Again, the DFI has numerous publications that can be purchased off of their website that deal solely with augercast piles. Augercast piles have diameters typically ranging from 12 to 24 inches, but piles up to 36 inches in diameter have been constructed. Allowable compression capacities in Florida range from 50 tons on a 14-inch diameter pile, to 400 tons on a 24 inch diameter pile. Piles work well in sands, firm clays, soft rocks. Not good in peats, or soft cohesive soils where shaft may bulge.
Piles generate high uplift capacity.
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