Once upon a time people constructed buildings on unsteady foundations. This made the buildings not very strong, and sometimes they would collapse. Then someone figured he’d use a pile driver to reinforce the foundations. This changed everything!
It is a powerful machine, bore pile machine. To do that, it grips giant poles with a big hammer and drives them deep into the ground. The hammer pounds the pole, poundingly pounding it down. This makes the foundation of the building very strong and secure.
The pile driver is a project that has a big arm on it that has a hammer on it. The hammer goes up and down with a lot of force smashing the pole. This force causes the pole to bury itself in the ground. Some pile drivers are so large, in fact, that they can drive extremely long poles!
Building owners and workers understand that there is nothing more important than first getting the foundation right. A building can collapse in strong winds or earthquakes without a good foundation. It’s why pile drivers matter so much. They help to ensure buildings are safe and sturdy for people to live and work in.
Once upon a time, pile drivers were manual. Ironically, this was a lot of work and took all day long. Today, machines drive modern pile drivers. Poles can be driven into the ground more quickly and with less effort. That allowed buildings to rise faster and safer than ever before.