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Replacing Bored Piers/Driven Piles
Construction Problems
- Site situated over 70 year old dumping ground, containing concrete and steel refuse.
- Contaminated spoil to remove if bored piles used.
- Over 800 piers required
- Collapsing fill profile, voids within matrix
- Project over budget
Solution
- Design with screw piles . Conduct test pile program to confirm penetration of fill and founding depths .
- Project now brought back to budget.
- Reduction of pile installation time.
- Elimination of contaminated spoil issue.
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