pile driving
Driving posts deep
Pile driving is the process of forcing large structural supports—called piles—deep into the ground to create a foundation.
Heavy machinery repeatedly strikes the pile, hammering it into soil or bedrock until it reaches stable bearing capacity.
The rhythmic pounding of pile drivers is a familiar sound at construction sites for bridges, piers, and large buildings.
In vulgar slang, pile driving describes vigorous sexual thrusting.
- hammerTool for striking nails
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- constructionProcess of building something
- construction siteWhere edifices get erected
- poundingForceful repeated striking
concrete · steel · impact · rig · vibration · ground shaking · deep · shaft · soil · crane · heavy equipment · noise · pressure · thud · pilings · contractor · hard hat · groundwork
- loud noisesnoise, bang, crash, roar, boom
- infrastructure projectsroad building, bridge construction, bridge repair, tunnel boring, railway construction
- repeated hitspunches, jabs, drumming, hammering, pounding
- civil engineeringbridges, highways, tunnels, foundations, dams
- construction impactsnoise, dust, traffic, vibration, pollution
- foundationsfoundation, foundations, base, footing, footings