Pile Work Method Statement

Pile Work Method Statement
09 May. 2019 ⧫ Author by Mr Sirey Bunhuot




TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. General Description
2. Organization of the work
3. Machine and equipment

4. Materials
5. Work procedure
6. Construction Schedule
7. Construction Order of Pile
8. Pile test

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1.    General Description

This pile works method statement describes the details of the bored piles for the building construction . The details include organization of the pile works, equipment, materials, the work procedures and the pile test. Actual size, length, location of the piles shall be submitted in the shop drawings separately and be approved by the Employer.

2. Organization of the work
The pile works are carried out by the organizations with relevant roles indicated in the organization chart of the pile works below.

Organization chart of the pile works
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3. Machine and equipment

Machine and equipment to be used for the pile works are shown below.

Piling Machine: Sumitomo SD205-2, 1 No.
KOBELICO SOILMEC RT-3, 1No.
Welding machine 2 Nos. for each site
Concrete pump 1 No. on concrete casting
Dump truck 10 ton, 1No. for each site
Excavator ( 0.6 m3) 1No. for each site
Bentonite plant 1set for each site

Setting out plans are shown in the Appendix 1 and Appendix 2.

4. Materials
Concrete:
Ready mixed concrete  
Supplier: CPAC Cambodia LTD.
Supplier’s product code: ZBDM32B3K0, SL16-21 (Fc=28 MPa in cylinder test piece)
Reinforcement
Supplier: Vina Kyoei Steel Ltd.
Standard & grade: JIS G3112 , SD390
*JIS G3112, SD390 will be used for this project in place of ASTM A615 grade 60(Fy=420 MPa). Tensile test result will be submitted with reinforced concrete work method statement.


5. Work procedure

5.1. Preparation works
Prior to the commencement of the castinplace concrete pilling works, the temporary working platform for each pile shall be prepared, leveled and if necessary, to stand the weight of bored piling machine without any obstacles at the surface of the ground. And if it is not sufficient enough to stand the weight of bored piling machine, steel plate will be placed to serve as equipment working platform. Slurry setup shall be prepared near pile for easy installation of Bentonite slurry supply to bore hole. Check level of equipment of drilling machine and vertical of Kelly bar.

5.2. Setting Center Point of Bored Pile
Bored Pile center location will be set out by Survey equipment (Total station), and offset marking shall be prepared in at least two directions at 3.00 meter away from the center of bored pile location.

5.3. Temporary Casing Installation
After laying out pile center, it shall be predrilled using drilling machine with Kelly bar. Bentonite shall be supplied to prevent collapse of the drilled hole.
The length of casing shall be considered and justified based on the soil condition and underground water level to maintain the stability of the pile excavation against collapse. Calculation regarding length of temporary casing is 4.5 meter. Inner diameter of casing shall not be less than the specified size. The temporary casing verticality and stability during the installation and nonmovement during drilling shall be checked. The casing shall be plumbed and checked for eccentricity against offset points. Tolerance of casing center position shall not be more than 75mm of the plan position in the horizontal plane and the tolerance of the borehole verticality is 1/100. Installation of steel casing fixed with the support casing’s ear on the steel plate and use the crane for installation and extracting casing.

5.4. During Drilling and Casting
During drilling excavation, all hole of castinplace concrete pile should be excavated to the design length within the required tolerance. Excavated soil from piles will be cleared from the boring locations by means of an excavator and a dump truck as boring proceeds. Excavated holes shall be protected from collapse by using Bentonite slurry. Most of stratums the pile penetrating through are low strength cohesive soil and sand, Bentonite will be used to make up mud slurry in drilled hole to keep the pressure around the wall of the hole and protect the hole and level Bentonite at least 1m higher than water table from collapsing. Proposed mix 25Kg Bentonite per cubic meter of water and before use it need to keep 24 hours of mixing. The quality of Bentonite mud must be checked and adjusted of the requirement regularly and after the drilling process. Testing of Bentonite slurry before during and after bored pile drilling:

Bentonite slurry is made use of circularity in construction process through a Bentonite circulation system that will be arranged at site in order to avoid volume loss of Bentonite.


5.5. Installation of Steel Cage
The length, type and size of the steel cage shall be in accordance with the approved shop drawings and the specifications. The cages shall be provided with stiffening rings and others accessories to enable handling, lifting and installation without permanent deformations.
Concrete roller type spacers wired to the cage shall provide lateral support and ensure adequate concrete cover. Spacers shall be placed at 3 equal levels of each 12m cage with 3 nos. at each level. Top 1 m of the main bars shall be protected by polythene sheet wrapping to prevent direct contact of the concrete.
Steel cage shall be installed to the borehole free from dirt, loose rust or scale, paint oil or other nonmetallic coating that will reduce bonds. It will be then installed one by one. The lower steel cage will be put into the casing and temporarily fixed at the section to be spliced with the next steel cage. Sample steel gage spicing 50% welding and 50% Binding wire (rebar wieldable). When the steel cage reaches the designed level, it will be suspended from top of the casing by hang rebar. The top level of the steel cage will be confirmed in comparison to that of the casing. The level of the hanger bar to be weld on the top casing shall be measured and marked.


5.6. Installation of Tremie Pipe
Install the tremie pipe Platform on top of casing borehole before install tremie pipe. Since the tremie Pipes are segmented and connected by spiral type, these are lowered piece by piece until it reaches to the bottom of the borehole in order to have enough clearance in discharging of concrete. The top of tremie pipe is fitted with a concrete hopper. Tremie pipe plug to prevent high drop of concrete and mixing with the Bentonite at the first cast. Bottom of the tremie pipe least than 30cm to toe of borehole.

5.7. Concreting
Common method of concrete placement for bored pile is by direct pouring, but if direct pouring is not possible due to high difference of working plate form top of casing elevation, pump Crete or crane and bucket method will be used. Scaffolding and supports for working platform shall be installed. All joints of the tremie pipes are watertight in order to avoid the entry of water into the pipe that might cause the segregation of the concrete. Level of concrete in the pipe will be checked and continuous record shall be done by mean of measuring tape with attached weigh.
Composition and specification of concrete in use shall be approved mixing in the trial mixing for the pile concrete.
Pouring concrete will stop when the good concrete level is higher than the pile cutof level min. of 0.6m, and depend on the top of the soil formation, it can be increased if the soil is very loose and silty.

5.8. Removal of Temporary Casing
After completion of concrete casting, tremie pipe and working platform shall be removed. Temporary casing shall be removed vertically and gradually by crane. Elevation of top of concrete should be measured to confirm the actual elevation of concrete after removal of casing.

5.9. Back Fill
After temporary casing removal, borehole shall be backfilled by excavated soil to fill up the empty boring length. In case that backfilling is delayed 24hrs to avoid soil mixing with the fresh concrete and some reason, empty bore shall be covered by steel plate to prevent any accidents such as falling down inside the hole.

5.10. Work flow chart
Above mentioned procedure in shown in the following flow chart.


6.
 Construction Schedule 




Expected schedule for pile work is as follows which is including mobilization, test piling ,main pilin work and demobilization.


7. Construction Order of Pile
Pile construction will be started from the back side of the site (center line 11) and proceed forward to entrance direction (center line 1).
Work zone will be divided in 5 zones. It will take about 7 days to complete pile work per zone. Detail of construction order of pile is as follows.

8. Pile test
8.1 TEST PILES
Two numbers of piles for each site shall be constructed as the test piles other than the working piles. Location, type and length of the test piles shall be indicated in the shop drawings and approved by the Employer prior to the commencement of the pile works.
8.2 DYNAMIC PILE TEST
The test piles shall be tested of their load capacity by the dynamic pile test. The detail of the dynamic pile test shall be submitted in separate method statement.

The End



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# Author by: Mr. Sirey Bunhuot
# Tell : 078 474759
# Email : bunhuotf@gmail.com
# Wedsite : brofy-es.bolgspot.com
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Engineer : Sirey Bunhuot
Location : Phnom Phenh 
Project year : 2019

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