The performance of a pile driving system (hammer performance) is crucial to foundation quality. Excessively low hammer performance can result in low bearing capacity, insufficient pile penetration, and reduced pile driving production. Higher than expected hammer performance can cause high pile stresses and eventually pile damage. Hammer Performance Analysis is particularly critical in offshore oil platform projects.

GRL Engineers, Inc. has the experience and tools to evaluate hammer performance during pile driving: the Hammer Performance Analyzer (HPA) measures ram peak and impact velocities and strokes, yielding hammer kinetic and potential energy, while the Pile Driving Analyzer® determines the energy actually transferred to the pile.