20th May 2014

An advice on contractor’s comment

dated 17th May 2014
Yuji Yashiro
Geotechnical Expert
Oriental Consultants Co, Ltd,.
1. Types of platform
Regarding the platform for drilling machine, Soil Tech selects the option 3 (Crane
operated hanging platform) for the platform for drilling as they claim from their
experience for 15 years there has been no accidents and there are good possibilities for
another landslide to occur if they use the stable platform (scaffold) that now Consultant
recommend.
And SoilTech shows the options for types of platform listed below and seems to choose
the option 3;

① Lifter platform technique with telescopic jacks-18m (Japanese make).

② Stable platform upon a firmly built up stage （ Scaffolding Technique ） .
③ Crane operated hanging platform (the technique being applied at present).
④ Spider type of hanging driller (Chinese make).

The Consultant however still have a serious reservations on the option 3 as the craned
platform with hanging basket method tends to generate an unpredictable and
complicated big forces onto the rod or the hanging rope that supports the basket with the
drilling machine when the drilling work vibrates the hummer-bid, and pushes and pulls
and rotates.
Also the irregular swing of the basket could be a collapse of inner wall of the borehole
then change the direction of the borehole.
The concern by SoilTech for the stable platform (scaffolding) will be cleared considering
the making of stable platforms only comes after the proper trimming work and the
landslide will not occur when the unstable earth is removed.
For those abovementioned reasons Consultant still recommend the stable platform

2. Necessity of double pipe boring

The drilling machine that now Soiltech uses for slope protection work is a “rotary-down
the hole” drill type suitable for the single piped drilling but not applicable to the double
piped drilling. In general “Rotary-Percussion Drill” type is applicable to a double piped
drilling.
 Boring machine

Compressor
Air Sui bell
Boring Machine
Rod
Down The Hole Hammer
Down-the-hole Hammer
Hammer bit

Bed
Rock

Hammer Bit

Arrangement of boring machine (Rotary-Down The Hole Drill type machine)

Soiltech says they continue to use the single piped drilling machine with a more powerful
high pressure driller by which the drilling gets more efficient and meets the quality of
boreholes.
However as the Consultant mentioned in the previous comment “Assessment of the Hard
Rock” the earth of the construction site contains the soft weathered bedrock where the
wall of boreholes easily collapse. The boring works require accuracy. Considering the
following conditions in the site, it is quite advisable for contractor to use the double pipe
boring machine to Rotary-Percussion Drill type that enable the double tube grinding with
about 50m in grinding hole depth) to ensure the quality of boreholes;

○ Boreholes tends to collapse because of the weathered rocks

 ○ Smooth tendon insertion is required
○ Smooth grout injection is required
○ The grout for cable anchor is done by pressurized casing

3. About the direction of the boring

The design of soil nailing and cable anchoring
takes the future expansion of landslide that
occurred in the last year into account.
To ensure the designed strength of soil Bore hole

nailing and cable anchoring, it is necessary to

bore the holes in parallel to the direction that
landslide moves. (ie; the direction of traverse
line) Slope
In addition, the direction of boring get cross
the dimension of slope work as illustrated in
the figure shown right, it is necessary to set up Base
the base behind the anchor plate.
Anchor plate

illustration of base

Expansion slipping of stability analysis

 Soil Nailing and Cable Anchoring
is executed in parallel to
movement direction.

4. Work Flow
The flow of construction for the main work is shown in the chart below.
After the construction of Earthworks( Trimming), slope Protection work is to be done.
Therefore, it is necessary to survey to set the starting point for trimming immediately.
Drilling of 48 holes (L=12m) with 100mm in diameter is completed now (unconfirmed).
 Flow of construction

Start of work measurement

Earthworks Construction of Horizontal

Drains
Driling for 100mm dia
Driling for 50mm dia

Slope Protection
Soil Nailing ･ Cable Anchoring
Shotcreating Construction of Drains
Provision of gravel pack

Construction of Retaining Walls

Turfing