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The most common methods of   installing steel sheet pile   walls include vibrating, impact driving, hydraulic pushing, jetting, and trenching. The type of sheet piling often governs the method of installation. Contract specifications at times may prohibit the installation of sheet piling until the contractor’s methods and equipment are approved. The types of pile driving hammers used for the installation of steel sheet piles include vibratory pile hammers, diesel, air-steam, hydraulic impact pile hammers, hydraulic sheet pile “pushing rigs”, a high pressure jet w/jet pump or a simple drop hammer. Vibratory Pile hammers are widely used because they usually can drive sheet piles faster, do not damage the top of the pile, and can easily extract piling when necessary. Provided of course the soils are granular, a vibratory hammer can drive steel sheet piling far faster than impact hammers. When a hard driving condition is encountered, there have been situations whereby a vibratory ...