DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Driven pile foundations Concrete, steel and timber are the most common materials used to make piles for the driven pile foundation method. Concrete piles are precast before they arrive at a construction site.

Detailed explanation-2: -Driven piles can be made of timber, pre-cast concrete, steel H-piles, steel sheet piles, or pipe piles. Piles can be installed as a single length or spliced for extremely deep piles.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most common form of pile driver uses a heavy weight situated between vertical guides placed above a pile. The weight is raised by some motive power (which may include hydraulics, steam, diesel, electrical motor, or manual labor). At its apex the weight is released, impacting the pile and driving it into the ground.