# The Net Zero Teesside Order 2024, Paragraph 20: Construction, Operation and Maintenance

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Vibratory or drilled “pin” piling must be used as standard, with percussive piling only used if required to drive a pile to its design depth and where the relevant undertaker has established, following the carrying out of a desk top study informed by appropriate survey information, that vibratory or drilled “pin” piling would be ineffective.
(2) Where percussive piling is established to be necessary in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)—
(a) soft-start procedures must be used to ensure incremental increase in pile power over a set time period until full operational power is achieved;
(b) the soft-start duration must be a period of not less than 20 minutes; and
(c) should piling cease for a period greater than 10 minutes, then the soft start procedure must be repeated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/174/schedule/11/paragraph/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/net-zero-teesside-order-2024/schedule-11/paragraph-20
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