Conventional Piling

Appleton Piling Ltd has experience in the installation of steel piles using conventional methods.

Conventional installation methods have been used to install bridge pier cofferdams, permanent bridge bearing piles, jetties, cofferdams, retaining walls and walkway bearing piles working in tidal areas, inland waterways and on land.

A temporary piling gate is erected using Appleton Piling Ltd piling beams and trestles or spud piles. The piling gate is used to support sheet piles, tubular piles and bearing piles, which are pitched into the gate using a crane.

The steel piles are then installed using a hydraulic vibratory hammer and driven to level using a hydraulic impact hammer to suit the ground conditions. Resonance free or variable moment vibratory hammers can reduce the vibration caused when installing and extracting steel piles. This allows steel piling works to be carried out in sensitive locations.