<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">pile drivers</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>pile driving</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>pile hammers</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>assembling and disassembling construction equipment</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>driver, pile</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>drivers, pile</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pile driver</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pile-drivers</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Machines used for driving piles, which are columns serving as subsurface supports for vertical loads, usually by repeated blows from free-falling or driven "pile hammers." Pile drivers comprise a framework for holding and guiding the pile, a hammer, and a power source. ]]></note></mads>