Contract RA/240 – CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AND

MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND INTERCHANGES ON THE

EXISTING 7TH RING ROAD
- STATE OF KUWAIT -

– PILE INTEGRITY TEST REPORT –

- On Pile No. AXIS P15-P11 -

SUBMITTED TO:

TREVI FOUNDATIONS

OWNER : Ministry of Public Works, MPW

CONSULTANT : ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS GLOBAL

CONTRACTOR: SINOHYDRO

SUB-CONTRACTOR: Trevi Foundations

Prepared By:

INCO - LABS
For Soil & Material Testing, Surveying, Calibration, Structural Evaluation & Environmental Studies
P.O. Box: 21073, Safat 13071, Kuwait. Tel (965) 2471 0780. Fax (965) 2471 6526

Date of Issue: 13thJuly 2021

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Date: 13th JULY 2021
Ref.; INCO/PILING/RC/21-13-5/PIT_21-008

Client: Trevi Foundations

Attention: Eng. Dutta

Site Engineer

Job Order No.: 21-13-5

Subject: Pile Integrity Test Report

On Pile Nos. AXIS P15-P11
Contract RA/240 – CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AND
MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND INTERCHANGES ON THE
EXISTING 7TH RING ROAD
State of Kuwait
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Dear Sir,

We are pleased to submit herewith two (2) copies of our Pile Integrity T e s t
R e p o r t w h i c h contains data, analysis & interpretation of the PITs performed on o n e
( 1 ) B o a r d pile. The PIT was carried out at the site on 12th of July 2021 for the above
mentioned project.

We trust that the information contained herein will suit your current project needs; if
you have any questions or require further technical assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
us.
We are pleased to have been on service on this occasion and we look forward to
working with you further on these on-going & future projects.

Best Regards,
For INCO-LABS

Dr. Abdul Majeed A. Jeragh

Technical Consultant

Date of Issue: 13th July 2021

PIT Test Reports for Board Piles @ RA/240 Project INCO-LABS
On Pile Nos. AXIS P15-P11
Contract RA/240 – CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AND MAINTENANCE OF
ROADS AND INTERCHANGES ON THE EXISTING 7TH RING ROAD
State of Kuwait
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1. INTRODUCTION

a) INCO-LABS provides specialist-testing services in the field of Non-Destructive

Testing of Pile Foundations in technical support with Pile Dynamics, Inc., USA, pioneers
in the field of dynamic pile testing and pile integrity testing worldwide. INCO-LABS own
and operate the Pile Integrity Tester- Starter System, which involves the state of Art
equipment and computer software for analysis.

b) This system of testing to evaluate pile integrity is being used widely in the
worldwide & the testing is standardized as per ASTM D5882-19. The methodology of
field testing is described below.

2. PILE INTEGRITY TESTING AND MEASUREMENT

a. Integrity tests are performed using a highly sensitive accelerometer, a magnification

device, an amplification box, a small impact device and a computer with ability to convert
data from analogue to digital form and display graphically. All these facilities except the
accelerometer and the impact device are now a part of small portable new generation
equipment – The Pile Integrity Tester – Collector Model that is a compact built in data
collector with finger touch screen.

b. The testing involves attachment of an accelerometer onto the pile top (not near its
edge) with the help of bonding material like candle wax, Vaseline, etc. After attachment,
the pile is impacted with a hand held device (a hand held hammer). This generates low
stress wave into the pile. The resultant strains are of extremely low magnitude, and the
method is hence known as Low Strain Method.

c. The accelerations generated by the impact are measured by the accelerometer attached
on the pile top and are converted to velocity form for display onto the collector screen.
Reflections from pile toe / pile discontinuities, cross-sectional changes, soil resistance
changes, the wave speed through the pile etc., are graphically displayed

d. The test involves collection of several blows during the stage of testing. All such
similar blows are averaged before display. This averaging technique tends to cancel random
signals in any particular blow while amplifying the effects of relevant repetitive response

e. The signals are also exponentially amplified. Low strain signals generated due to
hammer impact are often damped by skin friction. For long piles with high skin friction,
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reflections from pile toe may be small. By amplifying the records exponentially with time,
this will enhance the identification of relevant reflections that have low energy

2. DATA INTERPRETATION AND INTEGRITY

a. Discontinuities, cross-sectional changes, material property changes, such as

between concrete and surrounding strata etc., cause reflections at the pile top. Such
reflections are measured and checked for each pile. Thus any defect in the pile shaft can
be easily detected. By measuring the travel time of any such reflection, the location of
defect in the pile can be located.

b. The wave speed is determined from the response of the pile toe. This measured
wave speed by itself is an important test result, from which the general condition of
concrete can be estimated.

c. Thus, generally the following can be evaluated and using Pile Integrity Testing
these findings are also usually a part of the final report.

 Changes in cross-section such as, bulb, reduction, etc.

 Sudden changes in soil strata including rock socket if any.
 Concrete quality in terms of wave speed.

This Report presents the results of Pile Integrity Testing (Low Strain method) carried out on
the cast-in-situ Board Piles for Pile Nos. AXIS P15-P11 located at the Contract RA/240 –
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND
INTERCHANGES ON THE EXISTING 7TH RING ROAD, State of Kuwait.

Testing was carried out o n 1 2 t h J u l y 2 0 2 1 , using a Pile Integrity Tester

(Low Strain method) made by Pile Dynamics Inc, USA, in accordance with ASTM D
5882 – 19, "Standard Test Method for Low Strain Integrity testing of Piles”.

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4. TEST PILE DETAILS

Pile Integrity Test was carried out on working piles to test their integrity with their
details stated below:

Pile No. EASTING NORTHING Length (m) Diameter(mm)

AXIS P15-P11 510744.571 3229672.726 16.75 2500

5. PILE INTEGRITY TESTING

The Testing is performed by Pile Integrity Tester (Low strain Integrity Testing) which
provides the velocity and force response of the pile when induced by a hand held
hammer with a hard plastic tip. The Pile integrity Tester basically consists of a
following Instruments complying with ASTM D 5882-19;

1. A PIT Hammer to produce the Impact wave.

2. Accelerometers to measure the velocity data with acceleration range of 100 ‘g’.
3. Data acquisition System consisting of facility for recording, reducing, and display and
analysing the signals received from the accelerators and transducers.
Several Impacts were applied and each individual impact and the average of them are
recorded. The number of impacts for the specified average was generated. The results of
the pile integrity tests are provided in the Appendix-A attached to this report.

6. INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS

The interpretation of results consists of evaluation of data based on the reflections

recorded during testing as described above. Reflections are produced by variations in
shape, material, soil resistance changes, joints etc. The deepest reflector is the pile’s toe
and its reflection is last observed. All such reflections are in acceleration form and are
numerically integrated to velocity before being displayed. The integrity of the pile thus
tested is based on such reflections and detected changes in impedance (EA/C) along the
pile length, when subjected to an impact blow. Here E is the elastic modulus of the pile
material, A is cross-sectional area of the pile and C is the wave speed.

7. LIMITATIONS OF TEST SYSTEM

1. The test method can generally evaluate for piles up to an L/D ratio of 5 to 45.
However, this also depends on the soil resistance that may attenuate the signals.
2. For piles with greatly varying cross-sectional area especially in layered soils, it
may be difficult to distinguish relevant reflections due to construction method and those
due to localized discontinuities.

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3. Although the test system can be used to evaluate length of piles, the
determination of pile length is approximate within a range of  5 - 10% due to minor
variation in concrete density as concrete is actually a heterogeneous material.

8. DISCUSSION OF TEST RESULTS

The detailed test graphs and summary of records are attached in Appendix A of the
report. Generally the following conclusions can be derived from integrity tests conducted
on the pile shafts.

1. A total of one (1) Nos. (On Pile Nos. AXIS P15-P11) of pile was tested at site
with a maximum of (3) profiles generated for observation.
2. Wave speed for all piles is generally around 4000m/sec that can be termed as within
range and indicates concrete of consistent quality.
3. No major reduction in impedance was observed in case of all the tested piles.
4. Pile integrity is classified as OK for the piles based on low strain test records of the
report.
5. This report has been prepared with generally accepted engineering practices and the
results of integrity testing as per ASTM D5882-19. No other warranty, expressed or
implied, is made. The findings provided in this report are based on the result of the
individual pile tested and information made available to us.

Comments:
From the Integrity Test results of the piles, it has been observed that there have been no
big anomalies or variation along the pile shaft and they exhibit fairly uniform profiles.
The piles can be considered "Good" and no major Anomalies were encountered.

Appendix -A: - PIT Graphs and Summary of Records

Respectfully Submitted,
INCO - LABS

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Appendix-A
PIT GRAPHS AND SUMMARY OF RECORDS

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cm/s Pile: AXIS P15-P11(1) - 3: # 11

WT 12.5 N
0.50
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0.25 Hi 50.0 m 40.0 Hz
2W 5.00 m 400.0 Hz

0.00

x 10.00 L/D=6.7 (D=250 cm)

-0.25 V 0.093 cm/s (0.221)
16.75 m (4000 m/s)
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 m
cm/s Pile: AXIS P15-P11(2) - 3: # 10
WT 12.5 N
1.20
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0.60 Hi 50.0 m 40.0 Hz
2W 5.00 m 400.0 Hz

0.00

x 10.00 L/D=6.7 (D=250 cm)

-0.60 V 0.148 cm/s (0.596)
16.75 m (4000 m/s)
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 m
cm/s Pile: AXIS P15-P11(3) - 3: # 8
WT 12.5 N
1.20
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0.60 Hi 50.0 m 40.0 Hz
2W 5.00 m 400.0 Hz

0.00

x 10.00 L/D=6.7 (D=250 cm)

-0.60 V 0.140 cm/s (0.600)
16.75 m (4000 m/s)
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 m
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Su mmar y o f Rec or ds

Rec or d Rec or d Pile Da te Pile Wa v e

No. ID Name Colle c te d Le ng th Spe ed Ma gn Comme nts
m m/s

11 A XIS
1 P15 - P11 ( 1 ) 7/1 2/2 02 1 1 6.7 5 40 00 .00 10 .00 ok
10 A XIS
1 P15 - P11 ( 2 ) 7/1 2/2 02 1 1 6.7 5 40 00 .00 10 .00 ok
8 A XIS
1 P15 - P11 ( 3 ) 7/1 2/2 02 1 1 6.7 5 40 00 .00 10 .00 ok