Dimitrios at Deep Excavation posted an article last month about a new settlement method for helical piles that he is developing with Michael Perlow. The method is already showing promising results according to the article. It will ultimately be built into Deep Excavation’s HelixPile software for analysis and design of helical piles, maybe it’s already in there. [Source: Check out more at Deep Excavation. Image: Deep Excavation]
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