| Tubular piling might well sound like a particularly | | | | A case study in 1960 was performed in Vietnam |
| painful and unique medical condition to the | | | | when building a major road from the city of |
| layperson however it is actually an extremely | | | | Saigon North. The soil below the surface consisted |
| important part of large-scale construction. Piling is | | | | of layers of muck on top of clay and sand which |
| traditionally made of wood and it refers to long | | | | meant that there was no solid foundation to build |
| structural beams in various shapes that are driven | | | | on, risking subsidence under the massive weight |
| deep into the ground using piling rigs in order to | | | | of traffic. Massive metal tubular pilings were driven |
| support the structure of the building project. | | | | into the ground then filled with concrete. Test |
| Now piling comes in various forms such as | | | | were carried out on them to evaluate their load |
| concrete and steel with different shapes | | | | capacity. |
| dependent on the technical specifications of the | | | | It is recommended that when dealing with piles |
| building project. Many factors affect the use of | | | | over a certain size that tests are carried out on |
| piling such as the load of the structure, the depth | | | | their load capacity and how they perform under |
| of the foundation, the ground density and the soil | | | | certain weights. The production of tubular piles |
| type. The piling can be driven into the ground or | | | | must be done to various standards regulated by |
| drilled in, however the advantageous benefits of | | | | industrial watchdogs. The process is called rolling |
| driving piling is that the soil around the piling | | | | and welding tubing where exactly circular tubes |
| becomes compact. | | | | are formed by rolling sheets of metal and then |
| Piling is used in deep foundations and the shape of | | | | welding them together. |
| piling depends on the structure being built, for | | | | Other forms of piling are drilled piles, underreamed |
| large scale construction tubular metal piling is | | | | piles and auger cast piles. They serve different |
| driven into the ground then filled with pre-stressed | | | | purposes such as high load bearing or specialist |
| concrete. The number of tubular piles depends on | | | | systems for unstable subsurface sediment. They |
| the individual structure of the project and the | | | | are essential to large-scale construction and there |
| weight that the deep foundations need to incur. | | | | are a few specialist manufacturers who can |
| H-beams or square concrete piles are used for | | | | provide rolled and welded tubing to exact |
| certain projects such as domestic residences or | | | | specifications. |
| small scale apartments. | | | | |