Friday, September 03, 2010
Construction
Forums

Piling - All You Need to Know?

Posted in: House Building
By David Pritchard
Mar 16, 2008 - 8:44:00 PM
Page: 1 2
Piles of the chosen material may be drilled or driven into the ground, thereby, making a solid foundation for the structural load. Geotechnical Engineers, Structural Engineers, Site Fitters and Foreman, Area Contractors as well as all other team members of the construction staff play their individual roles in designing, planning, understanding and streamlining all the tasks that go into digging, piling and constructing a strong structure.

Where is Piling Used? - The different forms and variations of piling techniques are hired and used by all major Contractors, Housing Developers and Consulting Engineers etc in the construction and establishment of large Commercial projects, Housing Development projects, Retail and Road Construction projects, Marine projects etc.

Forms of Piling The different types of piling can be differentiated from one another based on the choice of material used or the specific method/technique adopted for piling etc.

Driven Piles: This technique makes use of a Pile Driver which is used to drive in prefabricated piles into the ground. Most Driven piles are made of wood, concrete, or steel & the driving technique leads to soil displacement.

Drilled Piles: Drilled piles are also called Cast-in-drilled-hole piles (CIDH piles) and use extensive boring techniques to drill into hard earth.

These include:


Page: 1 2

About this author:
David Pritchard is the webmaster for http://www.pilinguk.com and writes articles for clients.





Google Custom Search


This page is part of the Construction News & Articles section at GreatPossibilities.com.
All material on this website is copyright © of the author or original source unless specifically noted otherwise, and may not be used elsewhere without express permission from the author or original source.

  • SafeSurf image
  • Internet Content Rating Association image
  • Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict