# US 2020/0399852 A1 · Construction method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0399852 A1 - Document ID: US20200399852A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/630,405 - Filed: 2019-01-17 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-01 - Assignees: BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH - Applicants: BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH - Inventors: Florian ZANDTNER; Michael REITER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200399852A1 ## CPC - E02D 17/02: Foundation pits - E02D 17/18: Making embankments, {e.g. dikes, dams}(E02D17/20 takes precedence; {foundations for dams E02D27/40}) - E02D 5/00: Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering (engineering elements in general F16) - E02D 5/24: Prefabricated piles - E02D 5/80: Ground anchors {(for galleries, tunnels or shafts E21D21/00)} - E02D 5/808: {anchored by using exclusively a bonding material} - E02D 7/00: Methods or apparatus for placing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mouldpipes, or other moulds (for both placing and removing E02D11/00; {accessories for coupling driver to piles or the like E02D13/10; for trees or other plants A01G17/16; placing posts E04H17/26}) - E02D 35/00: Straightening, lifting, or lowering of foundation structures or of constructions erected on foundations {(foundations for sinking territories with incorporated means for remedying settlement E02D27/34; lifting or moving buildings E04G23/06)} - G05B 15/02: electric - E02D 2250/003: Injection of material - E02D 2250/0038: using an auger, i.e. continuous flight type - E02D 2600/10: comprising sensor means - E02D: FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES {(tunnels, tunnelling, mining E21)} - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) ## Abstract The invention relates to a construction method, in which an excavation pit is produced in the ground and in the excavation pit foundation elements are produced at predetermined working points with at least one working apparatus. According to the invention provision is made in that in a computer unit the dimensions of the excavation pit, the working points and the dimensions of the at least one working apparatus are entered and in that in the computer unit a required workspace for the at least one working apparatus and an open space in the excavation pit are determined automatically. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A construction method, in which an excavation pit is produced in the ground and in the excavation pit foundation elements are produced at predetermined working points with at least one working apparatus, wherein in a computer unit the dimensions of the excavation pit, the working points and the dimensions of the at least one working apparatus are entered and in the computer unit a required workspace for the at least one working apparatus and an open space in the excavation pit are determined automatically. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The construction method according to claim 1, wherein as working apparatus a pile drilling apparatus, an anchor drilling apparatus and/or a diaphragm wall apparatus is used. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The construction method according to claim 1, wherein as foundation element a foundation pile, a tension anchor, an injection anchor and/or a diaphragm wall is produced. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The construction method according to claim 1, wherein for the determined spaces it is specified which part is provided as driveway or storage space. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The construction method according to claim 1, wherein a display means is provided, with which the workspace and/or the open space in the excavation pit is displayed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The construction method according to claim 5, wherein the display means comprises an optical projection element, in particular a laser. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The construction method according to claim 1, wherein a working sequence can be entered into the computer unit or is predetermined by the computer unit and by the computer unit a change of the work- and open spaces is determined over time. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The construction method according to claim 1, wherein by the computer unit an occupancy of the open spaces is determined. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The construction method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one working apparatus is provided with a data transmission means, via which the working apparatus transmits current data regarding the working apparatus, the location and/or the processing operation to the computer unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The construction method according to claim 1, wherein by means of a detection means an actual state of the excavation pit is detected and by the computer unit a verification of actual and target state is carried out. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The construction method according to claim 10, wherein as detection means at least one camera is provided. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The construction method according to claim 1, wherein by the computer unit transport means for the supply and discharge of material to the work- or storage spaces are controlled.