Pile Driving by Pile Buck
The comprehensive guide to driven piles and the equipment that drives them
A complete guide to driven piles and the equipment used to drive and test them, edited by Don C. Warrington, P.E. It covers pile types, hammers and rigs, estimating pile capacity, job organization and installation, and static and dynamic load testing.
What’s inside
From the forward
Driven piles are the oldest type of deep foundation in use; they not only predate the Industrial Revolution, they predate literate civilization. Many structures have stood for hundreds and thousands of years on driven piles, largely hidden from view and the attention of those who use the structures.
In spite of the advances of other types of deep foundations, driven piles remain a viable foundation option because the quality of the pile is known before installation, not after, and the load bearing capability of a pile can be estimated from the driving history, using the hammer as a measuring instrument.