Review article

For multi-storey civil buildings, there is substantiatedthe method of designing pile foundations from drivenreinforced concrete piles in macro-porous subsiding soils of the second type in terms of subsidence, taking into account the support of the lower ends on the load-bearing non-subsiding layers of the foundation. Soil conditions are analyzed, including data on physical, deformation, strength, subsidence characteristics of soils and methods for their determination. The type of soil conditions for subsidence is established, the method of choosing the piles` kind and their length is outlined. Experimental studies of the bearing capacity of piles are given; including numerical studies of pile operation and assessment of their bearing capacity. A method for calibrating the calculation model of the interaction of piles with subsiding soil, as well as an algorithm for assigning interface parameters for modeling their operation are proposed.