What types of piles do you drive?

Common driven piles include steel H-piles, steel pipe piles, and precast concrete piles; the type is selected by the engineer based on loads, subsurface conditions, and drivability for the specific site.

How is driven-pile capacity confirmed?

Capacity is confirmed against the driving criteria established by the geotechnical engineer — typically blow-count resistance to a target depth — and verified with dynamic or static load testing when the project specifications require it.

Driven foundation piles installed to capacity, on schedule.

Pile Driving

We drive foundation piles to design capacity with production-rate efficiency, supporting structures on Boston's challenging ground. Pile types and installation criteria are engineered to the site's subsurface conditions.

Schematic — illustrative, not for construction; pending PE review.

Callouts

Select a numbered part below to read what it is and what it does.

Typical spec

Plain-language view of the same typical ranges.

Kinds of piles: Steel H / pipe / precast; The pile materials we can drive.Steel H / pipe / precast chosen for load, drivability, and subsurface per the foundation design.
How deep piles go: 30–120 ft; Typical driven depth to reach firm ground.Embedment to the bearing stratum; tip elevation governed by capacity, not a fixed depth.
Driving equipment: Impact / vibratory; The hammer used to install the piles.Impact / vibratory selected via wave-equation drivability analysis (e.g., GRLWEAP).
When a pile is done: ≈ 5–20 blows/in at refusal; The rule that says a pile has reached capacity.Blow-count resistance to target depth; verified by dynamic/static testing where specified.

How it goes in

01
Mobilize & lay out
Rigs and piles are mobilized and the pile layout is surveyed to the foundation plan.
02
Drive to criteria
Piles are driven with an impact or vibratory hammer to the depth or resistance criteria set by the geotechnical engineer.
03
Verify capacity
Installation is documented and capacity is confirmed against the driving criteria (and dynamic testing where specified).

Equipment on this work

APE 200-6
Vibratory driver / extractor
Drives each pile to criteria — and pulls temporary work back out.
Liebherr LR 1130
Crawler service crane
Carries the leads and pitches every pile to line and plumb.
Caterpillar 336
Tracked hydraulic excavator
Lays out the run, handles pile and trims to cut-off.