Exacutive Summary
This report includes some technical information about the Bored Piles divided into three major titles: (1) Bored Piles – definition, and types (2) method of installation (3) Bored Piles Tests.
Moreover, defining bored piles depends on the usage because if it will be used as sheet pile wall it has a different equations, tests, and installation method. In this report, the aim is to shut lights in general on Bored piles mostly on those which are used under cap or raft foundation. In addition, since there are many types of bored piles, the chosen two types were the rotary bored piles and auger piles because they are the most widely used around the world.
The next part, the method of installation adopted commonly is discussed shortly by real photos from sport city tower project in summer 2005, showing the typical stages of pile construction after excavation and dewatering.
Furthermore, the third part is about pile tests which is considered the most important stage for piles because it will shows whether such pile is good or not. In this section, the most commonly used tests have been discussed clarifying the advantages, disadvantages, different mythology used for the same test by different companies and societies.
Eventually, the amount of information available on the World Wide Web is huge and some of them are very well detailed starting from articles up to detailed lectures in design and analysis of piles |
