Fraser River Pile and Dredge Drives Test Piles with Largest APE diesel in North America
Reported From: APE Headquarters (WA)
Jack McQuarrie and his crew prepare to drive a 42″ .750-wall steel pipe pile and a 24″ 1″-wall pipe pile for the Pitt Mann Elevated Bridge in Port Coquitlam, BC. The projected tip elevation is 33 feet into the very dense till starting at an average depth of 360′.
The piles were first vibrated into place with an APE 300 vibro then most of the pile length was driven with a D62 until practical refusal was met.
The final driving with the D180-42 started with mid 50’s blow count per foot and ended 16 plus feet into the till at 150 blows per foot.
The offshore driving system was direct drive. The transferred energy from the hammer to the pile was on average 80% of the rated energy.
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