IMPROVEMENTS TO BUILDING CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND MATERIALS

摘要

A wide sheetpile (1) for the formation of buildings folded or formed from a metal plate or plates or by joining modular panels. The sheetpile (1) is of corrugated form having upper and lower webs (3) and (4) joined by an inclined flange (5) and provided on opposite sides with jointing members (6) and (7) to enable the sheetpile to be connected to adjacent sheetpiles. The sheetpile (1) may incorporate a lateral stiffener or stiffeners (3). There is also disclosed pile driving apparatus for driving a sheetpile member into the ground, said apparatus including a pile driving frame (70) for supporting driving means (78, 79) for applying a driving force to a said sheetpile member and means (74, 77) for coupling said pile driving frame (70) to an adjacent said sheetpile member (76) in the ground.