PROJECT NAME: WEST ELM STORE, EMERYVILLE

Scope 51 16” Diameter Augered Cast-In-Place Piles 64 feet deep

In March of 2008, Malcolm Drilling Co. Inc. was contracted to install Augered Cast-In-Place Piles for the new West Elm store in Emeryville. The project required 16” diameter Augered Cast-In-Place Piles, 64 feet deep with a design capacity of 115 tons per pile. Soil conditions at the site consisted of 7 feet of fill over 33 feet of soft bay mud over bearing soils which are stiff silty clays and gravel.

Existing structures in the vicinity are supported on driven precast prestressed concrete piles, however because the noise and vibration involved in pile driving would disturb the projects neighbors, Augered Cast-In-Place Piles were selected for the foundation. After the initial test pile program was completed, the production piles were completed 2 days ahead of schedule.