Pipe Pile Rock Embedment
Pipe Pile Rock Embedment
(OP)
Hello,
Im on a job in which we had over a hundred caissons/core beams that must be driven into rock. Some pipes will sit on-top of rock while others require some embedment ranging from 6'-14'.
I'm looking to purchase cutting shoes for each of my pipes but cannot find an application with rigid teeth like tips(this should seem most viable for going into rock.) Drilling, prior to driving the core beams seems too painstaking as a method to performing this work.
The cutting shoes I plan on purchasing have rounded tips and are heavily reinforced. I've looked around and this seems to be the only type of shoe available for sale.
Am I not understanding the method we plan on using to perform this work?
Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Im on a job in which we had over a hundred caissons/core beams that must be driven into rock. Some pipes will sit on-top of rock while others require some embedment ranging from 6'-14'.
I'm looking to purchase cutting shoes for each of my pipes but cannot find an application with rigid teeth like tips(this should seem most viable for going into rock.) Drilling, prior to driving the core beams seems too painstaking as a method to performing this work.
The cutting shoes I plan on purchasing have rounded tips and are heavily reinforced. I've looked around and this seems to be the only type of shoe available for sale.
Am I not understanding the method we plan on using to perform this work?
Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Joe
Project Engineer





RE: Pipe Pile Rock Embedment
RE: Pipe Pile Rock Embedment
If you are socketing the piles into rock, the holes need to driled. However, you can develop significant capacities by simply seating the piles on the rock.