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Extensive use is made of piles in civil engineering work, often for the purpose of transmitting heavy loads down to a firm stratum at a considerable depth below ground level. Sheet piling is used extensively to hold back water or loose soil and to form the walls of wharves, jetties, etc.
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© 1976 Ivor H. Seeley
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Seeley, I.H. (1976). Specification of Piling. In: Civil Engineering Specification. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06610-0_7
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