Piling
Foundational elements that create structural support or lateral support in soil stabilization.
Pile Driving
Pile driving is the process of forcing concrete, steel, or timber (piles) deep into the ground when surface soils cannot safely support a structure’s load. Piling comes in various forms, whether it be H-Pile or Pipe-Pile for structural support, or Sheet-pile for soil retention or shoring. Along with the various forms of piling comes numerous methods of installation. Structural pile that is driven can be done so by means of hammer or vibration.
Sheet-pile consists of interlocking sheets typically driven with vibratory pile drivers for soil retention or shoring. Often Sheet-Pile will be used for dewatering a work area by constructing a coffer-dam.
Structural Pile can also come in the form of reinforced concrete where the hole is drilled with an auger inside a temporary or permanent casing pipe. Once the auger is removed, rebar and concrete are installed to form the pile at which time the casing would be removed if temporary.