This report provides information on the current practices used by state transportation agencies to develop pile driving criteria, with special attention paid to the use of test pile data in the process.

<p>Piles are used to transfer loads to a deeper bearing strata, support structures on soil too weak for spread footings and/or protect against scour. Pile driving is unique in the construction industry, in that the machinery used to install the product is ...

The results of the test pile program established driving criteria for production piles that included end of- drive blow counts and pile tip elevations with an appropriate allowance for setup. The program also confirmed that the planned installation equipment ...

The importance of vibration problems induced by pile driving is addressed and guidelines for establishing limiting vibration levels with respect to buildings with different foundation conditions are presented.

<p>The Geotechnical Engineering Bureau currently uses the method developed by Nordlund (see Appendices B and C) to determine the static capacity of a pile in cohesionless soil. This method has been shown to accurately predict pile lengths and capacities for ...

<p>The purpose of this document is to give guidance for the design and construction of foundations in Hong Kong. It is aimed at professionals and supervisory personnel involved in the design and construction of foundations. The document has been prepared on ...

The advent of the wave equation analysis in the mid-seventies was a quantum leap in foundation engineering. For the first time, a design could consider the entire pile driving system, such as wave propagation characteristics, velocity dependent aspects (damping), ...

When evaluating the performance of a piling project, the approach is acceptable. However, when performing a special study, for instance comparing different methods of capacity evaluation, such as static versus dynamic, it is not advisable to apply one method ...

This report presents the results of a comprehensive investigation of the " performance of pile driving systems. It is an inspection manual for impact hammers and includes pile cushions, helmets, and leads. The manual also includes pile hammer data sheets ...

The advent of the wave equation analysis during the 1960s through the 1970s was a quantum leap in modern foundation engineering. For the first time, the full complex of pile driving could be considered, that is, velocity dependent aspects (damping), soil deformation ...