Thank you for all the input guys. It is much appreciated. My supervising P.Eng is the one who told me to use helical piles (he has interest in a helical pile company) so you can see my situation. Tiebacks cannot be installed because we don't have permission from the neighbor. I told him to go...
The contractor has insisted that they have done this once before and everything has worked out fine. This is just for temporary shoring and they want to unscrew the helical piles after the job is done. I was thinking to specify that any excavation work would have to commence at least 2 weeks...
Thank you for the input guys. PEinc - The wall would be cantilevered since this is a residential house and we do not have permission to drill onto the neighboring property and due to the shallow depth of excavation. I considered using rakers to provide more support against deflection but it...
Hi everyone,
I am a geotechnical EIT and I have been asked to design a temporary shoring for an excavation depth of 10 feet below the existing ground surface. The owner and contractor have insisted on using helical piles as soldier piles with wood lagging. The geotechnical report says that...
