A post mount (1), adapted to be installed in a substrate and releasably receive a post therein, including: a body (2); and an insert (3), adapted to cooperate with the body; wherein, in use, the body is adapted to be driven into the substrate, and, thereafter, the insert is adapted to be at least partially deformed, to thereby anchor the post mount to the substrate.

A post mount (1), adapted to be installed in a substrate and releasably receive a post therein, including: a body (2); and an insert (3), adapted to cooperate with the body; wherein, in use, the body is adapted to be driven into the substrate, and, thereafter, the insert is adapted to be at least partially deformed, to thereby anchor the post mount to the substrate.

An integrated soundwall and renewable electrical energy generation system includes a series of metal fin tube foundations; a beam secured to each metal fin tube foundation, wherein the beam includes a lower portion extending into the interior of the metal fin tube and secured thereto, and each beam including channel forming elements; a series of solid fence panels inserted between adjacent beams, with each panel received within the channels formed by adjacent beams; and an electrical energy generator, such as a solar panel array, coupled to select beams above the solid fence panels. Inexpensive energy has always been a boon to spur economic development of a region, and the use of ecologically friendly sources is preferable. The design of the system allows for easy construction of parallel fences to multiply the energy generation with such parallel fences enhancing the barrier aspects of the fence system.

An integrated soundwall and renewable electrical energy generation system includes a series of metal fin tube foundations; a beam secured to each metal fin tube foundation, wherein the beam includes a lower portion extending into the interior of the metal fin tube and secured thereto, and each beam including channel forming elements; a series of solid fence panels inserted between adjacent beams, with each panel received within the channels formed by adjacent beams; and an electrical energy generator, such as a solar panel array, coupled to select beams above the solid fence panels. Inexpensive energy has always been a boon to spur economic development of a region, and the use of ecologically friendly sources is preferable. The design of the system allows for easy construction of parallel fences to multiply the energy generation with such parallel fences enhancing the barrier aspects of the fence system.

The rapid consolidation and compaction method comprises (i) first driving a hollow pipe, (ii) driving a pipe with a removable end plate after filling and compacting the sandy material in it, through the hollow pipe, to required depth, creating high excess pore-water pressures in the range of 50 to 300 KPa in clayey soils, (iv) pulling out the pipe section leaving behind the removable end plate and thereby installing porous displacement piles which allows dissipation of the excess pore-water pressures horizontally to the porous displacement pile, in which the excess water flows out vertically to the ground surface, and (v) the length of the drainage path is reduced to half the spacing between adjoining porous displacement piles, allowing rapid consolidation resulting in increase in density. Installing the porous displacement piles in the layer of loose to medium dense sand layer results in the instantaneous increase in its density.

The rapid consolidation and compaction method comprises (i) first driving a hollow pipe, (ii) driving a pipe with a removable end plate after filling and compacting the sandy material in it, through the hollow pipe, to required depth, creating high excess pore-water pressures in the range of 50 to 300 KPa in clayey soils, (iv) pulling out the pipe section leaving behind the removable end plate and thereby installing porous displacement piles which allows dissipation of the excess pore-water pressures horizontally to the porous displacement pile, in which the excess water flows out vertically to the ground surface, and (v) the length of the drainage path is reduced to half the spacing between adjoining porous displacement piles, allowing rapid consolidation resulting in increase in density. Installing the porous displacement piles in the layer of loose to medium dense sand layer results in the instantaneous increase in its density.

A barbed micropile for soil reinforcement at a target location and a method for soil reinforcement at a target location. The barbed micropile includes a conical-head pipe which comprises a hollow rod, a conical head, and a first plurality of T-shaped elements mounted around an outer surface of the hollow rod. The method may include generating a cavity at the target location, filling the cavity with grout, generating a well at the target location by inserting a barbed micropile into the ground at the target location, filling a space between the barbed micropile and the well's wall with grout, and filling an inner chamber of the hollow rod.

A barbed micropile for soil reinforcement at a target location and a method for soil reinforcement at a target location. The barbed micropile includes a conical-head pipe which comprises a hollow rod, a conical head, and a first plurality of T-shaped elements mounted around an outer surface of the hollow rod. The method may include generating a cavity at the target location, filling the cavity with grout, generating a well at the target location by inserting a barbed micropile into the ground at the target location, filling a space between the barbed micropile and the well's wall with grout, and filling an inner chamber of the hollow rod.

The invention relates to an apparatus for noise attenuation in an impact pile driving device wherein the apparatus comprises a pile guide being attachable to the lower end of a hammer of an impact pile driving device. The apparatus according to the invention comprises compressing arrangement in connection with the pile guide having at least one compressing element and mechanical, hydraulic or pneumatic compressing means for compressing a pile fitted in to the pile guide transversally by means the at least one compressing element. The invention relates also an impact pile driving device and a method for noise attenuation in an impact pile driving device.

A method of installing foundation elements, in particular (mono)piles having a diameter of five meters or more, in an underwater ground formation includes lowering a leader from a surface vessel with at least the tip of the leader into the water, and lowering a foundation element and/or a noise mitigation screen along the leader.