The soil is granular.
We went with driven piles to had the soil back. There is a fairly large shaker system next to the pit and wanted the reassurance of using steel pile to hold the soil back. We also spoke with the equipment supplier and we agreed that we could offset the pit around the...
Previously the company installed another similar pit in a different bay. For this installation they removed about half of the footing drove sheet piles down next to the column base plate and poured the pit wall against the sheet piles. They then doweled the pit wall into the existing column...
I am needing some opinions on the best way to install a reinforced concrete wall next to a footing.
In the interior slab of a building I have to install a 13'-6" deep pit that mechanical equipment will be installed in. The pit roughly needs to be 16'- 9" feet wide and will be centered between...