Naue Platform Pro
Advanced working platform design for tracked plant
Naue Platform Pro is a free, professional online tool in the Naue Portal DesignSuite for designing working platforms and foundation pads that carry tracked construction plant - crawler cranes, piling and drilling rigs. Going beyond a single design, it automates the calculation of multiple platforms and subsoil conditions in one project, checks several failure modes at the ultimate limit state (ULS) and the serviceability limit state (SLS), and compares each platform with and without geogrid reinforcement. It adds effort, cost and environmental-impact evaluation with quantity and price estimation, and produces a full report - so engineers can design, compare and document complex temporary works in one place.
At a glance
- What it is: a free, professional online tool in the Naue Portal DesignSuite (login required)
- What it does: designs working platforms for tracked plant across multiple platforms and subsoils, with ULS/SLS checks and a reinforced-versus-unreinforced comparison
- Best for: larger or multi-platform projects - crawler cranes, piling and drilling rigs on weak or variable ground
- Key inputs: two load cases (width, length, load) and track spacing; layered subgrade (design shear strength, elasticity modulus, Poisson's ratio); platform material (type, friction angle, elasticity modulus, unit weight); geogrid types and layers
- Key outputs: required platform thickness with and without reinforcement, governing failure mode, number of reinforcement layers, estimated immediate settlement and inclination, required tensile strength, geogrid types; quantity and total geogrid price; full report
- Pro extras: multiple platforms and subsoils automated; multiple failure modes; effort, cost (€) and environmental-impact evaluation; comprehensive report
From complex temporary works to a documented design: how Platform Pro delivers
Challenges
- Projects with many platforms, rigs and varying ground conditions
- Demonstrating safety across multiple failure modes (ULS & SLS)
- Comparing cost, effort and environmental impact of the options
Naue solution
- A professional platform tool that automates multi-platform, multi-subsoil design with ULS/SLS checks, a reinforced-vs-unreinforced comparison and cost and environmental evaluation
Results
- Verified platform designs for every platform and rig
- A clear reinforced-vs-unreinforced comparison with settlement and tilting
- Quantities, costs and environmental figures - in one documented report
Where Platform Pro helps: applications covered
Naue Platform Pro is used on larger temporary-works projects where several working platforms, rigs and ground conditions must be designed, compared and documented together - and where cost and environmental figures matter.
- Multi-platform projects: several platforms and subsoils designed automatically in one project
- Crawler crane & rig pads: platforms for crawler cranes, piling and drilling rigs
- Wind & energy construction: crane and rig platforms for large renewable-energy sites
- Variable / layered subsoils: layered subgrade with design strength and stiffness per layer
- Cost & quantity estimation: material quantities and total geogrid price for budgeting and tenders
How Platform Pro works: model, verify, evaluate and report
Platform Pro is organised as a professional, tabbed workflow - from main and input data through ULS and SLS design to data evaluation, result summary, an input sketch and a full report.
Set up one or more platforms and their ground conditions in a single project.
Practical advantages:
- Two load cases per platform (width, length and load) plus track spacing
- Layered subgrade with design shear strength, average elasticity modulus and Poisson's ratio
- Platform material with type, friction angle, minimum elasticity modulus and unit weight
- Build the reinforcement from selectable Secugrid®/Combigrid® geogrid types and layers
- Automated calculation across multiple platforms and subsoil conditions
Platform Pro verifies each platform and compares the build-ups:
- ULS design: bearing resistance of the platform material, required platform thickness (unreinforced and reinforced) and required total tensile strength (md and cmd)
- SLS design: estimated immediate settlement and inclination (tilting)
- Result summary: platform layout with and without reinforcement - thickness, governing failure mode, number of reinforcement layers, settlement, inclination and geogrid types
- Multiple failure modes are considered for a robust, safe design
Beyond the design, Platform Pro quantifies and compares the options:
- Data evaluation with overall results by parameter (effort, cost and environmental impact) and evaluation per individual platform (e.g. thickness)
- Quantity estimation and the total geogrid products price (€), with unreinforced-vs-reinforced totals
- A comprehensive report and a sketch of the input parameters for full documentation
- Direct links to the Naue Engineering & Design Department (EDD) for project-specific review
For temporary-works & design engineers: a rigorous, multi-platform ULS/SLS design with multiple failure modes, layered subsoils and a reinforced-vs-unreinforced comparison - fully documented. The Naue Engineering and Design Department (EDD) provides project-specific review.
For contractors and site managers: safe, verified platform thicknesses with quantities and total geogrid price - thinner where geogrids allow, with a clear basis for procurement and safe plant operation.
For project owners and clients: documented safety, transparent cost and quantity figures and an environmental-impact evaluation - lower risk, controlled budget and a more sustainable project.
Platform Pro: method, standards and engineering support
| Method / Check | Scope |
|---|---|
| Working-platform design (ULS & SLS) | Tracked-plant loading on a granular platform over layered subsoil, across multiple platforms |
| Multiple failure modes (ULS) | Bearing resistance and further ultimate-limit-state checks; required thickness and tensile strength |
| Serviceability (SLS) | Estimated immediate settlement and inclination (tilting) |
| Geosynthetic reinforcement | Secugrid® and Combigrid® reduce platform thickness; md/cmd tensile strength and layer build-up |
| Effort / cost / environmental evaluation | Quantities, total geogrid price (€) and environmental impact across options |
| Naue EDD | Project-specific review, verification and design support |
| Platform Pro applies established working-platform design principles for tracked plant, extended to multiple platforms, failure modes and evaluations, combined with the measured performance of Naue geogrids. Where a project needs individual review, the Naue Engineering and Design Department (EDD) supports designers and contractors with project-specific design. |
The Platform Pro advantage: design, compare and cost in one place
Naue Platform Pro turns complex temporary-works platform design into a single, documented workflow. Engineers verify multiple platforms and rigs to ULS and SLS, compare reinforced and unreinforced build-ups, and see the settlement, tilting, quantities, cost and environmental impact side by side. By adding the reinforcement effect of Secugrid® and Combigrid®, it cuts platform thickness, aggregate, cost and CO₂ - while a full report keeps everything auditable, backed by Naue's Engineering and Design Department (EDD).
Naue Platform Pro: frequently asked questions
Naue Platform Pro is a free, professional tool in the Naue Portal DesignSuite that designs working platforms for tracked plant across multiple platforms and subsoil conditions, verifying ULS and SLS, comparing reinforced and unreinforced build-ups and evaluating effort, cost and environmental impact.
Platform 2.0 designs a single working platform to ULS and SLS. Platform Pro adds automated calculation of multiple platforms and subsoils, multiple failure modes, a reinforced-vs-unreinforced comparison, effort/cost/environmental-impact evaluation with quantity and price estimation, and a comprehensive report.
It covers the ultimate limit state (ULS) with multiple failure modes, including the bearing resistance of the platform material and the required thickness and tensile strength, and the serviceability limit state (SLS) with estimated immediate settlement and inclination.
Two load cases (width, length and load) and track spacing, a layered subgrade (design shear strength, average elasticity modulus and Poisson's ratio), the platform material (type, friction angle, minimum elasticity modulus and unit weight), and the Secugrid®/Combigrid® geogrid types and layers.
Yes. For each platform it reports the layout with and without reinforcement - thickness, governing failure mode, number of reinforcement layers, estimated immediate settlement and inclination, and the geogrid types - so the benefit of reinforcement is explicit.
Yes. The data evaluation compares options by effort, cost and environmental impact, and provides a quantity estimation and the total geogrid products price in Euro, alongside unreinforced and reinforced totals.
A full report with the design, verifications and evaluations, plus a sketch of the input parameters - ready for documentation, procurement and approval.
Platform Pro is free within the Naue Portal and requires a portal login. It is aimed at temporary-works and design engineers, contractors and project owners handling larger or multi-platform schemes.