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  When a building is built on sandy soil or soft ground, at such times, it becomes necessary to construct a secant pile wall. Secant pile wall, ensure that the structure behind the wall would remain proper and it won't have the risk of falling due to high lateral pressure working.    This work is carried under the expert supervision of a quality engineer, construction manager, safety officers, and skilled labor. For this work, rotary drilling rigs ensure that the soil remains firm and the surrounding structures are not disturbed.    This article will explain the site conditions for performing the  shoring work  and the material needed to construct   sheet piles in Dubai .     Site condition for shoring work The subsurface of the area is made up of loose sand accumulating on the top layer. The medium and the layer below are made up of the formation of calcarenite and sandstone over time.   The reason to construct ...

In the construction industry it is essential to know the difference between the three supports and structure strengthening methods – scaffolding, shoring, and underpinning. Many property developers tend to confuse between the three terms. However, in civil engineering, the terms have completely different meanings and stand for different purposes and outcomes. It is vital to know the difference between the three, so that developers can use the right approach in the right situation to avail of the best results in the construction process. Interested to know the difference between the three? Then let’s take a look at the same in this post. Scaffolding and its types Scaffoldings are temporary structures that help a worker to stand on and perform duties at levels above the ground surface. So, if a person needs to do brickwork for the 21 st storey of a building, then the worker will climb on the scaffolding with the equipment and then apply the concrete with bricks. The k...

Shoring work is useful in supporting a structure to prevent a fall down of a building or a construction project. The most common shoring techniques that we use during the early stage of construction that is an excavation are as follows: H-or I-beam shoring Secant Pile Shoring Contiguous Pile Method Sheet Piles Diaphragm Walls Here, today we will discuss secant shoring .  When the building construction project is to be erected on soft ground or sandy soil at that time secant shoring pilling method (wall) is required. The main objective of this kind of shoring is to make sure that the stratum behind the wall would remain intact during construction. Secant shoring also ensures protection from the hazard due to high sideways pressure. To prepare a method statement for the secant piling shoring and secant pile wall an engineer must have proficiency in that.      How secant pile shoring is done?   Secant pile shoring is done by inte...

Construction activities are rather expensive. They can get more expensive if there are errors in the process. In order to eliminate errors, a Bored Cast in Situ Concrete Pile is constructed primarily by digging a hole in the ground. This hole in the ground is made keeping in mind the type of the ground. Means such as percussive or rotary method with the help of permanent or temporary casing or even drilling the mud are used for this purpose. Once the hole has been made, construction experts from piling companies in UAE get together and decide if the location and dimensions of it are right or no. On finalising it, the hole is then filled with reinforced concrete. Continue reading

Shoring is a form of support. It is generally used as temporary support to attain stability during the repair or original construction of building and in an excavation. Shoring work is classified into the following 3 categories. The kind of shoring a contractor select will depend on a particular building’s structural status and the conditions surrounding the building’s weakness. 1. Ranking Shores The ranking shore is a system of giving temporary support to an unsafe wall. It is also known as the inclined shore. The ranking shore is the most commonly used type of shoring. In this method, rankers are utilized to provide sideways support to the wall. A ranking shore consists of the following components. Inclined Members Wall Plate Sole Plate Cleats Needles Bracing Continue reading

In the real estate construction business, shoring works do not get much of the credit but it should be provided with the credits for all the hard work done by the activity. In the Pacific Northwest kind of regions where there is a hilly terrain along with the ever-increasing density, shoring is the only option and is the single most design ingredient that is very important which allows the construction otherwise the land would have been declared tight sites or the prohibitively steep. Since there is a shortage of the land area in the urban locality, challenging sites are becoming more and more appealing to the homeowners as well as the builders which also resulted in the increase in the reliance of the builders on the shoring work. Continue reading

If you are thinking of building a new house then be assured that foundation is the key for it. The core strength of your building lies in its foundation. The reason why a deep foundation is considered as the strength of any building is because it transfers the load in earth surface. Hence, the deeper the foundation, the further it can transfer the building load down the earth surface. Piling: What and Why A pile is basically a vertical cylindrical structure of a deep foundation that is driven or drilled into the ground where the building is supposed to be built to provide a steady support. Read More