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Technical Note14 October 2025

Winter piling in the Peace Region: managing frost jacking in slender H-pile foundations

Frost heave and adfreeze on driven H-piles remains one of the most under-instrumented risks on winter construction in northern British Columbia and Alberta. We review three engagements over the 2023–2024 season and the site-specific mitigation adopted on each.

By David Beauchamp, P.Eng., FEC — Chief Operating Officer