BEYOND THE FOG LIES CLARITY
When undertaking deep foundations geotechnical engineers and structural engineers love certainty... And in that regard screw piles are hard to beat when compared to other deep foundations methodologies.
DODGING BOULDERS IS LIKE DODGING BULLETS?
To dodge a bullet is to barely avoid something bad, harmful, or unpleasant.... This certainly applies to boulders and cobbles in the geotechnical report for your new build!
COBBLES & BOULDERS = AN ARCHILLES HEAL OF SCREW PILES?
Whenever I see boulders and cobbles it makes me very nervous. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that any deep foundation system will have it's challenges…
A TRICKY JOB: KNOW THE SITE CONSTRAINTS (PART 2)
Last week we discussed the design implications behind a tricky site with 120 piles @ 25m long…
A TRICKY JOB: SIZE MATTERS UNTIL YOU CONSIDER THE SITE CONSTRAINTS (PART 1)
Our site team recently mobilized to a tricky site with 120 piles at 25m long taking loads between 200kN and 700kN…
PROXIMITY AND RISK GO HAND-IN-HAND WHEN PILING!
In piling – the closer you get to something – the more likely you will be of damaging it. Whether through vibration, collapsing bores, or…
ONLY MILLIMETRES BETWEEN YOU AND FAILURE
Screw piles are made of steel, so good quality welds are very important! These connections/splices are...
GRAPPLING WITH A SCREW PILE
Screw piles aren't your standard foundation, and their installation is quite different from other piling types...
NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT
While the expression may allude to the cat-o'-nine-tails, or “cat,” a whip with nine lashes used to...
WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM DEPTH OF A SCREWPILE?
We often have a quiz in our presentations where many design consultants are dumbfounded that screw piles can go deeper than 12m...
OXYMORON: CLEAN AND PRETTY PILING
Certainly not the words you normally associate with piling... Not when you...
#SCREWPILING IN THE DARKNESS
There's no need to be afraid when constructing late at night - in fact when you engage professionals, it actually has some benefits.
WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY
6 months.... and you've well and truly earned your stripes! Welcome to our REVEX PILING Family, Andrew Uasi.
SSSHHHHHHHH!!!!!! PRINCIPAL SAYS KEEP THE NOISE DOWN!!!!
Installing 8no. piles to 28m depths right beside an operational school is actually easy-peasy!!!
WHY DON'T YOU JUST PUT A CAP IN IT!!!???
This is some of the advice we could have given a client recently. Not to be misunderstood - the statement was around how and when to pile.
#BRIDGES -THE BENEFIT OF A CONSTRUCTABLE STEEL SCREW PILE
Some of benefits of screw piling lie in the "contructability" aspects; this relates to the plant we typically use, and material the screw pile is made of. These benefits could of great value to people installing small, medium and large road bridges, and big pipe bridges.
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, ENEMIES CLOSER..
An advantage of using screw piles is that you can get the screw pile very very very close to existing structures and boundary lines.
Cantilevered PILE – THE BENEFITS OF EXTENDING THE SCREW PILE
A client called recently who was ABSOLUTELY STOKED (!!!) they paid a little extra for their piled foundations.