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Where do we provide pile foundation ?

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Question added by Yahia Mohamed Suliman Ahmed , Project Manager , Brouj construction CO
Date Posted: 2016/10/23
Mohamed Safwat
by Mohamed Safwat , Field Engineer , alahlia oil field development

We use pile foundation when the soil is poor and sand soil is deep

1-  poor soil2-  very large design loads

Mahmoud Abdulkader    Darwish
by Mahmoud Abdulkader Darwish , Consultant Bridge Engineer , Brench IDS consulting company

beaches and sea area bed rivers vallyes which deep sand soils areas which it is wearing capacity is very low in all area which end bearing is too much deepth

Isamar Mattar
by Isamar Mattar , Construction Manager , TRAD Engineering & Contracting Est

Deep foundations (piles) are used when we have:

  • Soil at shallow depth is week (clayey)
  • Deep Recent Fills still consolidating
  • Structures over water
  • Uplift Resistance
  • Lateral Loads

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Thanks for invitation -

Agree with both answers who given by E. M Safwat -  E. D Altaher !!!

 

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