Construction piling prepares for another wet weekend
If your plans for the weekend have been hampered by severe weather warnings, spare a thought for construction piling work that had been scheduled to take place over the past few weeks.
At a time of year that is usually warm and dry, we have had unprecedented levels of rainfall in short bursts, and it’s likely to rank among the wettest summers on record by the end of the season.
For construction piling works, that means a flexible approach is required, to avoid pouring liquid concrete into waterlogged ground.
One option is to use pre-cast concrete and steel piles, with professional piling equipment to drive these deep into the earth.
By using pre-cast piles that have been set in controlled conditions, away from extremes of the elements, you can avoid unnecessary extra pile testing once they are in place.
Instead, standard pile testing should be enough to ensure that your foundations are solid – even if the soil around them is a little soggier than usual.
And in places where the ground has been permanently affected by the recent soaking, underpinning methods can restore essential strength to structures.
With further rain warnings in place across the south of England and as far north as the Humber, we’re ready to offer our underpinning methods wherever they’re needed in the days and weeks to come.