Glossary

Pogo Stick

See Pipe Lead

point bearing pile

Colloquial term for a pile that derives its load-bearing ability from support of the soil layer at the tip. Preferred term is “end-bearing pile”

French: pieu-colonne

German: Fußpressungspfahl, Spitzendruckpfahl

Spanish: pilote resistente por su punta

Italian: palo portante di punta

Portuguese: estaca trabalhando de ponta

Dutch: puntdragende paal

point load

French: effort de pointe

German: Punktlast

Spanish: fuerza concentrada en la punta

Italian: carico di punta

Portuguese: carga de ponta

Dutch: puntbelasting

Point of Fixity

See Depth of Fixity

Pile Take Up

An increase in the observed resistance to penetration during driving

Pile Template

A prefabricated structure or site-erected frame into which a pile is set and held firmly in position to permit driving with a free-hanging pile hammer. Usually rectangular in form, to space and position piles so that they will be specified position relati

Pile Toe

The lowermost end of a pile (Use of terms such as pile tip, pile point, or pile end in the same sense as pile toe is discouraged).

Pile toe grouting

See toe grouting.

Pile Top Rig

Driving rig that is clamped to the top of a caisson pile casing.

Pile, Cast-In-Place Concrete

See Cast-In-place Pile.