Cutting Down Concrete Piles
Cutting Down Concrete Piles
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We're involved in a job which calls for existing pile cap to be lowered. The piles in the pile cap are concrete piles. The contractor is removing the piles with a jackhammer, which from what I understand is destroying the piles. Is there an easier and better way to cut down concrete piles? Thanks for your responses.





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RE: Cutting Down Concrete Piles
RE: Cutting Down Concrete Piles
A bit late for you perhaps but in the UK we use something similar to domestic foam pipe lagging taped to the upper ends of the rebar that we wish to keep in place. The foam stops at the cut level so you just cut the concrete pile at the design level and the top of the concrete just lifts off the pile leaving the rebar in place
RE: Cutting Down Concrete Piles
RE: Cutting Down Concrete Piles
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RE: Cutting Down Concrete Piles
RE: Cutting Down Concrete Piles
If the pile are precast, bear in mind that the longitudunal mild reinforcement often does not extend the full length of the pile. If you're counting on bars extending out from the top to anchor the pile into the pile cap, make sure there's still enough bar left in the pile for development.