DIN 18319
German construction contract procedures (VOB) - Part C: General technical specifications in construction contracts (ATV) - Trenchless pipelaying
VOB Vergabe- und Vertragsordnung für Bauleistungen - Teil C: Allgemeine Technische Vertragsbedingungen für Bauleistungen (ATV) - Rohrvortriebsarbeiten
Overview
ATV DIN 18319 "Trenchless pipelaying" has been technically revised by the German Committee for construction contract procedures (DVA). It is applicable for underground installation of prefabricated pipes and comparable structures of any profile by pressing, ramming or extraction. It also applies for pipe jacking work using pipe displacement methods, pipe eating and displacement of existing pipes as well as loosening of soil and rock during the jacking process as well as the removal from the pipe and the immediate working area.