piling rig

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounpiling rig (plural piling rigs)

plural piling rigs

  1. businessA 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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