the subsequent construction steps of the structure 100 are performed. For this, as in Fig. 7 is shown, the lid 25 removed and then, as in Fig. 8 is shown, introduced into the interior 19 of the casing 18, a foundation pile 27 and parked on the cavity deepest. Subsequently, the casing tube 18 is removed from the cavity 23, as in Fig. 9 shown, pulled out, so that the pile remains in the cavity 23 and the interior 17 of the guide device 13. Between the outer wall 29 of the cavity 23 and the outer wall 28 of the foundation pile 27 thus there is an annular space 30 (see Fig. 10 ). In the annular space 30, a filling material 31 is introduced and the previously located in the annular space 30 water displaced thereby. This is continued until the filling material 31 in the annular space 30 has reached the height of the body of water 12. After hardening of the filling material 31, the guide device 13 is then removed and the foundation pile 27 is located free-standing in the body of water 11 starting from the water bottom 12. A connecting element 32 is then arranged on the foundation pile 27 (see FIG Fig. 14 ), on which then the wind turbine 100 (see Fig. 15 ) is built.

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  1. Method of producing a foundation for a structure in the water, in the case of which a guide apparatus (13) is set down on the surface of the bed of the body of water at the foundation site (10), a casing (18) is arranged in the guide apparatus (13) on the bed (12) of the body of water in the direction of introduction, a drilling apparatus (20) is arranged in the casing (18), a cavity (23) is generated in the ground of the body of water beneath the casing (18) by virtue of the ground being removed by means of the drilling apparatus (20), the casing (18) is lowered into the cavity (23) until an envisaged end depth in the ground is reached, the drilling apparatus (20) is then removed from the casing (18), a foundation element (27) is introduced and lowered into the cavity in the interior (19) of the casing (18), and the interspace (30) between the cavity wall (29) and the outer side (28) of the foundation element (27) is filled, wherein the casing (18) is removed from the cavity (23) once the foundation element (27) has been introduced, and wherein the guide apparatus (13) and the casing (18) are separately removable from one another.
  2. Method according to Claim 1, characterized in that the guide element (13) is removed before or after the foundation element (27) is introduced into the casing (18).
  3. Method according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the casing (18) is closed by a closure element (25) once the drilling apparatus (20) has been removed, wherein the closure element (25) is removed preferably prior to the foundation element (27) being introduced, and/or the closure element (25) is preferably a cover.
  4. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a cement-containing material (31) is used to fill the cavity (30) between the cavity wall (23) and foundation element (27).
  5. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the foundation element (27) is a pile.
  6. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the structure (100) is a wind turbine.
  7. System for producing a foundation for a structure in the water, preferably using a method according to one of Claims 1 to 6, having a guide apparatus (13) which can be set down on the surface (12) of the bed of the body of water at the foundation site (10), having a casing (18) which can be arranged in the guide apparatus (13) on the bed (12) of the body of water in the direction of introduction, having a drilling apparatus (20), which can be arranged in the casing (18) and is suitable for generating a cavity (23) in the ground (12) of the body of water beneath the casing (18) by virtue of removing the ground (22) by means of the drilling apparatus (20), the casing (18) being lowered into said cavity and being removable therefrom once the foundation element (27) has been introduced, having a foundation element (27) which can be introduced and lowered into an inner space (19) in the interior of the casing (18), and having a filling material (31) which is suitable for filling a cavity (30) which is present between the cavity wall (29) and the outer side of the foundation element (27) once the casing (18) has been removed, wherein the guide element (13) and the casing (18) are separately removable from one another.
  8. System according to Claim 7, characterized by the provision of a closure element (25), by means of which the casing (18) can be closed.
  9. System according to Claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the foundation element (27) is a pile, and/or in that the filling material (31) is a cement-containing material.
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