One Got Banged in Zih

Well, the first piling has been banged down at the pier reconstruction site, and it's like the project finally lost its virginity. It doesn't look to me like it's in the right place since as you can see in the photo below it's actually in front of the Z of the ZIHUA letters. It also looks like it's sitting a bit high, but maybe they're going to cut it or maybe the pier will actually be raised up higher. I'm just going to guess the pros know what they're doing. They also got the Flexifloat floating again, but it's still in the same place as before.

That's one down and 161 more to go.

How was the noise from the pile driver?
Any pile driving experts out there? This layman wonders how concrete piles will withstand dozens (hundreds?) of strikes without cracking. We've often been serenaded in Zihua by locals using sledge hammers to break-up concrete. These Zihua pier piles, presumably, must be constructed of reinforced concrete.....

From my experience the piles will be made of water resistant concrete and driven into "refusal" or as far as they can be driven, and then cut off at the proper level. The refusal depth will not be the same for every pile therefore they will end up being at different levels and cut off to match

How was the noise from the pile driver?
Any pile driving experts out there? This layman wonders how concrete piles will withstand dozens (hundreds?) of strikes without cracking. We've often been serenaded in Zihua by locals using sledge hammers to break-up concrete. These Zihua pier piles, presumably, must be constructed of reinforced concrete.....

Didn’t hear a thing from the first one or the second one.

Is that like getting scrod in Boston?

For the past two days we've heard the dull pounding of the pilings where we live above Playa Las Gatas.

Is that like getting scrod in Boston?

Never got scrod in Boston but went clamming in Marblehead. BIG suckers!

Where I come from, we use wooden poles pressure treated with creosote or steel poles with zincs attached.

Where I come from, we use wooden poles pressure treated with creosote or steel poles with zincs attached.

Here construction has more to do with politics than engineering. Our mayor owns a local concrete business. I’m guessing it’s where the pilings are being made, but I don’t know for sure.