The design of a crane pad must account for the extreme loads below outrigger pads or tracks on a crawler crane. The BaseLok Engineering Team utilizes the 100-year-old Westergaard Design approach for working platform. Traditional crane pad designs often call for extensive aggregate or crane mats to achieve the necessary factors of safety.

By pairing the Westergaard analysis with the confinement and load-distribution benefits of BaseLok geosynthetics, the Engineering Team can design a thinner, more efficient platform without sacrificing safety. GeoGrid reinforcement stabilizes the aggregate and spreads concentrated outrigger and track loads across a wider area, while GeoCell confinement locks the fill in place to boost bearing capacity and resist rutting under repeated crane movements. The result is a crane pad that meets or exceeds required factors of safety while reducing aggregate volume, minimizing over-excavation, and shortening construction schedules translating directly into lower project costs and a safer, more predictable work platform for even the heaviest lifts

Applicable Project Types

• Crawler Crane Working Platforms
• Mobile Crane Pads – Temporary or Permanent
• Marine and Port Cranes