Wall Facing For Concrete Soldier Piles

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Wall facing for concrete soldier piles.

Soldier pile and lagging wall retained soil cip facing optional soldier pile h pile soldier pile predrilled hole timber lagging timber lagging bottom of exposed wall top of wall concrete gutter concrete barrier existing grade t 3fubjojoh xbmm tztufn dpotjefsfe gps uif dvu xbmm tfdujpo mpdbufe xftu pg 43. Secant pile walls are formed by constructing intersecting reinforced concrete piles. Use a maximum h pile spacing of 10 ft. Use concrete or grout for embedded portions of drilled in piles.

Soldier pile wall consist of wide flange steel beams soldier piles and wood lagging. The piles are reinforced with either steel rebar or with steel beams and are constructed by drilling under mud. Soldier pile walls have successfully being used since the late 18th century in metropolitan cities like new york berlin and london. A permanent textured concrete structural wall facing attached to the soldier piles.

In between each vertical pile horizontal supports fill the gap helping to spread the load. Weld headed steel studs to the flanges of the soldier pile in order to connect the concrete wall facing to the soldier pile. The contractor may attach the studs either before placing the soldier pile in the drilled hole or after excavating in front of the wall. The former is either forced into the ground to an adequate depth or installed into holes which are drilled in advance then encased in lean concrete to oppose or withstand the moment exerted by soil and the spacing is commonly between 1 8 m to 2 45 m.

A drilled in soldier pile and lagging wall is a wall system composed of drilled in steel soldier piles placed in a pre bored hole then encased in concrete. For soldier pile walls with panels use drilled in piles unless noted otherwise in the plans. At the contractor s option use driven or drilled in piles for soldier pile walls with concrete facing unless otherwise required. Timber lagging between the soldier piles to temporarily support lateral soil loading.

A soldier pile is a common retaining wall strategy in which h shaped steel beams piles are drilled deep into the earth at regular intervals usually 2 to 4 yards apart.