A pile that has met an obstruction or that has split or broken in driving or that is to be salvaged steel sheet piles are frequently salvaged for reuse is usually pulled extracted.
Extraction of steel sheet pile.
Extraction of the pile with the application of vibration is usually effected with cranes.
The longer the pile stays in the soil the more compact the soil becomes and the greater will be the resistance to pulling.
Realtop excavator mounted hydraulic vibratory pile hammer can drive and extract steel sheet pile cement pile rail pile h steel steel pipe etc.
Care must be taken to make sure that there is adequate access for the extraction plant including any craneage required to handle the equipment and piles.
Pull the pile as soon as possible after driving it.
Incomplete installation of the pile to the projected mark is eliminated by one two fold raising of the sheet pile by 0 5 0 8 m and its subsequent reinstallation.
Passage of the sheet pile below the projected mark is corrected by its building up or plating.
This can be achieved by either using silent or vibratory equipment.