Contiguous Piled Walls

A contiguous bored pile wall is a retaining wall consisting of concrete bored piles installed in various configurations with a minimum spacing between consecutive piles to form, a retaining structure.

A contiguous bored pile wall is a retaining wall formed using CFA, Cased CFA (CSP), SFA or rotary bored piling techniques consisting of a row of unconnected piles cast-in-situ with a nominal gap between consecutive piles.

They are flexible in shape and design compared to diaphragm retaining walls and generally offer a significant applied load advantages compared to that of sheet piled walls.

Key capabilities

  • Rig loadings: 6–140 tonnes
  • Diameter:
    • 300–1,200mm to a depth of 40m, diameter dependent, using CFA techniques
    • 300 – 2,100mm to a depth of 65m using rotary bored piling techniques

What are the advantages of Contiguous Piled Walls?

  • More cost effective than diaphragm walls
  • Greater flexibility in terms of geometry
  • Individual piles can provide both lateral support and bearing capacity
  • Piles can be installed within challenging ground conditions
  • Suited to city centres to support excavations within congested sites
  • The design of contiguous walls considers adjacent structures and utilities

Common Uses

  • Construction of basements or cellars, in dry and stable ground conditions
  • Inserting substructures close to an existing structure
  • Slope stabilisation
  • Excavation support
  • Bridge structures
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