A soldier pile is a common retaining wall strategy in which h shaped steel beams piles are drilled deep into the earth at regular intervals usually 2 to 4 yards apart.
Wall facing for concrete soldier piles.
The piles are reinforced with either steel rebar or with steel beams and are constructed by drilling under mud.
Timber lagging between the soldier piles to temporarily support lateral soil loading.
Secant pile walls are formed by constructing intersecting reinforced concrete piles.
A permanent textured concrete structural wall facing attached to the soldier piles.
For soldier pile walls with panels use drilled in piles unless noted otherwise in the plans.
Soldier pile and lagging walls commonly known as soldier piles are some of the oldest forms of retaining wall systems used in deep excavations.
The contractor may attach the studs either before placing the soldier pile in the drilled hole or after excavating in front of the wall.
In between each vertical pile horizontal supports fill the gap helping to spread the load.
Use concrete or grout for embedded portions of drilled in piles.
At the contractor s option use driven or drilled in piles for soldier pile walls with concrete facing unless otherwise required.
A drilled in soldier pile and lagging wall is a wall system composed of drilled in steel soldier piles placed in a pre bored hole then encased in concrete.
Soldier pile walls have successfully being used since the late 18th century in metropolitan cities like new york berlin and london.
Attach headed studs according to c ms 513 22 and as shown in the plans.
The former is either forced into the ground to an adequate depth or installed into holes which are drilled in advance then encased in lean concrete to oppose or withstand the moment exerted by soil and the spacing is commonly between 1 8 m to 2 45 m.
Use a maximum h pile spacing of 10 ft.
Weld headed steel studs to the flanges of the soldier pile in order to connect the concrete wall facing to the soldier pile.
And safety fencing.