A ready-mixed CFA piling concrete

Heidelberg Materials EasyPile® CFA has been specifically formulated for CFA piling concrete using the admixture system Sika® PilePak. Heidelberg Materials designed and developed this ready-mixed CFA piling concrete specifically to help contractors overcome the issues related to sinking cages into bored concrete piles in difficult ground conditions.

Uses

EasyPile® is suitable to use in all ground conditions including the following:

Ground condition
Wet
Dry
Dense
Sandy
Gravel
Normal

Benefits

  • EasyPile CFA not only reduces cage failures on site but also helps increase the speed of piling, reducing wastage and costs
  • Improved Health and Safety
  • Ease of cage placement in all ground conditions
  • Reduced water loss from concrete
  • Reduced occurrences of aggregate locking during cage placement
  • Reduced segregation and bleeding
  • Reduced downtime and associated costs
  • Improved cohesion properties
  • Improved pumpability
  • Reduced pump blockages
  • Easy to produce
  • Assured quality
  • Available nationally from all Heidelberg Materials UK concrete plants
  • Design incorporates use of Heidelberg Materials Regen, leading to significantly lower levels of embodied CO2 and greater BREEAM credentials.

Concrete properties

Admixture

Dosage W/C ratio Cement content kg/ cubic metres Slump Compressive strength
  7 days N/mm2 28 days N/mm2
Control   0.48 370 70mm 39.0 56.5
Heidelberg Materials EasyPile® One bag 0.48 370 150mm 37.5 54.0
NOTE – Actual strengths and dosage may vary depending on design requirements, ground conditions and constituent materials used.

Slump retention

Initial 1 Hour 2 Hour 3 Hour
200mm 190mm 170mm 150mm

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Heidelberg Materials concrete can incorporate a proportion of Regen, a cement replacement material that generates a much lower level of embodied CO2 emissions than ordinary cement, minimising environmental impact. Recycled aggregates can also be incorporated subject to local availability and mix design.

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