07/06/2026
Whilst Iβve been grounded and confined to the house on dad duties, the DFE team have been delivering projects across the country.
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The team installed 450mm diameter piles with 508mm temporary casing. The piles were cased to 8.0m through soft alluvial deposits before being bored to a final depth of 11.0m founding into dense gravels. A full-length reinforcement cage was then plunged into the concrete before the casing was withdrawn.
As case and auger piling isnβt a technique we undertake regularly, I asked the operatives to take plenty of photos in my absence. Such is the quality and detail of the two images they returned with, i could have sworn i was actually there afterall. π
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The team also completed the installation of 4 No. 273mm diameter bottom-driven steel-cased piles using a D1000 piling rig in restricted access conditions for a new machine base within a live paper mill. The piles were driven to a depth of 6.0m and included reinforcement cages to resist significant shear forces.
The works were completed within two days, although the majority of that time was spent getting into and out of the piling area
