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piling rig

noun

piling rig

noun
1

Business, Construction, Manufacturing A large crawler track-mounted drill used in foundation projects which require drilling into sandy soil, clay, silty clay, and similar environments. Such rigs are similar in function to oil drilling rigs.

  • Contractor Balfour Beatty is working around the clock to repair the structure, with a piling rig brought from Inverness.2023 May 31, Paul Clifton, “Network News: NR removes unsafe abutment from Nuneham viaduct”, in RAIL, number 984, page 26:

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