Driven Piling

Driven piling is a fast and cost-effective deep foundation method suitable for a wide range of ground conditions. Piles are manufactured and installed in sections and driven to a set and / or geotechnical design length.

What is driven piling used for?

Driven piling is often used for housing, low rise buildings, distribution centres and embankments. These piles are installed in soil profiles where there is soft and weaker material above more competent material at depth. It is particularly favourable in very weak stratum.

Key capabilities

  • Precast pile size: 200mm, 250mm, 300mm and 350mm square precast piles
  • Steel pile size: CHS 140mm, 178mm, 244mm 273mm and 339mm.
  • Maximum depth: 14m in a single length, and with jointing depths >50m can be achieved.
  • Working load: From 100kN up to 2,000kN
  • Hammer weight: 3-6 tonnes
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What are the advantages of Driven Piling?

  • Fast installation enables immediate follow-on work
  • No spoil generated, ideal for brownfield and contaminated sites
  • Suitable for a range of ground conditions, particularly favourable with very weak stratum, and can be installed to significant depths
  • Offsite manufacturing ensures high quality and just-in-time delivery
  • Steel tube can be cut down and off cuts reused to reduce waste
  • Unaffected by groundwater
  • Available in various sizes and load capacities
  • Can be installed at an angle (raked) to accommodate horizontal loads

Common Uses

  • Ideal for lighter structural loads, from housing to commercial/industrial units
  • Used in infrastructure projects like bridges, embankments, and rail structures
  • Supports turbines, OHL, and substations in the power sector
  • Suitable for brownfield sites with contamination, as no spoil is produced
  • Preferred for water-based construction, such as jetties and wharves
  • Effective in sites with variable ground conditions and high water tables, where bored piling is challenging

Precast concrete and steel tube piles are driven into the ground by a top driven hydraulic pile hammer, which compacts the surrounding soil as the pile is driven to depth. Piles are driven to a design depth or resistance (set) that will enable them to carry the required load.

Van Elle’s fleet of Junttan piling rigs can install driven piles with a maximum section length of 14m. Piles can be installed to deep depths, to achieve the set criteria or geotechnical length, through joining sections together, by means of a joint. The pile sizes that we offer come in sections of 200mm and 250mm and range between 3 to 14m.

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