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friction pile

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friction pile [′frik·shən ‚pīl]
(civil engineering)
A bearing pile surrounded by earth and supported entirely by friction; carries no load at its end.
friction pile, floating pile foundation
A pile that transfers its load to the soil through friction with the earth surrounding it; the point of the pile carries no load.
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William Pedersen (of architects Kohn Pedersen Fox) had to reduce the weight of the building by 10 per cent to use the existing friction piles.
TALL ORDER by BLOMEYER, GERALD / The Architectural Review
They are friction piles and we have to drive a lot, but it drives the building out of the soil.
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