Patent ID: 8821074

Claim:
A load bearing construction pile assembly comprising a pile, a support manifold located at an upper end of the pile, the manifold being arranged, in use, to provide support for a structure as hereinbefore defined, wherein the pile comprises an outer tube and an inner tube and a vortex manifold located at a lower end portion of the pile, wherein said vortex manifold comprises a location for lower end portions of the outer and inner tubes, and wherein, in use, fluid is passed downwardly through the inner tube and upwardly through an annular passageway defined between the inner and outer tubes, wherein the vortex manifold induces swirling of the fluid so that the fluid enters the annular passageway as a spiral flow; wherein the outer tube comprises an upper end flange for securing the outer tube to the support manifold and the outer tube comprises a cap at the lower end; and wherein the inner tube further comprises openings and a peripheral wall, said openings provided in said peripheral wall for connecting with radial channels provided in the vortex manifold.