Are diaphragm walls and retaining walls different?

A common question our civil engineers encounter in conversations with people within and related to the construction industry, is the difference between a retaining wall and a diaphragm wall. The idea of retaining walls is simple, a solid wall used to restrain masses of soil from falling off a slope or the edge of an […]
Why are D-Walls becoming extremely popular with construction companies in India?

Diaphragm walls for top-down construction and deep basements have now become commonplace in the industry, and among construction companies in India. But how did D-Wall construction (another name for diaphragm walls) become a popular choice with civil engineers who are now confident to build towering superstructures with basements as deep as 5 levels? Let us […]
HIPL X Knowledge Studio – Summer Training program on Diaphragm Retaining Walls

All tall and lasting structures around the world have one thing in common, and that is a “strong base”. Heritage Infraspace India Ltd (HIPL), as the pioneer of ground engineering solutions and having worked with leading metro construction companies in India, believes so more than anything. Especially when it comes to constructing a sturdy, durable […]
Bentonite to Polymer Slurry, the sustainable route to building reinforced concrete diaphragm walls

Bentonite has been a crucial construction element in building reinforced concrete diaphragm walls for deep basement structures. But over the years, civil construction companies have started using polymer in their excavation fluids and slurry. Read on to understand the importance of both the materials in constructing concrete diaphragm walls, the differences between them, and how […]
Importance of Diaphragm Walls in Metros – A Case Study

India’s first metro rail started back in 1984 in Kolkata (then Calcutta), West Bengal . Ever since, India has seen a rapid expansion of metro rail in various cities, with Delhi leading, and other cities catching up like Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai and now even Agra. India being a country with densely […]
Building diaphragm walls for top-down construction & bottom-up construction

Top-down and bottom-up planning methods are two of the most popular approaches used in the construction industry. And building diaphragm walls is one of the most crucial stages of construction in building a deep basement structure using either top-down or bottom-up method. Heritage Infraspace India Ltd (HIPL) is ranked as one of the best construction […]
Everything you need to know about building Concrete Diaphragm Walls

What is a concrete diaphragm wall? Diaphragm or slurry walls are generally reinforced concrete walls, constructed in the ground using an under-slurry technique developed in Europe. This technique involves excavating a narrow trench that is kept full of an engineered slurry fluid. This way, concrete diaphragm walls with thickness ranging between 300 mm to 1200 […]
Delhi Metro X HIPL: Changing the way people commute, with metro construction in india

Delhi Metro X HIPL: Changing the way people commute with metro construction in India.Heritage Infraspace India Limited (HIPL), as one of the best construction companies in India, has worked on many metro rail projects all over India, and one of its most prestigious projects has been the Delhi Metro projects. HIPL has had the opportunity […]