PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
The installation of deep foundations
has not changed much
over the last half century. While
there have been tweaks and adjustments
to the technology, generally
speaking, there are only two different
types of piles primarily used today to
hold up buildings: end-bearing piles, in
which the pile is driven into the ground
until it hits bedrock or other bearing
materials, and shaft-bearing friction
piles, in which the pile generally mobilizes
more resistance the deeper it is installed.
Ottawa-based Expander Body
International (EBI) is setting out to
Expander Body
International is setting
out to fundamentally
change the way we think
about foundations
By Paul Adair
The EB can be used as anchors and
tiebacks for retaining walls, shoring,
ground stabilization, tunnelling, buoyancy
control and many other applications
The EB works effectively in any soil
suitable for deep foundations
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