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698 21.4 Qcrasé Border Road Network Improvement Project Bidding Documents Package A Bidding Forms Loading Sequence for Compression Testin ‘The Maintained Load Test Procedure for Compression will be used as follows: Load as Percentage of Minimum Time of Working Load Holding Load 25 hour z _ 50 Thou 75 Thour 100 “Thou z 75 10 minutes: 50 10 minutes 25 10 minutes 0 hour 100 i hours 125 hour 150 hours | 175 Thou 200 2Ahours 175 = 10 minutes eeail6 aa = 10 minutes 125 10 minutes: is es 100 10 minutes 50 10 minutes: 25 = 10 minutes. 0 hour Following each application of an increment of load the load shall be held for not less than the period shown in the above table. For any period when the load is constant, time and settlement shall be recorded immediately on reaching the load and prior to the next step of load. At 24hrs holding time, the load shall be recorded at Ihr interval, Settlement Measuret ‘The settlement of the pile will be measured upon application of load by four micrometers of accuracy up to 0.01 mm and stroke of 50 mm with respect to a horizontal reference beam fixed on the ground, The measured settlement is the settlement of the butt of the pile. Independent Reference Frame: Independent reference frame to be set up for measurement of the movement of the pile. ‘The supports for the frame shall be founded in such a manner and at such a distance from the test pile, crib wall that movement of the ground in the vicinity of the equipment do not cause ‘movements of the reference frame during the testing. ‘The measurement of pile movement shall be measured by two dial gauges attached with the pile diametrically opposite positions and be equidistant from the pile axis, ‘The dial gauges: shall enable readings to be made to within an accuracy of 0.01 mm. fiw

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