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Choosing the Right Excavation Support System Made Easy
Selecting the most suitable excavation support system is critical to ensuring the safety, efficiency, and success of your deep excavation project. Each project comes with unique challenges—soil conditions, adjacent structures, excavation depth, and construction constraints—all of which influence the choice of support systems.
DeepEX empowers engineers and contractors to evaluate and design the ideal solution for every scenario. Whether you’re considering cantilever walls, anchored systems, cofferdams, or advanced top-down methods, DeepEX provides a comprehensive toolkit to guide you through the decision-making and design process.
With DeepEX, you can:
Compare different support systems quickly based on project requirements
Simulate real-world conditions to evaluate system performance under various scenarios
Streamline the design process with advanced calculation tools and interactive features
Optimize construction costs while ensuring compliance with safety standards
No matter the complexity of your project, DeepEX simplifies the selection and design process, giving you confidence in your excavation solution from start to finish.
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Supported Systems for Deep Excavations
DeepEX enables the design of various excavation support systems, tailored to project-specific needs. Here are the main support systems our software can design:
Cantilever Walls - For Open, Unsupported Excavations
- Cantilever walls are an ideal solution when an open excavation is required without lateral support obstructions. DeepEX’s analysis tools allow you to:
Evaluate excavation depths up to 18 feet with ease
Simplify construction without tiebacks or anchors
Optimize wall stiffness to meet project demands
Cofferdams and Cellular Cofferdams - For Watertight Excavations
- Create watertight excavations in water-laden or high-moisture environments with precision:
Model both rectangular and circular cofferdam shapes, ideal for bridge piers and underwater constructions
Explore braced, cellular, or double-walled sheet pile designs for enhanced stability and safety
Use advanced options to consider lateral forces, internal bracing, and dewatering techniques
Anchored Walls with Tiebacks and Rock Anchors
- Achieve maximum support with minimum movement using anchored wall designs. With DeepEX, you can:
Design high-capacity anchor systems for urban or high-stress environments
Minimize ground settlement with accurately placed tiebacks
Customize anchor type, spacing, and prestress levels to achieve optimal stiffness
Braced Excavations - Cross-Lot Internal Bracing
- Cross-lot bracing offers strong internal support for narrow excavations. DeepEX enables you to:
Design and preload struts or rakers for maximum stability
Control wall movements and avoid leakage risks with precise strut placement
Tailor bracing setups for excavations where tiebacks are not feasible
Deadman Wall Systems
- Deadman wall systems provide effective lateral stability for retaining walls by anchoring them to buried structures (deadmen) located away from the excavation site. With DeepEX, you can:
Design deadman walls to stabilize excavation walls without the need for tiebacks within adjacent properties
Customize wall and anchor dimensions based on site-specific loads and spacing requirements
Model soil and load interactions to ensure effective load transfer and excavation stability
Top-Down Excavations with Floor Slabs
- For projects where tiebacks are impractical, the top-down method allows simultaneous construction of floors and excavation:
Plan and sequence complex top-down excavations easily with our intuitive tools
Model concrete slabs and basement floors step-by-step as excavation progresses
Control movements and maintain structural integrity in high-density areas
Circular Shafts
- Circular shafts are ideal for deep excavations requiring support in all directions, often used in tunnels, silos, and elevator shafts. DeepEX allows you to:
Design and analyze circular shaft systems with precision for uniform load distribution
Model various shaft diameters, wall thicknesses, and bracing configurations
Optimize structural stability under complex loads, including groundwater and lateral pressures
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5 Reasons to Choose DeepEX for Your Next Project
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Expand your capabilities
Have all methods at your fingertips, from limit equilibrium to soil springs and 2D & 3D finite elements.
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