Driven vertically into the ground, interlocking metal plates known as sheet piles can keep soil from eroding after rainfall, they can serve as retaining walls on slopes, or perform other functions.

Heavy civil contractor tasked with installing a steel seawall to frame the border of Jenkinson’s Boardwalk in New Jersey using one of the most sophisticated piling rigs in the world. Burke ...

(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) -- Along developed riverbanks, physical barriers can help contain flooding and combat erosion. In arid regions, check dams can help retain soil after rainfall and restore damaged ...

Sheet pile driving along the Rockland bank for the new Tappan Zee Bridge is set to resume Monday, after being halted for nearly a month because it was too loud, officials announced. "Tappan Zee ...

The bridge builder says it is still putting noise-reducing measures in place. SOUTH NYACK – Sheet pile driving for the new Tappan Zee Bridge remains suspended on land and near the Rockland shore. The ...

Why would an established highway contractor with a history of using a crane with diesel hammer for pile driving be working at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with a sophisticated pile driving rig? That ...

BAYONNE -- City officials are alerting residents that loud pile driving will begin on Monday as part of the ongoing construction on the Bayonne Bridge. City spokesman Joe Ryan said the Port Authority ...