Patent ID: 8684632
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: E02D,G01C

Abstract:
1. A method for installing pilings, the method comprising: installing a first corner piling at a first corner installation site of a planned array of pilings; installing a second corner piling at a second corner installation site of the planned array of pilings; securing a laser assembly to the first corner piling; emitting a first laser and a second laser from the laser assembly, the first laser having a vertically oriented range spanning a segment of a vertical plane, the second laser having a horizontal orientation; using the first laser to identify intervening installation sites spaced apart along a line between the first corner piling and the second corner piling; installing intervening pilings at the intervening installation sites, respectively, including using the second laser to monitor vertical positioning of the intervening pilings during their respective installations; and connecting solar panels to the intervening pilings, respectively.