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Concreteless Foundations
STEELROOTS® are revolutionary, concreteless foundations. It is a foundation system with multiple application areas. Let's take, for example, masts for infrastructure measures (5G), lighting, radio, telecommunication, video cameras, renewable energy but also steel halls, noise barriers, signing gantries and much more. In the past, these systems were usually built on a concrete foundation — which is very time and resource consuming. STEELROOTS® are much faster and easier to handle.
How do
work?
But how exactly do the STEELROOTS® work and what makes them so sustainable?
Nature is the greatest master builder. STEELROOTS® make use of the root principle. They consist of galvanised steel struts, which absorb the loads from the centre of the mast in various directions and transfer them to the surrounding soil by means of pressure on the one hand and lifting ballast on the other. The STEELROOTS® even work in difficult subsoil conditions and in less load-bearing soils.
How are
installed?
The STEELROOTS® installation method is very efficient and conserves resources. STEELROOTS® are simply placed in an excavation pit, which is then backfilled and compacted layer by layer with the previously excavated soil of the excavation pit. Only the very top part of the STEELROOTS® protrudes from the ground, on which the respective structure is mounted. Work can continue immediately afterwards and there is no need to dispose of any soil. This makes our STEELROOTS® an extremely efficient and economical foundation method.
Where can
be used?
STEELROOTS® are versatile. They can be used – for example – for the foundation of camera masts, floodlight masts, cell/radio masts (5G) as well as lightning protection masts. But not only there, noise barriers, steel halls, signing gantries, power poles and much more. Another advantage: our STEELROOTS® can be individually customized to your project.
If STEELROOTS® are no longer needed for an application, they can easily be dismantled and re-installed elsewhere. STEELROOTS® are 100% recyclable.
Why ?
completely without concrete
with stability certificates
multiple uses
no soil sealing
economical
fast installation
immediately loadable
works even in less load-bearing soils
installation also at freezing temperatures
excellent eco-balance
100% recyclable
STEELROOTS®
… there's power in these roots.
Press
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April 8, 2019
STEELROOTS® for antenna mast foundations (5G) – even with less load-bearing soils
Whenever masts or towers have to be constructed, professional foundations are required. Foundations made from concrete are generally the most popular choice. Until now… the company BFtec from Nentershausen in Hessen wants to revolutionise the market with its so-called STEELROOTS®. Company founder, owner and developer Peter Kellner is convinced that his steel root foundations without concrete will replace conventional construction methods in the foreseeable future.
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April 5, 2019
Floodlight masts with STEELROOTS® — a sporting high-light
Sporty and smart — BFtec GmbH has recently implemented a sporting highlight in the literal sense of the word at the Rudi-Ziegler sports facility in Bamberg. Eight new foodlight masts were set up within a period of only two days for the sports association DJK Don Bosco Bamberg 1950 e.V.
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April 3, 2019
STEELROOTS® for steel hall foundations
The first commercial hall in the world to be erected on steel root foundations without concrete now stands in the Haunecker district of Unterhaun in the administrative district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg. The Hersfeld-based construction company Räuber erected the building on the basis of STEELROOTS® by BFtec, a company from Nentershausen-Süß.
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