Static Pile Load Test Equipment

The contractor must engage the services of a professional engineer licensed and registered in new york state experienced in all aspects of pile load testing and acceptable to the deputy.

Static pile load test equipment.

We can provide jacking equipment to test driven piles from 1 2000 tons. Characteristic of this type of pile testing is that the load is applied somewhere halfway in the pile instead of at the top of the pile. The incremental static load test and 3. Preparation equipment for testing.

Cementation foundations skanska ltd hertfordshire uk test equipment has been developed to record automatically both the displacement of the pile head and the load applied during a conventional maintained load pile test. The testing device features a pressure chamber and reaction mass. They can be accompanied with a load cell and digital readout box to give a more accurate reading. The static load tester slt automatically obtains and records reliable readings at programmable load intervals during a static load test.

The systems can be manually electrically or automatically controlled. The design of lateral load of a pile is shown on the piling plan piling schedule drawing. Each load test shall carry out continuously without interruption. Turn key static load testing by aft can be the right choice as we have accurate results with the load test program.

The system allows for monitoring of up to 16 independent channels taken from traditional pile top measurements or from embedded sensors from each data acquisition box. The jack or jacks shall be arranged in conjunction with the reaction system to deliver an axial load to the test pile. An alternative procedure that attempts to avoid aspects of static load testing s testing applies to driven piles and cast in place piles that are submitted to lower stresses than in other dynamic testing which reduces the possibility of pile damage. The static lateral load test shall be 2 two times of the design lateral load for that pile in accordance with astm d3966.

All testing shall be. The constant rate of penetration test. Bi directional test o cell the bi directional test is an alternative for the static load test for bored concrete piles. In general for a static pile load test the contractor will need to provide a crane and operator for the lifting and placement of the testing equipment from the caltrans transport trailers on to the pile array and for returning the equipment to the trailer once the testing is complete.

England bsc msc dic phd. Static load tests points have proven to save money while providng accurate data. 4 4 7 equipment for applying load the equipment used for applying load shall consist of one or more hydraulic rams or jacks with the total capacity of the jacks being at least equal to the required maximum load.