Re: Waterside Place
Can any of the construction junkies on this site explain the concept of pile driving to me? My basic understanding is that the a long, cylindricle(sp?) object is sunk into bedrock and a building is constructed on top of these objects. However, looking at some different projects in the city, it seems that piles differ by project.
For example, Waterside Place seems to be using long, narrow concrete looking piles. Meanwhile, it appears 120 Kingston is just sinking structural steel into the ground. Can somebody explain the differences in the piles and why one project would use one type of pile different from another?
Also, once the structural steel or concrete columns are installed, do they typically get installed directly on top of the piles?
Thanks