ACI 543R-12 Guide to Design, Manufacture, and Installation of Concrete Piles Reported by ACI Committee 543 CE American Concrete Institute®First Printing March 2012 American Concrete Institute™ “Advancing concrete knowledge Guide to Design, Manufacture, and Installation of Concrete Piles Copyright by the American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Ml. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced or copied, in whole or part, in any printed, mechanical, electronic, film, or other distribution and storage media, without the written consent of ACI The technical committees responsible for ACI committee reports and standards strive to avoid ambiguities, omissions, and errors in these documents. In spite of these efforts, the users of ACI documents occasionally find information or requirements that may be subject to more than one interpretation or may be incomplete or incorrect. 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Lacy Stanley Merian Citra R,Obtwier (Chad A. Saunders John A. Tanner Edward J. Ulich Consulting members mest V. Acree Je Jose Restrepo ‘Speci sloowiedgmet to lh? za forbs bts otis epe This report presents recommendations assist the design architect! engineer, manufacturer, construction engineer, and contractor in the design, manufacture, and installation of most types of concrete piles. Keywords: augered piles; bearing capacity; composite construction; concrete piles; corosion; dilled piles; foundations; harbor structures. loads; prestressed concrete; quiliy consol, stel reinforcement; sol rmechanis storage; tolerances. CONTENTS. Chapter 1—Introduction, p. 2 L1—General 1.2—Types of piles 1.3Design considerations ACI Committos Reports, Guides, and Commentaries are intended for guidance in planning, designing, executing, and inspecting construction, This document is intended forthe use of individuals who are competent to evaluate the significance and limitations af its content and recommendations and who ‘ill accept responsibility for the application ofthe material it contains, The American Concrete Institute disclaims axy and all responsibilty forthe stated principles. The Institute shall ‘ot be lable for any loss or damage atsing therefrom, ‘Reference to this document shall not be made in contract documents. If items found in this document are desired by the Architect/Engineer to be a part ofthe contract documents, they shall be restate in mandatory language for incorporation by the Architect Enginocr Chapter 2—Notation and definitions, p. 5 2.1—Notation 2.2—Definitions Chapter 3—Geotechnical design considerations, ps 3.1—General 3.2-Subsurface conditio 3.3Bearing capacity of individual piles 3.4Settlement 3.5—Group action in compression 3.6—Pile spacing 3.7Lateral support 3.8 Batter ples 3.9—Axial load distribution 3.10—Long-term performance 3.11—Lateral capacity 3.12—Uplift capacity Chapter 4—Structural design considerations, p. 16 4.1—General 4.2—Loads and stresses to be resisted ACIS#3R-12 iperedes ACI S480 and wa dopo and oA Mats 2012 All eis receding igh fraction ane ay oro by any ema devi, pit te, ra resin fr so or io repr