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20080199259 | Marine pile driving and boring apparatus - A marine pile driving and boring apparatus is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the apparatus includes a barge having an elongated hammer slot, a boom track carried by the barge generally adjacent to said hammer slot, a boom platform carried by the boom track, a boom tower carried by the boom platform and a hammer assembly having a hammer carried by the boom tower. | 08-21-2008 |
20080205993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING RAMMED AGGREGATE PIERS USING A HOLLOW MANDREL WITH UPWARD FLOW RESTRICTORS - A system and method for installing aggregate piers is provided. A cylindrical hollow mandrel is driven to a desired depth. Aggregate is fed through the mandrel in steps. The mandrel is raised and driven to tamp the aggregate. Physical members in a tamping head of the mandrel allow aggregate to remain in a cavity formed by the mandrel, and prevent aggregate from entering the mandrel during driving. | 08-28-2008 |
20080260469 | Striker head for a pile driving hydraulic hammer - A striker head ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080260470 | Pile formation - An article ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080273927 | Security barrier - There is provided a strong, secure, inexpensive see-through security barrier. The security barrier includes a foundation, wherein at least a portion of the foundation is underground. The security barrier also includes a plurality of pipes. Each pipe is integrally formed with the foundation and extends generally upwardly from the foundation. Each pipe includes a cylindrical wall having a generally smooth exterior surface and a rigid lock seam extending about and along the length of the wall. | 11-06-2008 |
20080304917 | HYDRAULIC-FORCED RESONANCE-FREE VIBRATORY SHEET PILING DRIVING AND EXTRACTION MACHINE - An apparatus and method for continuously preloading during installation and removal of steel sheet piles, steel pilings, and casing piles, comprising a telescoping, articulated boom having a free end for creating the downward driving force, a weighted base to provide support and stability for the boom, a connector at the free end of said boom to engage the piling, a modified resonance-free vibratory hammer, and a means for simultaneously vibrating the piling while applying to the piling the continuous downward or upward force. | 12-11-2008 |
20080310923 | MODULAR VIBRATORY PILE DRIVER SYSTEM - A modular side grip vibratory pile driver system having a housing, a vibratory gear case and a pair of jaws adapted to grip a variety of pile profiles. The housing is rotatably connected to a construction machine such that the jaws can be moved from a position wherein the jaws are oriented vertically and spaced apart horizontally to a position wherein the jaws are oriented horizontally and spaced apart vertically. A plurality of sets of gripping assemblies having different gripping profiles are interchangeably connected to the jaws. | 12-18-2008 |
20090003938 | SIMPLIFIED FOUNDATION AND GROUNDWORK METHOD USING SAME - A simplified foundation is made up of metal. The simplified foundation includes a first drive pile to be driven into the soil in an angularly inclined manner, and a support for attaching a target construction product on its upper portion. The support is hollow, and bowl-shaped from a part on which to attach the target construction product downwardly toward any portion in which to insert the drive pile. Furthermore, the support includes a guide member for guiding the first drive pile. | 01-01-2009 |
20090028648 | Apparatuses, Systems and Methods for Pre-Configuring New Structure Foundations For Soil Gas Mitigation Systems - A method for pre-configuring a foundation of a new structure, includes providing an apparatus that has a base end and an opposing end, the apparatus arranged such that the perimeter of the base end is longer than the perimeter of the opposing end, placing the apparatus on the base end at a desired location within the perimeter of a frame arranged to confine pre-cured concrete and applying pre-cured concrete within the frame. A system for preventing the migration of soil gas into a structure includes a soil gas barrier, a layer of permeable material and an apparatus. The apparatus is in contact with the soil gas barrier and has a base end with a first port forming a first area and an opposing end with an output port having a second area that is smaller than the first area. | 01-29-2009 |
20090074515 | Modular System for the Construction of Overhead Wire Support and/or Supporting Pile foundations - The present invention, consisting in a new modular system for the construction of overhead wire support and/or supporting pile foundations, aims at making the foundation building process less subject to uncontrolled variations in the construction stages and at improving technical and qualitative features of this kind of foundation in comparison to traditional on site foundations. The invention consists of prefabricated modules (type A, B and C): they have different geometric features and can be composed following different patterns so to meet all the foundation construction requirements according to the kind of pile needed and to the steel bars used to lock the finished block layers, restoring the monolithicity of the block. | 03-19-2009 |
20090116910 | Piling apparatus and method of installation - An in-situ pile apparatus | 05-07-2009 |
20090129871 | Method and device for environmentally friendly ramming under water - The present invention relates to a method and a device for environmentally friendly ramming under water. To reduce the noise input under water, the machine and the material that is to be rammed are surrounded by a fixed flooded sleeve. The sleeve advantageously has a sandwich-like structure. | 05-21-2009 |
20090155000 | GROUT AND LIFTING TUBE - A grout and lifting tube for casting within a concrete segment. The tube provides enhanced sealing between the tube and the concrete to prevent moisture leakage into a structure formed by a plurality of the concrete segments. The tube includes a generally cylindrical body having an exterior with an anchoring rib structure, a threaded interior, a proximal end, a distal end. An annular gasket is disposed at the proximal end of the tube body, and may be secured to the proximal end of the tube body by a mechanical interlock and/or by unitary co-molding. After the concrete section is placed and grout is pumped through the tube, a plug is threadable into the proximal end of the tube to both compress the gasket between the plug and the tube at a first seal, and to compress the gasket between the plug and the concrete surrounding the proximal end of the tube at a second seal to provide robust, watertight sealing. | 06-18-2009 |
20090169309 | Method for replacing concrete utility pole without interrupting power supply by adopting pole clamp and pole crusher - A method of replacing a concrete utility pole for the overhead distribution line without interrupting service is developed by adopting a pole clamp and pole crusher, whereby work stability is excellent and utility pole replacement work can be carried out quickly and effectively. The method is comprised of a process for connecting a pole clamp to the end portion of the boom of an auger crane, mounting the pole clamp onto the outer circumference of the old concrete utility pole to be replaced; mounting a pole crusher to the old utility pole below the pole clamp using a hot-line bucket truck, crushing the concrete of the old utility pole, cutting the reinforcing bars of the old utility pole, removing the lower portion of the old utility pole, erecting and installing a new utility pole, and relocating the arms and wires to the new utility pole. | 07-02-2009 |
20090191004 | Foundation Structure - Method of installing a bucket foundation structure comprising one, two, three or more skirts, into soils in a controlled manner. The method comprises two stages: a first stage being a design phase and the second stage being an installation phase. In the first stage, design parameters are determined relating to the loads on the finished foundation structure; soil profile on the location of installation; allowable installation tolerances, which parameters are used to estimate the minimum diameter and length of the skirts of the bucket. The bucket size is used to simulate load situations and penetration into foundation soil, in order to predict necessary penetration force, required suction inside the bucket and critical suction pressures, which penetration force, required suction, and critical suction pressures are used as input for a control system in the second stage, in which second stage the pa-rameters determined in the first stage are used in order to control the installation of the bucket. | 07-30-2009 |
20090269145 | Method and Apparatus for Repairing Piles - A method and apparatus for the repair of damaged piles and a repaired pile assembly are disclosed herein. The method includes a method for repairing damaged steel piles comprising: (a) providing a pile comprising a first pile side configured to define a first channel, and a second pile side configured to define a second channel, wherein said pile has at least one damaged section; (b) providing at least two bent plates each comprising a front surface, a back face, and two side faces and having a bottom face; (c) attaching a first bent plate to the pile so as to fit within said first channel; (d) attaching a second bent plate to the pile so as to fit within said second channel, wherein said first and second bent plates overlap said damaged section; (e) attaching at least one cover plate to at least one of: said pile, or said first and second bent plates, so as to form at least one compartment; (f) at least partially filling each of said at least one compartments with a grout; and (g) curing or allowing said grout to cure | 10-29-2009 |
20090274522 | PILING MACHINE WITH HIGH-PRESSURE JET SPIRAL BIT AND ITS PILING METHOD - A piling machine with high-pressure jet spiral bit, including an underpan, a pile frame, a drill pipe, a drill bit having an upper leaf helix, a lower leaf helix and a middle leaf helix, a power system, a high-pressure concrete casting system and a high-pressure jet grouting system. The drill bit is disposed at the head of the drill pipe and has multiple nozzles disposed thereon, a diameter of the middle leaf helix is constant from the top to the bottom thereof, a diameter of each of the upper leaf helix and the lower leaf helix decreases from the top to the bottom thereof so that the drill bit with upper and lower tines is formed, the drill bit is spiral, the high-pressure jet grouting system is disposed in the drill bit, and the nozzles are disposed on the drill bit. A piling method is also taught herein. | 11-05-2009 |
20090285637 | PILE MANDREL WITH EXTENDABLE REAMING MEMBERS - A set of one or more reaming members is secured to a pile mandrel. Each reaming member is moveable between a first position where the reaming member extends a first distance from a center of the pile mandrel, and a second position where the reaming member extends a second distance from the center of the pile mandrel. An apparatus including a pile mandrel and one or more reaming members attached to the mandrel is driven into soil, creating a hole extending down from a surface of the soil. While the reaming member(s) are below the surface of the soil, the reaming member(s) are extended to an extended position; the pile mandrel is rotated with the reaming member(s) extended to ream a section of the hole to a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter; the reaming member(s) are retracted, and the mandrel is removed from the hole. | 11-19-2009 |
20090290940 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING MULTIPLE TOOLS ON A SINGLE PLATFORM - A soil structure tool for building structures in soil, placing structures in soil, or both, may improve the load bearing capability for soil by using multiple devices as part of a single tool. The soil structure tool may be operated to place a first device in a working position while placing the remaining device or devices in a non-working position so the first device in the working position may be used without interference from the remaining tools. Moving devices attached to the soil structure tool between the working and non-working positions permits building structures in soil or placing structures in soil without requiring multiple vehicles or other platforms to hold various devices and without requiring multiple devices to be attached to or detached from a vehicle or other platform. | 11-26-2009 |
20090311050 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOIL COLUMNS - A method and apparatus for constructing soil columns in-situ in the ground are disclosed for the purpose of improving the structure supporting capability of surface soils to support loads from buildings and other structures. Some embodiments use a surcharge ring or load to apply a stress to soil surrounding a construction site for a soil column. Methods according to the present disclosure may reduce impact on the environment because they may be performed with only one piece of normal construction equipment. In addition, gravel, crushed stone, cement or chemicals may not be required. | 12-17-2009 |
20100021243 | Foundation Underpinning - A foundation underpinning is disclosed. In some embodiments, the foundation underpinning includes a pile having one or more pile segments and an elongated reinforcing tubular member. Each of the one or more pile segments includes a throughbore passing axially through the head and the trunk. The throughbores of the one or more pile segments are vertically aligned forming a passage through the pile, and the elongated reinforcing tubular is disposed within the passage. | 01-28-2010 |
20100074694 | METHODS FOR THE SUBTERRANEAN SUPPORT OF UNDERGROUND CONDUITS - In one exemplary embodiment, curved sheet pile is driven underneath an existing conduit using a pile driver guided hydraulically by an excavator or other heavy machinery. By vibrating the curved sheet piles, the soil is placed in suspension, which allows the piles to be directed through the soil along an arcuate path that has a curvature that substantially matches the radius of curvature of the piles. Once the pile is positioned as desired, each individual pile sheet can be welded to one another to form a unitary structure. In one exemplary embodiment, the curved sheet pile is inserted beneath a conduit using a vibratory pile driver that rotates about a fixed pivot element on an excavator or other heavy machine for positioning the pile driver to advance the curved sheet pile along a fixed arc. | 03-25-2010 |
20100080658 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING SLAB WITH CONCRETE PIER - A foundation slab for a structure is repaired by driving piers into the ground and then lifting the slab against the piers. A bracket assembly is attached between the slab and a jack. One or more jacks are used to drive piers into the ground and to raise the slab. One or more brackets remain installed to support the slab on the piers. | 04-01-2010 |
20100092247 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CONCRETE PILINGS AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION - A system for tracking and monitoring data related to the manufacture, installation and/or life cycle of concrete structures, such as pilings, as well as related system components and methods for tracking, storing and accessing such data is provided. The system utilizes one or more embeddable antenna assemblies as well as sensor packages that are installed in the concrete structure form before casting. The antenna(s) provide wireless communication of the data from the structure. On board memory is also provided to store structure related data with the structure. A system for tracking a pile during driving is also provided. | 04-15-2010 |
20100104376 | GROUT BAG TYPE OF UNDERGROUND SUPPORT - A grout bag assembly ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100135730 | FOUNDATION AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A MONO PILE FOUNDATION - This invention relates to a method for forming a mono pile foundation in soil for a wind turbine tower including drilling a plurality of holes into the soil, the plurality of holes being arranged along a curve having a contour corresponding to a cross-dimensional shape of the mono pile, and placing the mono pile in an annular cavity, the annular cavity being formed by the plurality of holes alone and/or by the mono pile breaking up intermediate soil walls between adjacent holes in the plurality of holes while being placed therein. A foundation in soil for a wind turbine tower, a wind turbine comprising such a foundation, and use of such a foundation in a wind turbine is also disclosed. | 06-03-2010 |
20100150665 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MARINE TOWER STRUCTURE - A tower structure ( | 06-17-2010 |
20100158616 | Pile Driver - The present invention provides a pile driver capable of improving operability while preventing breakage and the like of a wire rope by relating a press-in winch and an elevation winch to each other. | 06-24-2010 |
20100178114 | MODULAR FOUNDATION DESIGNS AND METHODS - Designs and methods for a modular foundation provide a strong and secure foundation in a time efficient and cost efficient manner. The modular foundation can include a cap structure having one or more pile guides coupled together. The modular foundation can further include piles that extend through the pile guides and into the ground. The cap structure and pile guides can be configured to use both vertical and angled piles. A plurality of connectors can connect the cap structure to the piles. The resulting foundation can be used to support various superstructures. | 07-15-2010 |
20100183377 | GRAVITY FOUNDATIONS FOR TIDAL STREAM TURBINES - A method for mounting at last one tidal turbine and its associated support structures in a river or sea bed. The turbine and associated support structures are joined to a base of such weight as to involve gravitational forces of such magnitude as to be sufficient to withstand forces acting to tend to displace the turbine and its associated support structures. The base structure can be pre-assembled and transported to a required location of installation by lowering to the sea or river bed. Conveniently, the transportation is by means of an installation vessel incorporating a facility for lowering the entire assembly including at least one turbine, a support column, and the base structure in a controlled manner to rest at a desired position on the river or sea bed. | 07-22-2010 |
20100303552 | HELMET ADAPTER FOR PILE DRIVERS - An adapter assembly for transmitting a drive force from a pile driving system defining a drive axis to a pile defining a pile axis comprising a base assembly and an adapter assembly. The base assembly is operatively supported such that the drive force is transmitted to the base assembly. The adapter assembly comprises a plate member, a skirt member defining a skirt chamber, and an adapter connector configured to support the skirt member relative to the base assembly, the plate member, and the pile member. The adapter assembly substantially aligns the drive axis with the pile axis. The drive force is transmitted from the base assembly to the plate member. The pile is received within the skirt chamber such that the drive force is transmitted from the plate member to the pile. The skirt member is substantially isolated from the drive force. | 12-02-2010 |
20110002744 | CONTINUOUSLY PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PILE SPLICE - A pile splice section for a spliced prestressed concrete pile includes a prestressed concrete element including a first end and a second end and a plurality of tendons that extend from the first end to the second end. A first end assembly at the first end of the prestressed concrete element includes a first plate coupled to the plurality of tendons. The first end assembly further includes a plurality of internally threaded fasteners embedded in the first end of the prestressed concrete element that are engagable via apertures extending through the first plate. A second end assembly at the second end of the prestressed concrete element includes a second metal plate coupled to the plurality of tendons. The second end assembly further includes a plurality of apertures extending through the second plate and accessible via pockets proximate the second end of the prestressed concrete element. | 01-06-2011 |
20110008111 | APPARATUS FOR INSERTING SHEET PILE HAVING AN INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTABLE INSERTION AXIS AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - An apparatus and method for the subterranean support of underground conduits is disclosed, including a pile driver that is configured to connect to an articulated boom of an excavator or another unit of positioning machinery to insert a section of curved sheet pile beneath a conduit. In one exemplary embodiment, the pile driver has a head portion and a body portion. The head portion of the pile driver is connected to the excavator and the body portion of the pile driver is moveable relative to both the head portion of the pile driver and the excavator to allow the pile driver to properly orient a section of curved sheet pile for insertion into subterranean material beneath an underground conduit. | 01-13-2011 |
20110013990 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING VIBRATIONS - The invention relates to a device for producing vibrations, particularly for fastening to ramming bodies, which are rammed into or pulled out of a burrow by said vibrations, comprising at least two balancing weights (15, 16) rotating in opposite directions in a synchronized manner and rolling on a track and driven by separate shafts. According to the invention, the track is a bearing ring ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110044766 | Micropile Foundation Matrix - The disclosure describes, in part, apparatuses and methods for installing structures (e.g., foundations, footings, anchors, abutments, etc.) at work sites, such as difficult-access work sites. In some instances, a rotating drill assembly is assembled over a target location in order to excavate a radial array of batter-angled shafts associated with the target location in preparation for the installation of a radial array of micropiles. An operator utilizes the rotating drill in combination with a foundation pile schedule/decision matrix to design and install the radial array of batter-angled micropiles. This disclosure also describes techniques for designing, fabricating and installing structural caps to be coupled to the installed radial array batter angled micropiles. These structural caps are lightweight and, thus, more portable to difficult-access sites where they are coupled to the micropiles forming a foundation for structure to be installed at the difficult-access site. | 02-24-2011 |
20110091288 | PILE WITH INTEGRAL GEOTHERMAL CONDUIT LOOP RETAINING MEANS - A pile adapted to be driven into the ground and having retaining formations to retain one or more geothermal conduit loops. Each conduit loop is formed by opposed longitudinal conduit sections interconnected at a lower end by an interconnecting section. The conduit loops are adapted for flow of a heat exchange fluid therein. The retaining formations retain the one or more conduit loops in close proximity to the pile through the attachment means as the pile is driven into the ground. | 04-21-2011 |
20110091289 | Implement for Processing, Particularly Sealing, Ground Surfaces Under Water, Particularly Bottoms and Embankments of Waterways, Particularly Canals, a Method for Setting Up the Same, a Method for Moving the Same, a Method for Sealing Ground Surfaces Using the Same, and the Like - A working apparatus for processing, especially sealing, underwater bed areas, especially banks and bottoms of waterways, especially canals, a process for setting up said apparatus, a process for moving said apparatus and uses of said apparatus are described. The working apparatus comprises a plurality of polygonal hollow pipes arranged in parallel side by side and at least substantially without gaps, the upper ends of which form a horizontal, at least substantially flat working platform, wherein each hollow pipe has on its outer wall at least one projection extending substantially horizontally with a flange disposed on its outer end and extending vertically and at least one corresponding flange insertion aperture with a slot immediately above it which runs vertically and extends as far as the upper end of the hollow pipe, the flange insertion aperture being disposed further away from the upper end of the hollow pipe than the projection with the flange and being of greater horizontal dimensions than the slot, and wherein neighbouring hollow pipes are in engagement with one another via a respective projection on one of the hollow pipes with a corresponding slot in the other of the hollow pipes, such that the hollow pipes cannot be moved relative to one another in the horizontal direction and only at the outer edge of the working platform can at least one hollow pipe be pulled out individually in the vertically upward direction. | 04-21-2011 |
20110110725 | VIBRATORY PILE DRIVING APPARATUS - Pile driving apparatus comprises first and second sets of eccentric members mounted in a housing for opposing rotation. A phase shifting arrangement connects the sets of eccentric members for controlling coordinated rotation thereof, and comprises a limiting device between the first and second sets of eccentric members for shifting between a first condition wherein the eccentric members are constrained to rotate out of phase to negate generation of vibration and a second condition wherein the eccentric members are constrained to rotate in phase to generate vibration. Two motors are connected with the limiting device for alternatively driving rotation thereof. A control arrangement selectively drives the limiting device predominantly by the first motor for shifting the limiting device into the first condition thereof for preventing vibration or predominantly by the second motor for shifting the limiting device into the second condition for generating vibration in the housing. | 05-12-2011 |
20110116874 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING PILES - A pile driving system for driving a pile comprising a support system comprising an arm assembly, an engaging system comprising a primary housing and a secondary housing, a suspension system, a vibratory system, and first and second clamp assemblies. The first clamp assembly rigidly connects the secondary housing to the pile. The second clamp assembly rigidly connects the secondary housing to the pile. The second clamp assembly rigidly connects the secondary housing to the side portion of the pile. The tip portion of the at least one pick member engages at least one sheet pile of a substantially horizontal stack of sheet piles to remove the at least one sheet pile from the stack of sheet piles. The pile driving system drives the pile using at least one of a driving force generated by the support system and a vibrational force generated by the vibratory system. | 05-19-2011 |
20110129307 | PILING DEVICE - A piling device including a support frame, a pile-gripping mechanism for gripping a pile and a pile-driving mechanism for driving the pile into the ground. The pile-gripping mechanism and the pile-driving mechanism are connected to and supported by the frame. The piling device also includes a rotation assembly to facilitate rotation of the support frame relative to a rotation footing about a rotation axis. | 06-02-2011 |
20110158752 | Pile System - A pile system comprises a base assembly ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110164928 | Method and Apparatus for Pile Driving - The present invention is directed to a pile driver with a lead that is capable of receiving and supporting a pile in a substantially horizontal orientation and subsequently rotating the lead and received pile from the substantially horizontal orientation to a substantially vertical orientation needed before the pile can be driven into the earth. In one embodiment of the pile driver, the chassis is of a relatively short length to be more maneuverable and the lead is capable of supporting a long and/or quite massive pile. To prevent the chassis, lead, and pile from tipping or being placed in an unstable condition, the pile driver further comprises a movable counterweight system. The method is also directed to methods of using such a pile driver to accomplish the driving of a pile. | 07-07-2011 |
20110200398 | Foundation Pile Driver - A pile driver for driving foundation piles, and having: a frame, in turn having a horizontal base, at least one upright extending upwards from the base, and a movable body which slides along the upright; a first lock device fitted to the horizontal base and which, in use, rigidly engages a connecting member of a foundation structure; a second lock device fitted to the movable body and which, in use, rigidly engages a shaft of a pile to be driven; and at least one hydraulic jack connected to the frame and to the movable body to move the movable body along the upright. | 08-18-2011 |
20110200399 | Foundation Structure - Method of installing a bucket foundation structure comprising one, two, three or more skirts, into soils in a controlled manner. | 08-18-2011 |
20110211917 | Method and Apparatus for Driving a Pile into a Substrate - A pile guide for supporting a pile as it is driven into a substrate, comprises: a base frame having a planar substrate-engaging surface; and a pile guide member mounted on the base frame, the pile guide member being configured to guide a pile in a predetermined direction therethrough as it is driven into a substrate. The pile guide member is pivotally mounted on the base frame, with pivotal movement of the pile guide member varying the predetermined direction relative to the planar substrate-engaging surface of the base frame. | 09-01-2011 |
20110222968 | PILE DRIVER FOR USE IN A CONFINED SPACE WITH LIMITED HEAD ROOM - A piling driver ( | 09-15-2011 |
20110243666 | Method and Apparatus for Building Support Piers from One or More Successive Lifts Formed in a Soil Matrix - A method and apparatus for forming a support aggregate pier having compacted aggregate lifts in a soil matrix, includes an elongate, hollow tube with a bulbous leading end bottom head element that is forced or lowered into the soil matrix. The hollow tube includes a mechanism for releasing aggregate from the lower head element of the tube as the tube is lifted in predetermined increments. The same hollow tube is then lowered or pushed in predetermined increments to vertically compact the released aggregate in thin aggregate lifts, while forcing a portion of the compacted aggregate transaxially into the soil matrix at the sidewalls of the cavity. The process may be repeated to form a series of compacted aggregate lifts comprising an aggregate pier or the process may include forming only a single lift for the aggregate pier while densifying adjacent matrix soils and imparting lateral stress in these soils. | 10-06-2011 |
20110305524 | CONCRETE PILE INSTALLATION APPARATUS - A concrete pile installation apparatus includes a pile clamping unit having stop plates arranged at different elevations and hand wheel-controlled clamping blocks disposed corresponding to the stop plates and operable to clamp concrete piles for installation and rollers that facilitate adjustment of the position of concrete piles, and two racks that use hydraulic cylinders to support the pile clamping unit and to adjust the elevation of the pile clamping unit and the clamped concrete piles. | 12-15-2011 |
20120014754 | Circular Pile Head For Underpinning A Slab - A circular pile head assembly that can facilitate the driving of the underpinning pile in a slab using a pile driving machine and locking-off the slab load to the underpinning pile is provided. A circular pile head assembly consists of the twin beam, the circular pile head and a section of an underpinning pile that is used in conjunction with a pile driving machine to drive, and lock-off the slab load to the underpinning pile. | 01-19-2012 |
20120070233 | FOUNDATION FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - A base for holding a wind turbine tower is disclosed. The base includes individual shaft piles, a base cap and anchoring units. The base cap includes reinforcement inserts and is connected to each of the individual shaft piles. The anchoring units are embedded in the base cap and extend in an anchoring direction from the base cap at anchoring locations for anchoring the wind turbine tower to the base cap. Each of the reinforcement inserts extend in a radial direction relative to a center axis of the wind turbine tower. At least one of the plurality of reinforcement inserts, at a radius of the center axis adjacent to an anchoring location of a respective anchoring unit, has a portion of the respective reinforcement insert extending along the anchoring direction. | 03-22-2012 |
20120093590 | Methods of Providing a Support Column - A primary earth penetrating mandrel formed of a hollow shell steel plate octagonal in cross-section has an upper end and a blunt lower end joined by an upwardly and outwardly tapered wall. The mandrel is driven down in the earth to simultaneously form a vertical tapered cavity while compacting the sidewall of the cavity to provide structural integrity. The mandrel is then moved upwardly from the bottom of the cavity and aggregate is deposited in the bottom of the cavity then the mandrel is lowered so that its blunt lower end densifies the aggregate by vertical vibratory action and static force and repeating these until the pier top is near the surface of the earth at which time the upper aggregate portions are densified by the primary mandrel or a secondary mandrel having a substantially larger lower end surface than the lower end surface of the primary mandrel. | 04-19-2012 |
20120099931 | PILE DRIVING AND EXTRACTION DEVICE - A device for driving and extraction of sheet piles into or from the ground, respectively, has a leader on which an exciter cell is guided. The exciter cell is coupled with an advancing system by way of which it can be moved in linear manner. The exciter cell is rigidly connected with at least one guide element that is exclusively guided on the leader and elastically connected with the advancing system. | 04-26-2012 |
20120114424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING PILES - A pile driving system adapted to be supported by a movable arm assembly to drive a pile comprises an engaging system, a suspension system, a vibratory system, a first clamp assembly, and a second clamp assembly. The engaging system operates in a first mode in which the first clamp assembly rigidly connects the secondary housing to the pile, a second mode in which the second clamp assembly rigidly connects the secondary housing to the pile, a third mode in which the second clamp to assembly rigidly connects the secondary housing to the side portion of the pile, and a fourth mode in which the tip portion of the at least one pick member engages at least one sheet pile of a substantially horizontal stack of sheet piles to remove the at least one sheet pile from the stack of sheet piles. | 05-10-2012 |
20120148349 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LAYING OUT AND INSTALLING A SOLAR PANEL ARRAY - A system for installing an array of pilings for an array of solar panels is highly accurate and efficient. The system includes a horizontal laser and a rotating vertical laser that are mounted on a first piling and aligned with a target on a second piling on the opposite side of the array. An alignment template is placed against a piling and aligned with the vertical rotating laser. The aligned template provides a designated location where the next piling is driven. A hammer target on the pile driver allows the installer to precisely install the next piling. After installation, the next piling is measured for accuracy and if errors are found, an alignment bracket is used to correct the error. The process is repeated until the array of pilings is complete. | 06-14-2012 |
20120163921 | GROUND DRILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus for drilling the ground, in particular for the installation of foundation piles, includes a drilling turret ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120177447 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF COLUMNS/PILES - A method and apparatus for mounting a column/pile in an upstanding position on a supporting surface comprising the steps of lowering the column/pile to be installed from a support vessel into contact with the supporting surface, using the lower/toe end of the column/pile as a drill such as to form a bore in the supporting surface into which the lower region of the column/pile is to be located and leaving the column/pile in situ in the bore after the completion of a drilling operation. | 07-12-2012 |
20120195691 | DRILL TIP FOR FOUNDATION PILE - An improved drill tip | 08-02-2012 |
20120195692 | Construction Modulus Testing Apparatus and Method - A system and method of determining lift deflection during construction of aggregate columns allows for real time monitoring of construction to ensure meeting defined parameters. The amount of deflection of a tamper head during tamping is determined multiple times for each lift. When the amount of deflection matches a predetermined value, tamping is stopped. | 08-02-2012 |
20120195693 | RETAINING WALL AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - An object of the invention is to provide a retaining wall and a construction method therefor whereby fixation between a steel sheet pile wall and a formwork panel to form the retaining wall is made easy, and can be reliably made, so that construction schedule reduction is achieved. The retaining wall is composed of steel sheet piles | 08-02-2012 |
20120201612 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF INSTALLING FOUNDATION ELEMENTS IN AN UNDERWATER GROUND FORMATION - The invention relates to a system for installing tubular foundation elements having open ends, in particular (mono)piles, in an underwater ground formation, comprising an hydraulic driver, an anvil, and an adaptor for transmitting energy from the anvil to the toe of the foundation element, which adaptor fits inside the tubular foundation element. | 08-09-2012 |
20120213596 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUPLING A DRILL RIG TO A SCREW PILE - A screw pile substructure support system comprises a tubular pile with a fixed conical tip having a helical flight thereon which draws the pile into a soil bed when a torque is applied to the pile. The tip has a substantially conical shape, and the largest diameter of the tip is substantially the same as the diameter of the tubular pile to which it is attached. The helical flight is attached to the outside surface of the tip. The tip may also be provided a point tip and one or more cutting teeth attached its surface. | 08-23-2012 |
20120275866 | MODULAR FOUNDATION DESIGNS AND METHODS - Designs and methods for a modular foundation provide a strong and secure foundation in a time efficient and cost efficient manner. The modular foundation can include a cap structure having one or more pile guides coupled together. The modular foundation can further include piles that extend through the pile guides and into the ground. The cap structure and pile guides can be configured to use both vertical and angled piles. A plurality of connectors can connect the cap structure to the piles. The resulting foundation can be used to support various superstructures. | 11-01-2012 |
20120282038 | ELECTROKINETIC CONDITIONING OF FOUNDATION PILES - A method for increasing load capacity of a foundation pile installed in a ground material is described. At least one electrode is embedded in the ground material at a predetermined distance from the installed pile. A direct current power source is provided, with the power source including at least one cathode connection and at least one anode connection. One of the at least one cathode connection is secured to the foundation pile. One of the at least one anode connections is secured to each of the at least one electrodes. The direct current power source is activated to generate an electric gradient between the foundation pile and the at least one electrode, with the electric gradient being selected to direct charged soil particles in the ground material toward the foundation pile. | 11-08-2012 |
20130121771 | Device Meant for Forcing Piles Into the Ground - Forcing equipment meant for forcing piles, steel profiles and other elongated objects into the ground which forcing equipment comprises a body ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130136543 | GROUND ANCHOR - A method for applying a pivoting ground anchor on considerable depth, the anchor including;
| 05-30-2013 |
20130149040 | Clamp Systems and Methods for Pile Drivers and Extractors - A clamp member for use in securing a vibratory device to a pile comprises a structural portion and a surface layer. The structural portion defines peaks and valleys. The surface layer is formed on the structural portion and defines an engaging surface. The surface layer defining a thickness dimension of at least approximately 0.0025 inches and a grit of at least approximately 180 Emery. | 06-13-2013 |
20130189040 | Alignment Window For Drive Tool Assembly - A drive tool for connecting a member to the drive tool of a drive tool assembly includes a flange connectable to the drive tool assembly. A wall has a first portion extending axially outwardly from the flange and defining a socket for receiving a first member. The wall has a second portion extending axially from the first portion of the wall and having a circumferential extent less than that of the first portion to facilitate receiving the first member by providing a laterally and axially open alignment opening. The first member can have a second portion extending axially further than a first portion and having a circumferential extent less than the first portion to facilitate connecting a second member to the first member by providing a laterally and axially open alignment opening. | 07-25-2013 |
20130195560 | TOOLS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING LARGE DIAMETER UNDERGROUND PILES - Methods are provided for the creation of large diameter piles in all types of soils (cohesive, cohesionless or rocky), particularly for the construction of bulkheads made of juxtaposed or secant piles, while maintaining the deviation from the vertical well below the limit ≦2% required by European standard EN 1536. The invention reduces verticality errors, advantageously exploiting the accuracy provided by the directional drilling technology. Tools for implementing such methods are also provided. | 08-01-2013 |
20130202362 | PILE DRIVER WITH AIR PRESSURE BUFFER - A pile driver with an air pressure buffer comprises a pile following moving part, a rebound part, and an air pressure buffer. The pile following moving part comprises a pile cap ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130243532 | Method and device for driving a multiplicity of piles into a seabed - A plurality of piles is arranged in frame elements in an axially displaceable manner. Hammers are positioned on the piles. After driving of the piles into a seabed, the hammers are connected to the frame elements, wherein the frame elements together with the hammers are lifted to the surface of the water and to the seaborne vessel by a crane. | 09-19-2013 |
20130272797 | Pile Driving - A method of driving a pile or drill stem into the ground using a vibrational driver which is fixedly secured to an upper end of the pile or drill stem to be driven so that vibration of the driver in an elongate direction of the pile is effected to both push and pull the pile in correspondence to the vibrational drivers effort, and driving the pile or drill stem at resonance. | 10-17-2013 |
20130279991 | FORMWORK ELEMENT - A method for sealing piles in foundations in the construction field, wherein a hollow-body formwork element is used. The method includes: 1) applying a barrier layer to the foundation; 2) introducing a pile into the foundation, the pile being arranged so as to penetrate the barrier layer; 3) applying a hollow-body formwork element along the central longitudinal axis of the pile, the hollow-body formwork element surrounding the pile; 4) introducing mineral binding agents into the intermediate space between the pile and the hollow-body formwork element; 5) connecting the barrier layer and the hollow-body formwork element. The hollow-body formwork element has on the side facing the pile a contact layer, which includes a composite layer of a porous material and/or a sealant. The hollow-body formwork element can remain as a part of the structure and thus can perform a sealing function. | 10-24-2013 |
20130294842 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY RAMMING UNDER WATER - The present invention relates to a method and a device for environmentally friendly ramming under water. To reduce the noise input under water, the machine and the material that is to be rammed are surrounded by a fixed flooded sleeve. The sleeve advantageously has a sandwich-like structure. | 11-07-2013 |
20130330133 | METHOD FOR REINFORCING PILING, AND PILING - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method by which a piling is reinforced and stable support strength can be provided to a building. The method accordingly includes a step for removing a peripheral region of a buried piling, and exposing the piling, and a step for forming in the removed area a reinforcement layer surrounding the piling. Employing a reinforcement method of such description enables load from the building to be supported by the piling and the reinforcement layer. The reinforcement layer can be formed by laying crushed rock, sandbags, concrete, or mortar; pouring a hardening materials; or a combination thereof. | 12-12-2013 |
20140023442 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR A PILE - The invention relates to a measuring system for controlling perpendicularity of a pile during driving of the pile, wherein the measurement system comprises;
| 01-23-2014 |
20140023443 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN IN GROUND GRANULAR COLUMN - A drill assembly for forming in ground granular columns without the need for vibratory compaction, said drill assembly includes a first drill ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140030029 | Tapered Pipe System and Method for Foundation Support - A piling structure is provided. The piling structure includes a first piling section and a second piling section. At least one of the first and second piling sections has a tapered portion. An end of one of the first and second piling structures fits inside an end of the other of the first and second piling sections to form an overlap region where the first and second piling sections are coupled. In operation, the first piling section may be driven partially into strata. The second piling section may be coupled to the first piling section, and the combined piling structure may be driven further into the strata. The piling structure may be used to support a raised foundation structure. | 01-30-2014 |
20140056649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING A PILE INTO A SUBSTRATE - A pile guide ( | 02-27-2014 |
20140056650 | PILE WITH LOW NOISE GENERATION DURING DRIVING | 02-27-2014 |
20140119837 | PILE WITH SOUND ABATEMENT - A noise-attenuating pile comprising a pile driving shoe, an outer tube that engages the pile driving shoe, and an inner member that extends through the outer tube and engages the pile driving shoe, wherein the pile is configured to be installed in sediment or other suitable material by driving the inner member with a pile driver, without directly impacting the outer tube, such that the radial outer tube is substantially insulated from the radial expansion waves generated by the pile driver impacting the inner member. In some piles, one of the inner member and the outer tube are removable after installation. In some piles, a seal is provided in a lower end of the channel defined between the inner member and the outer tube, which may be biodegradable, or may be an inflatable bladder, for example. | 05-01-2014 |
20140169888 | Method And An Apparatus For Attenuating Pressure Pulses - An apparatus and a method for attenuating water pressure pulses generated during sea piling when a percussion mechanism is used, including the stage of driving at least one pile into an earth by a percussion mechanism, while along at least a part of its axial extension, the pile is surrounded by water and at least partly by a tubular outer sleeve; and at least one gas-filled space is provided between the inner periphery of the outer sleeve and the outer periphery of the pile. The apparatus includes mechanisms for providing the gas-filled space. | 06-19-2014 |
20140193208 | Load cell for screw piling power head - A system to measure the installation torque of a screw pile comprises machinery suitable to drive the screw pile into the ground, said machinery further comprising a rotary drive suspended by means of a universal joint-type coupler. A load pin, having at least one sensor, is mounted through the universal joint-type coupler as a pivot pin and is oriented within the universal joint-type coupler so that at least some of the installation torque is transmitted through said load pin and is measurable by said at least one sensor. Preferably, the load pin further comprises a pair of bores and a plurality of sensors are provided and mounted within the bores. More preferably, a differential bridge network is used to obtain a measurable signal from the plurality of sensors. | 07-10-2014 |
20140193209 | PILE GUIDE - A pile guide for supporting a pile as it is driven into a substrate, comprises: a base frame; and a pile guide member ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140193210 | ADJUSTABLE RAKED PILE DRIVER USING THE PUSH PULL METHOD - A pile driver assembly consisting of a plurality of pile driver units interconnected together to a rigid base frame that uses the push and pull method to drive a group of raked piles. The pile driver units progressively push one pile at a time for a short distance into the ground while being pull down by the rest of the stationary driven piles in a repeated cyclical driving sequence until the required pile driving force is reached for every pile in the group. The pile driver assembly consists a plurality of interconnected pile driver units, a pile driver base adaptor, a pile clamping system and strong base frame to drive the piles in a two dimensional array of variously raked pile group from 1V:1H to true vertical in the z-axis and rotated to any angle in the x-y plane at a minimum pile's spacing of three times the pile's diameter. | 07-10-2014 |
20140219726 | METHOD FOR GROUND PROBING - A method for ground probing includes providing a vibrator arrangement held on a carrier device, designed to penetrate the ground, and comprising a vibrator motor; inserting the vibrator arrangement into the ground, to a pre-determined depth; and determining a ground profile of the ground as the vibrator arrangement is inserted. The determination of the ground profile comprises the measurement of at least one operating parameter of the vibrator arrangement during the insertion into the ground, and the ground profile comprises a respective ground parameter for at least two different ground depths. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219727 | SYSTEM FOR LAYING OUT AND INSTALLING A SOLAR PANEL ARRAY - A system for installing an array of pilings for an array of solar panels is highly accurate and efficient. The system includes a horizontal laser and a rotating vertical laser that are mounted on a first piling and aligned with a target on a second piling on the opposite side of the array. An alignment template is placed against a piling and aligned with the vertical rotating laser. The aligned template provides a designated location where the next piling is driven. A hammer target on the pile driver allows the installer to precisely install the next piling. After installation, the next piling is measured for accuracy and if errors are found, an alignment bracket is used to correct the error. The process is repeated until the array of pilings is complete. | 08-07-2014 |
20140270980 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A PILING RING RELATED TO A PILING RING FOR END BEARING PIER - The system, method and apparatus for installing a piling generally includes a hollow piling having an inner surface and an outer surface with the piling having a lower end with a friction collar secured about the lower end. The friction collar is manufactured to have an inner surface wherein the inner surface includes portions with various diameters. The friction collar is placed over the lower end of the piling such that the lower end of the piling is aligned with an intermediate portion of the inner surface of the friction collar. A tapered die is pressed into the bottom of the piling to expand the lower end of the piling outwardly such that it extends into the intermediate portion of the friction collar. This secures the friction collar to the end of the piling. Optionally, an end cap may be placed over the piling and/or friction collar. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270981 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPLICING PRECAST PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE PILES - A system and method for splicing precast pre-stressed concrete piles and bringing pre-stress forces to each end of the piles with splice plates and with sockets cast in the splice plates to receive pre stressing strands, strand wedges to engage the strands in the sockets and transfer the pre stress forces to the ends of the piles after re-stressing, with alignment pins, alignment sockets and connecting channels to join splice plates. | 09-18-2014 |
20140294513 | Device for Inserting Foundation Piles - A screwing device on a cantilever arm of a construction vehicle for screwing foundation installations into the ground has a suspension, a screw head, and an actuator. The actuator can be pivoted about two axes extending parallel to one another and transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the screw head. The articulation point on the screw head follows the motion of the pivoting lever on the longitudinal axis due to a migration of the articulation point from the longitudinal axis of the screw head occurring due to pivoting of the pivoting lever about the axes while screwing the foundation installation into the ground. The axes extend transverse to the longitudinal direction of the cantilever arm and are supplemented by at least one additional axis supported transversely with respect to said axes. This compensates for a migration of the articulation point in each direction. | 10-02-2014 |
20140314495 | PILE DRIVER SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF INSTALLING FOUNDATION ELEMENTS IN A SUBSEA GROUND FORMATION - A pile driver system for installing or removing foundation elements, such as piles, anchors, and conductors, in a subsea ground formation, includes a closed housing defining a cavity, an impact weight accommodated inside the housing, a hydraulic circuit for reciprocating the impact weight, which circuit comprises one or more valves, a cylinder, and a piston accommodated in the cylinder and connected to the impact weight, a pump for withdrawing water from the surroundings of the pile driver and providing pressurized water to the hydraulic circuit, and at least one outlet for returning water to the surroundings. The exhaust of the hydraulic circuit communicates with the cavity and the outlet is located in the wall of the housing. | 10-23-2014 |
20140377011 | HELMET ADAPTER FOR PILE DRIVERS - An adapter assembly for transmitting a drive force from a pile driving system defining a drive axis to a pile defining a pile axis comprising a base assembly and an adapter assembly. The base assembly is operatively supported such that the drive force is transmitted to the base assembly. The adapter assembly comprises a plate member, a skirt member defining a skirt chamber, and an adapter connector configured to support the skirt member relative to the base assembly, the plate member, and the pile member. The adapter assembly substantially aligns the drive axis with the pile axis. The drive force is transmitted from the base assembly to the plate member. The pile is received within the skirt chamber such that the drive force is transmitted from the plate member to the pile. The skirt member is substantially isolated from the drive force. | 12-25-2014 |
20150016893 | ACCESSORY CONNECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE WITH HELICAL PILEDRIVING SYSTEMS - An accessory mounting system a swivel assembly has a swivel member defining first and second swivel member connector portions, a swivel housing, and first and second bearings operatively arranged between the swivel member and the swivel housing. The accessory mounting system operatively connects a helical pile driving system having a rotational drive system and at least one clamp system to an accessory. The first swivel member connector portion is adapted to operatively connect the swivel member to the drive system. The second swivel member connector portion is adapted to operatively connect the swivel member to the accessory. The swivel housing is adapted to engage the at least one clamp system such that the clamp system may be operated to fix a position of the swivel housing relative to the drive system. The first and second bearings are configured to allow rotation of the swivel member relative to the swivel housing. | 01-15-2015 |
20150078837 | POST TENSIONED FOUNDATIONS, APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Described herein are shallow post tensioned foundation systems for mounting light to medium weight structures. Methods of installation are also described. The systems, apparatus and methods described can reduce waste, increase efficiency and reduce cost and installation/construction time. | 03-19-2015 |
20150104260 | VIBRATING ARRANGEMENT FOR PRODUCING COLUMNS OF FILLING MATERIAL - A vibrating arrangement includes at least one elongate silo tube for receiving filling material, the silo tube having a longitudinal direction, a lengthwise filling material outlet at one end of the silo tube and a casing. At least one vibrator is disposed on the silo tube. At least one outer closure is disposed on the casing of the silo tube. At least one filling material container is disposed so as to be movable along the longitudinal axis of the silo tube before the outer closures, in which the filling material container has at least one opening facing the casing of the silo tube. | 04-16-2015 |
20150117958 | Load cell for screw piling power head - A system to measure the installation torque of a screw pile comprises machinery suitable to drive the screw pile into the ground, said machinery further comprising a rotary drive suspended by means of a universal joint-type coupler. A load pin, having at least one sensor, is mounted through the universal joint-type coupler as a pivot pin and is oriented within the universal joint-type coupler so that at least some of the installation torque is transmitted through said load pin and is measurable by said at least one sensor. Preferably, the load pin further comprises a pair of bores and a plurality of sensors are provided and mounted within the bores. More preferably, a differential bridge network is used to obtain a measurable signal from the plurality of sensors. | 04-30-2015 |
20150139739 | HYBRID FOUNDATION STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR BUILDING SAME - The present invention relates to a foundation structure vertically installed on the ground, and comprising: an upper support layer | 05-21-2015 |
20150139740 | Micropile Foundation Matrix - The disclosure describes, in part, apparatuses and methods for installing structures (e.g., foundations, footings, anchors, abutments, etc.) at work sites, such as difficult-access work sites. In some instances, a rotating drill assembly is assembled over a target location in order to excavate a radial array of batter-angled shafts associated with the target location in preparation for the installation of a radial array of micropiles. An operator utilizes the rotating drill in combination with a foundation pile schedule/decision matrix to design and install the radial array of batter-angled micropiles. This disclosure also describes techniques for designing, fabricating and installing structural caps to be coupled to the installed radial array batter angled micropiles. These structural caps are lightweight and, thus, more portable to difficult-access sites where they are coupled to the micropiles forming a foundation for structure to be installed at the difficult-access site. | 05-21-2015 |
20150308069 | PILE UPENDING DEVICE - A pile upending device for large diameter tubular elements includes;
| 10-29-2015 |
20150322641 | Modified Stone Column Drill - A granular stone column drill which includes a first drill, a second drill and a displacement device, where—the first drill includes a tube within which the second drill at least partially, co-axially, lies; —the second drill includes a drill flight and first terminal end; —the displacement device includes a displacement unit and at least one guidance means; —the displacement unit includes a guide channel and an exposed wall such that the guide channel extends into the exposed wall; —the exposed wall lies approximately parallel to a centreline of the second drill; and—the at least one guidance means are located within the guide channel; such that the guide channel is a continuous circumferential channel that follows a wave like path, and either the at least one guidance means or the displacement unit is releasably or permanently attached to the second drill. | 11-12-2015 |
20150361634 | Assembly for mooring a pile with a mooring line and method implemented with said assembly - Assembly for mooring a pile with a mooring line. The assembly according to one implementation has a frame disposed on the pile that is configured to support a connecting end of a chain, the other end of the chain being connected to the pile. Said assembly having an attachment assembly having an attachment element connected at one end of the mooring line. Coupling means coupled to the attachment element allows positioning the attachment element with respect to the connecting end of the chain. The coupling means includes guide means for positioning the attachment element on the frame. Fixing means is provided allowing the interconnection of the attachment element and the connecting end of the chain. | 12-17-2015 |
20160002875 | PILE DRIVING GUIDE - A pile guide is provided comprising a base frame and a superstructure comprising a pile guide member for guiding the pile as it is driven into a substrate when the base frame is resting thereon. At least part of the superstructure defines an arm that is rotational with respect to the base frame about a first and second points of rotation, to rotate the pile guide member with respect to the base frame. At least one of the first and second points of rotation is translatable with respect to the base frame in a first direction, thereby rotating the arm about the first and second points of rotation with respect to the base frame. At least one of the first and second points of rotation is translatable in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second points of rotation with respect to the base frame direction. A method is also provided. | 01-07-2016 |
20160010303 | Pile Axial Capacity Enhancer | 01-14-2016 |
20160017564 | APPARATUS FOR SECURING AND ALIGNING AN ATTACHED POST IN A PILE AND A CORRESPONDING METHOD - Improvements in and relating to installing posts Disclosed is an apparatus for securing and aligning an attached post in a pile, the apparatus comprising: a top plate for attaching to an upper surface of the pile, the top plate having an aperture through which passes the post; a plurality of adjusters, each connected to a first end of a linkage rod, which is connected at its opposite end to an associated pile engaging member, such that operation of each adjuster causes the associated pile engaging member to engage with an interior wall of the pile. | 01-21-2016 |
20160024739 | GROUND MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A ground mounting assembly, system and methods for ground mounting a structure include one or a plurality of posts, each of which are attached to at least one stabilizing plate. The posts may be at least partially positioned underground, with the stabilizing plates being buried to a depth of for example, about 1 foot. Posts in a front portion of the mounting assembly optionally may be connected to an adjacent one of posts in a back portion of the assembly by a cross member. A ground mounted post that is driven them lifted to deploy uplift members. A ground mounting system based on a double pounder pile driven mono pole is also described. | 01-28-2016 |
20160090707 | PILE-DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A PILE ELEMENT INTO THE GROUND - The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for driving a pile element into the ground. A head region of the pile element is arranged in a driving helmet on an underside of a driven hammer unit, which is moved along a mast and drives the pile element into the ground. The pile element is hoisted by means of an auxiliary winch with auxiliary rope from a lying position into the approximately vertical driving position, in which the head region of the pile element is received in the driving helmet of the hammer unit. In accordance with the invention during hoisting of the pile element to be driven in, the main winch and the auxiliary winch are controlled automatically in a simultaneous manner so that during hoisting the head region of the pile element rests with a predeterminable pressing force against the driving helmet. | 03-31-2016 |
20160108596 | PRE-ASSEMBLED TIMBER PILING - A pre-assembled timber piling capable of being handled, transported and installed in the same manner as a single piece piling. The upper and lower wood members are connected with a metal plate(s) located on the exterior of the piling at the joint and may include additional components for alignment or reinforcement. Said timber piling may be pre-assembled with a specialized machine capable of aligning, shaping, connecting, inspecting and/or testing the piling. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108597 | PILE INSTALLATION WITHOUT EXTRACTION - A method of installing a support pile when refusal is encountered comprising the steps of: side drilling a ground surface proximate to a support pile to a predetermined embedment depth; thereby creating a void; driving the support pile to a predetermined embedment depth; and backfilling the void using a suitable filler material. | 04-21-2016 |
20160122968 | PILE DRIVING MACHINE - A pile measuring system suitable for determining parameter(s) of a pile during an installation of the pile is disclosed. The pile measuring system comprises at least one positioning sensor and a parameter calculator. Each of the at least one positioning sensor is attached or attachable to a location on a sleeve and configured to measure position coordinates of the respective location on the sleeve. The parameter calculator is suitable for determining the parameter(s) of the pile from the position coordinates measured by the at least one positioning sensor. | 05-05-2016 |
20160160466 | PILE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SHAFT - A driven pile comprising a substantially cylindrical shaft, wherein the shaft provides a first pile end and a second pile end, wherein a socket is arranged on the driven pile in the region of the second pile end, wherein the socket or the driven pile has an abutment in the region of the second pile end so that a further driven pile can be inserted with a first pile end as far as a maximum insertion depth defined by the abutment, wherein the socket and/or the driven pile in the region of the second pile end provides or provide in the interior at least one undercut portion extending at least substantially to the abutment. | 06-09-2016 |
20160186402 | HELICAL PILE ASSEMBLY WITH TOP PLATE - A helical pile assembly includes a plate and a rod extending from the plate. The rod includes threads. A piling is configured to be disposed in the ground and support a load. A connection device is positioned around the rod and configured to transmit torque to the piling. The connection device includes threads that are configured to engage the threads of the rod. | 06-30-2016 |