REPORTER:TEAM HALI

GE
BSCE3-C
CE161

TOPI
C:PI
LING

CONTENTS:
1.WHATISPILING?
2.HOW I
SPILI
NGCONDUCTED?
3.TYPESOFPILEFOUNDATIONS
4.WHATARETHEBENEFI TSOFPILI
NG?
5.WHATARETHERI SKSOFPILI
NG?
6.WHATARETHEEXPECTEDRESULTSFROM PI
LING?

WHATI SPI
LING?
 Pil
ingist heessent
ialsuppor
tneededforanyki
ndofstructur
e.I
tisa
techni
quethatsetsdeepfoundat
ionsf
oranyfor
m ofconstr
ucti
onwork,
suchasbuildi
ngs.

 Pil
ingisusedint
heconst
ructionofbuil
dings,br
idgesandotherproj
ects
whenthesoilatt
hejobsi
teisn’tabl
etosupporttheweightnecessar
yfor
thestr
uctur
eatshal
l
owdepth. 

 I
tusesal ongcyli
nderofastrongmateri
alsuchasconcr et
ethatis
pushedi
ntothegr
oundtoactasasteadysuppor
tforst
ruct
uresbui
lton
topofi
t.

HOW I
SPI LI
NGCONDUCTED?
 Pil
ing is conducted byinser
ti
ng large quanti
ti
es ofwoods,st eelor
concreteintothesoiloft
heground.Thedeepi nsert
ionoftheseel
ements
ensuresast ur
dierbasefort
heconstruct
ionprojectt
ot akepl
ace

 Pil
ingi sdri
v enintot hegroundunt i
lithitsbedrock.Atthi
spoint,thepil
e
cansaf el
yandsecur elysupportthewei ghtofwhatisaboveground.

 Unlikestructuralsteel,whereyouty pi
callyti
l
tabeam ort ubeupordown
toconst r
uctt hef or
matofacompl ex,pil
ingisdri
venintothegroundwith
api l
edr i
ver.Muchl i
kewheny outakeahammert onailsomethingint
oa
wall,thepiledr i
veruses,inmostcases,ahy dr
aulichammert oplacethe
pil
ei ntothegr ound.Dependingont hesoi lt
ype,mor eorl
essforceisused
todr i
veitproper l
yintotheground.

 Thepi l
ingpr
ocesscannotbestar
tedunt
ilot
herimport
antfact
orshave
beent akeni
ntoconsi
der
ati
onl
ikethecondit
ionofthesoi
lbeneaththe
ground.
Ex:
1.Wetsoil
isnotagoodconsi
stencyforwhi
chtopl
aceanywood.
2.Metal
orsteeli
naspartofy
ourpili
ngwork.

TYPESOFPI LEFOUNDATI ONS

 CAST- I
N-SI TUPILES
Cast
-i
n- sit
upilesar econcret
epi l
e.Thesepi l
esareconstructedby
dri
ll
ing holesi
nt hegroundtotherequi
reddepthandthenfi
l
li
ngt hehol
e
with concret e.Rei
nforcementsareal
sousedi ntheconcr
eteasperthe
requir
ements.Thesepi lesareofsmalldi
ametercomparedtodri
ll
edpiers.

 PRECASTPILES
Thesear
epre-f
abri
cat
edpi
les.Theyar
econstruct
edwhent
heappl
i
ed
l
oad i
scomparati
vel
ylowwhencomparedwithbor
edpiles.

Fur
ther,precastpi
lesarenotdri
venuptother
ockbutt
heyterminated
or i nsert
edi ntoahar dsoill
ayer
. Ther
eshouldbeadensesoillayerto
restt
he pileandt oprov
idet
heendbearing.

Thesepi
l
esar
emai
nlyf
ri
cti
ondomi
nantpi
l
est
hought
her
eisanend
bear
ing.

 MI
CROPILES
Micr
opil
esar
equi
tepopul
ari
nlowr
isebui
l
dingconst
ruct
ion.

Whenthegroundconditi
oni sweakandt hereisnoadequatebear
ing
capaci
tytocarr
ytheloadsf r
om thesuperstructure,adeepfoundati
on
needstobeconstructed.Micr
opilesareusedi nt heabutment
constr
ucti
onandbr i
dgepierconstructi
ons.Lateral l
oadsappl
iedonthe
abutmentcanbetransferr
edtothegr oundbyi nclinedmicr
opiles.

 SHEETPI LES
Sheetpil
esareal
socanbeconsi
der
edasat y
peofpilef
oundati
ons
though theymostl
ydonotusetosuppor
tthestr
uct
uresdi
rect
lyli
ke
othert
ypes ofpil
es.

 SCREW PILES
Thepil
eisli
keascr
ewasi
ndi
cat
edi
nthef
oll
owi
ngf
igur
e.

Thenat
ureoft
hescr
ewdependsont
het
ypeofconst
ruct
ion.

WHATARETHEBENEFI
TSOFPI
LING?
 Theycanbepr ecasttospeci f
icat
ions.
 Theycanbepr e-madeint oanyl engt
h,shape,andsi zeandusedon-si
te
thusreducingthecompl etiontime.
 A screw pi
lefoundationbear ingcapacit
y i
ncreasewheni tdrov
eintothe
granularsoilbecauset headj acentmassofsoi li
scompactar oundthe
pil
e.
 Thepi lesusesi nplacest hatdonotal l
ow dril
li
ngofhol esbecauseof
borrowingandf indi
ngpr essuri
zedundergroundwat ertabl
es.

WHATARETHERI SKSOFPI LING?

 Thepr ocessofdri
v i
ngpi lesrequi r
esheav yequipment.
 Drivi
ngt hepil
esgener atesv i
br at
ionst hatcanaf fectt
hei ntegr
ityofthe
foundationsofneighboringst ructures.
 Thepi l
esar enotsuitablef orsoi l
swi thpoordr ai
nage.Itthedr i
vi
ngi son
arrangeandphasepr oper l
y,theheav ingoft hesoiloranalreadydr i
vepil
e
poppingupwhent henewonei spushi nmayoccur .
 Api l
ecanbedamagedqui ckl
ybydr ivi
ngt hr
oughst onesandboul ders.
 Iti
sv erydif
fi
cultt
oknowt heact ualrequiredlengthinadvance.

WHATARETHEEXPECTEDRESULTSFROM PI LI
NG?
 Thepi l
esgi veacl eanandneatpr esent
ati
ont husrequir
ingmi ni
mum
super vi
sionandl essst or
agespace.
 Theyar eagr eatchoi cewhenwor kingov erwaterasisthecasewithpil
es
injetti
esandwhar fstructures.
 Prev i
ouslyi nstal
ledpi l
esshow l ater almovementwhennew pi lesare
dri
v en.Whenexi stingpi l
esmov e,itisof t
enbecauseofsoildispl
acement
asnewpi lesaredr iven.
 Pil
esar edr ivi
ngoutofal i
gnment .Whenpi l
esmov eoutofal i
gnment
tol
er ance,itisoftenduet ocontr
oli ssueswithhammer -pi
l
eal i
gnmentor
to 
soi lconditi
ons.