Piling Test Plan

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a. Density Test

b.Viscosity Test
Bentonite slurry
97 MW/5/11 5.3.2
Test c.Shear strength (10
minute gel strength)

d.pH indicator

The maximum load which shall be applied in a

working load test on a working pile is one and a half
Working Load times the working load. Test
120 MW/5/34 5.7.14
Test Method: Kentledge Method or Tension Piles
Reaction Method.

The maximum load which shall be applied in an

ultimate load test is at least two and a half times the
119 MW/5/33 5.7.14 Ultimate Load Test design working load. Test
Method: Kentledge Method or Tension Piles
Reaction Method.
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The dynamic testing of piles shall be carried out

with an established testing system, the test shall be
Dynamic Load
128 MW/5/42 5.7.18 conducted by a qualified engineer on site with no
Test
less than five years of dynamic pile testing
experience.

Where piles are subject to a design horizontal load

exceeding 400kN or 10% of the allowable vertical
129 MW/5/43 5.7.19 Lateral Load Test
pile capacity, then lateral load tests shall be carried
out.

Note: Three test cubes shall be made from the concrete used in each of the preliminary test piles and working piles
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Remark/Test

Less than 1.10 g/ml at 20 C by Mud density balance

Method
30-90 s or less than 20 cP at 20 C by Marsh cone
method Fann viscometer
1.4 - 10.0 N/m2 or 4.0 - 40.0 N/m2 at 20 C by
Shearometer/Fan Viscometer
9.5 - 12.0 at 20 C by paper strips or electrical pH
meter

a).Following each application of an increment of load,

the load shall be held for not less than the period
shown in Table 5.6 or until the rate of settlement is less
than 0.25mm/hr and slowing down. b).
Comply with the SLS failure criteria in the Civil Design
Criteria (For bored pile, the maximum settlement at
working load (second cycle) exceeds 7 mm, the
maximum settlement at 150% working load exceeds 14
mm.)

a).Following each application of load, the load shall be

held for not less than the period shown in Table 5.5 or
until the rate of settlement is less than 0.25 mm/hr and
slowing down. b).Testing shall
continue until the maximum test load has been
reached or when the settlement exceeds 10% of the
pile diameter. (For bored pile, The ULS criterion for a
preliminary load test is when the settlement of the pile
head has exceeded 10% of the pile diameter.)
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Testing/Remark

a).Working piles selected for dynamic testing shall be

tested to 2.0 times the working load.
b).The piles, which are dynamically tested, shall be
deemed to have failed if the measured resistance of
the pile is less than 2.0 times the designed working
load or if any part of the piles is damaged during
driving or testing.

a).The test load shall be applied at or within 0.5 metres

of the pile cap soffit level. The test load shall be equal
to the lateral working load of the pile. b).Test on
Preliminary Piles, only one load cycle is required with
each load increment to be held for 1 hour until two
times the lateral working load or 300mm pile top
deflection, whichever occurs first. c).Tests on
Working Piles, Loading sequence shall be carried out
in 2 cycles. At the first cycle, the pile shall be tested to
75% of the test load and then reduced to zero. At the
second cycle the pile shall be tested to 100% of the
test load and then reduced to zero. d).Tests on
Working Piles, comply with the SLS failure criteria in
the Civil Design Criteria.

es and working piles