Piling is almost an every day detail for so many foundations. in this lecture set I look at the various methods of piling and some of the detailing methods you may want to use.
A general introduction to the various piles used, and the materials
One problem detailers come up against is the need to lay a DPM below the slab, and seal it as they come up against a Pile. Visqueen have a niftey way of over coming this
Piling is often used not as a building support, but to hold bacl a site bundary as a bacement is excavated, or perhaps as a means to holding back ground Water