TIMBER PILE
UPLIFT ANCHORS
TP-807
TIMBER PILE POINTS
Hard cutting timber pile
points help make any job
run more smoothly and
dependably.
Timber pile points protect
pile tips from failure. Points
will help drive through rubble
and other tough conditions
without undermining the
strength of the pile. Points
are made in one piece of
1/4" low-alloy cast steel.
Advanced Uplift
Resistance Anchors
Our TP-807 timber
anchors are made from
TUFLOY cast steel
(90 ksi tensile, 60 ksi
yield) and are galvanized.
Quick assembly in the
field with just holes
drilled through the pile.
DFP casts integral teeth
into each uplift anchor
to provide extra “bite”
into the timber pile.
A full set is needed for
30 ton uplift and 1/2 set
for 15 ton uplift.
TP-337
PO Box 688 • Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-0688
201-337-5748 • fax: 201-337-9022 • www.pileline.com
GOLD MEDAL
PILE DRIVING
Contractors overcome adverse
conditions to prepare sites for
the construction of
Olympic facilities
By Mike Warkentin
Issue 1 2007, page 28
Why I chose this article:
N u mbe r
The opening sentence of this article
reads, “How do you build the signature
venues of the 2010 Olympics on
land that could literally liquefy during
an earthquake?” The project spotlight
details the beginning of the construction
process for the Richmond Oval and
Vancouver Convention Centre, built for
the 2010 Olympics. Agra Foundations
had to improve the ground conditions
for the Oval site, as the soil was
even looser than expected. At the
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT VANCOUVER OLYMPIC PILING
Gold Medal Pile Driving
How do you build the signature
Convention Centre site, $1 million was spent on site investigations
alone, and Vancouver Pile Driving dealt with everything
from discarded rail lines to large chunks of concrete in what
was once a dumping ground, splitting and bending piles in
the process. In total, about 8,000 stone columns and 1,500
piles were used for these sites; the project challenges alone are
worth going back and reading (and it brings back memories of
Canadian Olympic pride!).
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Contractors overcome adverse conditions to prepare sites for
the construction of Olympic facilities
venues of the 2010 Olympics
on land that could literally liquefy
during an earthquake?
That is the problem faced by engineers
and contractors working to build
the Richmond Oval and expand the Vancouver
Convention Centre in advance of
the 21st Winter Olympic Games, set to
kick off Feb. 12, 2010.
Both Vancouver and Richmond are located
in B.C.’s Fraser River Delta, an area
created over a 10,000-year period as sediments
were deposited at the point where
the Fraser River meets the Strait of Georgia.
The land on which the two coastal cities
are based is therefore extremely loose
and water-saturated, meaning heavy construction
requires steps unneeded when
bedrock can be reached by piles or when
By Mike Warkentin
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PILING CANADA CELEBRATES 10 YEARS
THE “BEAR” NECESSITIES
Taking a closer look at the
Grizzly MultiGrip
By Jim Chliboyko
Quarter 1 2015, page 22
Why I chose this article:
N u m ber
The cover story of Quarter 1 2015,
this is the only company profile on
my “top ten” list. Part of that reason
is that the photo Gilbert Products
(the makers of the Grizzly MultiGrip)
provided for the cover turned out to
be one of my favourite Piling Canada
covers of all time. However, I love
this article for what it is: the story
of a company based in rural Quebec
– mostly working in the forestry, sawmilling
and snow grooming industries
– innovating and developing a unique
machine for the pile driving sector.
Their Grizzly MultiGrip is suited to
the small, tight access areas that the
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company is used to from their typical work areas. The Grizzly,
an excavator-mounted attachment with a side-grip clamping
device, has had a lot of positive interest from Canadian
and U.S. contractors, and will be a product to watch in the
coming years.
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