Pile Splice Assemblies, Pile Systems Involving Such Assemblies and Methods for Splicing Piles

A pile splice assembly for use with prestressed concrete piles, the piles having strands extending the lengths of the piles, said pile splice assembly comprising:

• first and second pile anchors, each of said anchors having a plurality of anchor holes and a plurality of splice holes formed therethrough, each of said anchor holes being positioned to align with a corresponding one of the strands;
• strand locking devices operative to attach said first pile anchor to the first pile and to attach said second pile anchor to the second pile, each of said strand locking devices having wedges, each of said anchor holes being sized and shaped to receive a corresponding one of said strand locking devices such that corresponding ones of said wedges engage corresponding ones of the strands;
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• fasteners, each of said fasteners being sized and shaped to mount through a corresponding pair of said splice holes such that said first and second pile anchors are secured to each other in an overlying relationship via said fasteners with the prestressed concrete piles extending outwardly along a common axis from said first and second pile anchors.