While the larger deep foundation industry may tout driven piles
as the “old fashioned” way of doing things, no other method has
done more in the last half-century to integrate testing into the construction
process and, in doing so, has provided the most reliable
and most cost-effective deep foundation solution. t
Ryan Allin, P.E. is a senior engineer at Pile Dynamics, Inc.
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While the larger deep
foundation industry may
tout driven piles as the “old
fashioned” way of doing
things, no other method has
done more in the last halfcentury
to integrate testing
into the construction process.
Figure 3. Dynamic testing being conducted on a concrete-filled pipe pile
Photos courtesy of Pile Dynamics, Inc.
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