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    The bottom driven mini piling technique involves driving a closed-ended steel tube into the ground using an internal drop hammer. The tube is installed in sections and joined with welds as it is driven down. Once the required depth is reached, the tube is filled with concrete and rebar is inserted. This technique has strengths such as using small, lightweight equipment; requiring minimal site preparation; and producing limited noise and vibration, making it suitable for restricted urban sites.

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    The bottom driven mini piling technique involves driving a closed-ended steel tube into the ground using an internal drop hammer. The tube is installed in sections and joined with welds as it is driven down. Once the required depth is reached, the tube is filled with concrete and rebar is inserted. This technique has strengths such as using small, lightweight equipment; requiring minimal site preparation; and producing limited noise and vibration, making it suitable for restricted urban sites.

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    The bottom driven mini piling technique involves driving a closed-ended steel tube into the ground using an internal drop hammer. The tube is installed in sections and joined with welds as it is driven down. Once the required depth is reached, the tube is filled with concrete and rebar is inserted. This technique has strengths such as using small, lightweight equipment; requiring minimal site preparation; and producing limited noise and vibration, making it suitable for restricted urban sites.

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    TECHNIQUE SHEET

    BOTTOM DRIVEN MINI PILING


    The installation of bottom-driven piles is quick, efficient and suitable for most ground
    conditions. Spoil removal is not required – a particular advantage on brownfield sites.

    BASIC TECHNIQUE STRENGTHS


    A closed-ended thin walled steel tube is driven in  Small lightweight equipment
    lengths of between 2 and 6m using an internal drop  Minimal site preparation required
    hammer on to a dry concrete plug. The tubes are  Piles self-testing when driven to a set
    joined by a full but non-structural fillet weld as the
     Limited headroom & restricted access capability
    installation proceeds.
     Low levels of noise and vibration ideally suited to
    The pile is driven to a predetermined set or design inner-city and environmentally sensitive sites.
    length criteria. Once the required depth is reached  No spoil to be removed; a significant advantage on
    the tube is filled with high slump concrete or grout
    contaminated sites.
    and a single bar or cage is inserted.
     Can be installed successfully into most ground
    conditions.
    CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE
    TECHNIQUE SHEET

    STEEL CASINGS WITH CRIMPED CLOSED ENDS BOTTOM DRIVEN MINIPILING UNDER STANCHION

    COMPARISON OF TECHNIQUES SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION


    Using our in-house Carbon Calculator system, we The bottom driven mini pile is one of the most
    have been able to compare the CO2 produced for cost-effective and environmentally friendly piling
    different Mini Piling systems. On one project in systems we offer. In particular it uses much less
    Central London with restricted access, a concrete/cement than other mini piling systems.
    comparison between a Self-Drill Micro Pile, a Also the fact that it is a displacement system and
    Bottom-Driven Steel Tube Mini Pile and an Auger produces no spoil makes it the ideal choice of mini
    Bored Mini Pile was undertaken. The results piling system in contaminated ground.
    showing the percentage of carbon dioxide
    embedded and emitted for each piling technique LOW NOISE & VIBRATION
    are shown in the charts below.
    To form the bottom-driven minipile a hammer
    weighing up to 1tonne is lifted and dropped on a
    Pile Type Example Project (Tonne CO2) plug of dry concrete at the base of the crimped-
    Bottom Driven 1.13te end steel tube. As the impact of the hammer is
    Micro Pile 1.59te always at the base of the pile, noise and vibration is
    Auger Bored 2.91te well suppressed and increasingly dissipated at
    depth. The system is regularly used in built-up, city
    centre locations.

    TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES – BOTTOM DRIVEN MINIPILES

    Specification From To
    Practical Depth N/A 30m
    Diameters 168mm 323mm
    Typical Load Capacity N/A 750kN
    Rig Height 2.2m 8.0m
    Rig Weight 1,000kg 4,000kg
    Rig Length 1.8m 3.3m
    Rig Width 0.7m 1.6m
    Operating Distance face of Wall to Centre of 350mm -
    Pile

    CONTACT US
    Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering Chaddock Lane, Worsley, Manchester, M28 1XW
    T: 01256 400400 | W: www.bbge.com | E: info@bbge.com

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