I need to install about 200, 40ft long, sheet piles in soft clay. Sand fill for the first 3m then clay with SPT numbers from 1 to 5 for the next 60ft. Local knowledge indicates the clay is quite resistant to vibrated sheets. I would like to avoid the noise of hammering, and avoid the cost of a...
Continuous shaft helical piles can be installed to support the buildings, be they 1 or 10 stories, very inexpensively and their torque monitored installation takes all the guess work out of their capacities. Joe Nimens
Helical piles are a great solution. Boulders and obstructions will be much less a challenge than may be obvious. Installation will be very quick and inexpensive compared to all the excavation and compacting or other deep foundations.
Continuous helical piles such as those available from HSD Foundation Technologies are the perfect solutions to each the vertical load of the building, the shoring requirements, and the underpinning...
