Steel pile into soil?
Steel pile into soil?
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I have a client who's building a ground mount solar array, but instead of using concrete for his foundation, he's wanting to drive the posts straight into the ground. I'm looking in the IBC, but all I'm seeing is testing methods. Is there a code-based calculation somewhere that I'm missing, or is this something that will end up being more trouble than it's worth for the client?






RE: Steel pile into soil?
Here is a photo of a typical bridge using this method:
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RE: Steel pile into soil?
RE: Steel pile into soil?
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RE: Steel pile into soil?
I did some small diameter pin piles once (3" dia. stnd. pipe). The geotech gave us a chart of pile capacity vs. penetration per minute driving with a 90 lb. jackhammer. This worked well but I've never seen a geotech do this before.