The term is a little misleading in this context and it’s actually interesting. Much like New York or Boston, this is filled in bay. During the gold rush a large number of ships were abandoned at their berths as everyone took off for the gold fields. They were sunk and fill was brought in to create new land. Over the years quite a number of ships or parts thereof have been unearthed during modern building. The next poster is right: if you drive the piles to bedrock, which if
Memory serves should be about 45 feet, there should be no problem
if you drive the piles to bedrock, which if
Memory serves should be about 45 feet, there should be no problem...
IIRC this building uses ‘friction pilings’, NOT END BEARING.
Bad idea?
And do not forget that an adjacent building did some deep excavation very near the leaning tower.