Primary Inspection Location to be covered as per PIANC

Sr No Concrete Steel
1 NA End of connection to be checked.
2 Vertical face and corner of pile cap NA
3 Faces/ Flanges below deck Faces/ Flanges below deck
4 Construction deficiency like honey combing NA
5 Platform sump box/tanks Platform sump box/tanks
6 Under side of deck slab NA
7 Front Corner of deck slab NA
8 Expansion joint & bearing pad NA
9 Steel attachments Steel attachments
10 NA Beam flange above shore line
11 Column base plates and anchors bolts Column base plates and anchors bolts
12 NA NA

General Plan:
- General reconnaissance of the berth
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- Tilting, twisting, buckling
Front piles along breasting face and corner
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perimeter piles
Rake piles are vulnerable for overload
Steel Members:
- To take thickness measurements
- To check breakdown of steel memebers
- Connection of the memebers
- Corrosion check: Bright orange colour
Black grey sludge
Bright shiny pitted steel surface
- Any crack in steel member webs are serious
- Any crack in steel member flange may consider as local damage

Equipment required:
Measuring tape For basic measurements
Hammer To remove rust scale
Camera To take photos
Thickness gauge To check steel member thickness