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Contiguous Piling
Contiguous Piling
Principles of Construction Often known as "Colcrete" piling, which is a type of trade name.
Usually replaced by diaphragm walling methods.
Essentially typical bored piles, or down-the-hold bored piles, are constructed with a spacing such
that each pile is virtually touching the next. These are constructed on a hit-and-miss basis.
After a suitable length of these piles are in place (often 9 piles or so) a smaller drilling rig follows
on behind placing the "colcrete" piles. A small diameter shaft, often 100 mm or so, is drilled on
the external face of the pile wall close to the interection between the two main piles. This
excavated pile is fitted with a grout tube and backfilled with gravel. The pile is then grouted and
forms a seal between the adjacent piles. This type of pile wall can be constructed with either a
standard reinforcement cage or a "H" pile.
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