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Piling Requirements
Piling Requirements
submission
Under BC (Amendment) Act 2007 & Regulations 2008
Barrettes
Bored cast-in
place piles
Grouted
micropiles
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Driven piles
Jacked-in
piles
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Objective
To help Qualified Persons who
prepare the piling plans to
comply with requirements of
BC (Amendment) Act 2007 &
Regulations 2008
Overview
1. Submission checklist
2. BC Regulations 10(2)
3. SS CP4 : 2003
4. BCA / IES / ACES Advisory Note on
Site investigation & Load test
5. Piling Annexes B, C, D
6. Good practices in design & construction
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(1) Submission
checklist
Submission checklist
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VI.
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Certification by
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Regulations 2003
Regulation 10(2)
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Regulations 2008
Regulation 10(2)
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II.
III.
Working load
Pile reinforcement
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Details of Pile
reinforcement
Anchorage length
Lap length
Sectional details
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Details of RC pile
Joint details
Sectional details
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II.
Site investigation
boreholes (1)
Footprint of
tower block
Total = 5 boreholes
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Site investigation
boreholes (2)
Total = 10 boreholes
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Total = 26 boreholes
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II.
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Example 1
Pile founding criteria (in hard soil)
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Example 2
Pile founding criteria
(in hard soil & rock)
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Example 3
Pile founding criteria (pile set)
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II.
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II.
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II.
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Type 1
Type 2
Type 3
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II.
III.
IV.
Will the preliminary piles for the ultimate pile load test be
instrumented, to verify the geotechnical parameters ?
(Applicable to piles where strain gauges could be installed
along the pile, eg. bored piles, hollow spun pile)
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Allowable settlements
h)
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Code of Practice
CP4 : 2003
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Group settlement is
greater than
settlement of
individual pile
II.
Differential
settlement between
two pile groups <
1:500
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15m excav
Marine clay
Dwall
GMP
4 struts
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Max N
[kN]
2029
1782
1753
2340
3592
3255
Max BM Max SF
[kNm]
[kN]
Remarks
615
-595
in GMP
488
-346
in GMP
229
-372
in GMP
820
1030
in GMP
-740
357
in GMP
-645
236
in GMP
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Min. 5m into
hard stratum
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Piling Annex B
Certificate of
supervision of pile
load test
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Piling Annex C
Interim certificate of
supervision of piling
works
QP
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Piling Annex D
Certificate for
monitoring building
settlement
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35m
limestone
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To aid interpretation
eg. measurement of skin friction
at various soil /rock layers
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Working
Load
(mm)
(kN)
ASM
1000
Nos
No. of
Method of
Load Test
Test
135
5800
147
1200
8400
99
Kentledge
1500
13200
115
Kentledge
1800
19000
159
Bi-Directional
2000
23500
96
Bi-Directional
2200
28500
88
Bi-Directional
2500
36800
62
Bi-Directional
2800
41600
22
Bi-Directional
3000
53000
16
Total :
939
Examples :
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(1) Piles within the tower footprint
(2) Piles carrying larger load
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4)
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h)
i)
resistance
b)
c)
d)
e)
k)
f)
g)
l)
verification
m)
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Summary
1. Requirements of piling plan submission
under recent BC amendment Act and
Regulations
2. Requirements for foundations of buildings
more than 10-storeys
3. Good practices in design, load tests &
construction
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Concluding remark
Standard Certification by QP on plans and calculations
I .... certify that they have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of
the Building Control Regulations, the Building Control Act and any other
written law pertaining to buildings and construction for the time being in
force.
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THE END
Thank you !
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