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  1. Ammonite

    Safe Offset to Avoid Pile-Driving Impact

    Here's my setup: a very old timber bulkhead (16 ft exposed) adjacent to an operational timber dock is in bad shape: bowing in places, timber deteriorated, etc. I need to locate a new dock structure in shallow water nearby but am concerned about vibrations and impact waves from piling (both...
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    Steel Sheet Pile Corner Section

    Zambo and DRC1, Thank you for responding. The works are temporary (although the piles will be cut off and left in place, used as forms for concrete. Space is tight and the question came up regarding our options to minimize the dimensions of the excavation. I believe the PZ90 connector will be...
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    Steel Sheet Pile Corner Section

    PEinc, my duplicate posting (earth retention forum) has disappeared. I take it that's because duplicate posting is not permitted. My apologies to all for wasting your time. If you have some additional information in response to my question, could you please post it here? Thanks.
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    Steel Sheet Pile Corner Section

    Thanks for the information and the quick response. Much appreciated.
  5. Ammonite

    Steel Sheet Pile Corner Section

    I'm looking for properties of steel sheet pile corner sections that will fit PZ22 sheet piling. Googling appears to be a bust (why is that?). So far I've found reference to RC230 which looks like it might work but I cannot read the text on the source. I've also found the extruded corner...
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    Elec. Resistivity of Blast Furnace Slag

    Hello, I am trying to find 'typical' values for resistivity of crushed air-cooled iron blast furnace slag, which will be used as structural fill. The subject came up as part of a grounding design. The gradation spec on the material is pretty broad, allowing sizes up to 10 inches with only...

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