PILE SHOES

By Ir. Mohamad Nor Bin Omar Unit Kejuruteraan Geoteknik Cawangan Pakar & Kejuruteraan Awam Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia

Introduction

Piles need appropriate shoes to protect themselves from damages

Type of Pile Shoes

Pointed pile shoe Flat pile shoe Pointed M.S. plate pile shoe Pointed C.I. pile shoe Oslo pointed pile shoe

Pointed Pile Shoe

For piles driven through soft to moderately hard (SPT 30) strata & pile length > 24m or slenderness ratio (L/D) > 80.

Flat Pile Shoe

For piles driven through soft to moderately hard (SPT 30) strata & pile length < 24m or slenderness ratio (L/D) < 80m.

Pointed M. S. Plate Pile Shoe

For Piles driven through very dense or very hard strata and founded on very dense sand/ gravel.

Pointed C. I. Pile Shoe

For piles driven through very dense or very hard strata with hard debris or boulders or pile to be founded on highly weathered & fractures rock.

Oslo Pointed Pile Shoe

For piles to be founded in or on hard weathered rock.