What is piling?
Piling is the construction of a vertical structural column, called a “pile” or “pier”, in the ground. There are a variety of techniques that have been developed to cover all types of ground conditions.
Pile foundation systems are:
- Continuous Flight Auger
- Open hole
- Under reamed
- Pier and grade beam foundation
- Micropiles
- Tripod piles
- Sheet piles
- Soldier piles
- Suction Piles
- Adfreeze Piles
- Vibrated Stone Columns
- Secant piled retaining wall
- Contiguous Pile retaining wall
- Slurry walls
- Deep mixing/mass stabilization techniques
Different pile materials are:
- Timber
- Steel
- Prestressed concrete piles
- Composite piles
- Cast in ground piles
- Displaced soil cast in ground piles