WING KONG PILING SDN BHD

METHOD STATEMENT

FOR

IMPACT DRIVEN 300mm x 300mm RC Pile

METHOD STATEMENT OF PILING USING HYDRAULIC
HAMMER

I) PILING

A) PRELIMINARY

1) Prepare and submission of setting calculation.

2) Site visit and inform client immediately if any earthwork need to be done near
peg area.

3) Ensure access of the site is appropriate for the type of piling machine require
if not alternative have to be made before mobilize piling machine to the site.

B) HANDLING / PITCHING

1) Unload the piles with care.

2) When stacking onsite, choose a firm level location not liable to unequal
settlement.

3) Each pile will be checked to ensure it is not cracked and mature enough before
it will be used.

4) Piles will be pitched careful to the machine and not to drag them along ground
surface or to give any shock to the piles or pile driver.

C) DRIVING OF PILES

1) The piling base machine is maneuver to align with the pile point.

2) Pile is pitched and inserted in the helmet and is then raised up together with
the hammer to the top of the leader.

3) Ensure the hammer, helmet and pile are correctly aligned before commence
driving.

4) After few blows, check pile location and alignment again.

5) The driving direction of hammer and shaft centers of helmet and pile should
be maintained on the same straight line at all times.

6) When the initial pile segment is driven close to ground surface, stop driving
and remove hammer and helmet.
Driving of piles, continued

7) The extension pile segment is then pitched up and placed on top of the initial
pile segment. The tow pile segments shall be aligned properly.

8) Clean the joint plates of both the lower and upper pile segment to remove
mud.

9) Butt welding is performed along the whole perimeter of jointing plates

10) Resume driving after checking the welded joint.

11) When piles are driven to a predetermined depth, measure final settlements and
stop driving. When piles are driven to hard strata, measure final settlements
for last 10 blows count. Driving shall be stopped when the specified
settlements for last 10 blows (set) is obtained.

12) Record the achieved penetration depth in pile driving record and blow count
accompanied with corresponding set graph and forward to clients
representative for verification.
II MAINTAINED LOAD TEST

Procedure for single pile test 300mm x 300mm R.C. Square Piles

1) Dial gauges and jack must be in good working conditions and calibrated half
yearly a reliable laboratory. The dial gauges for settlement shall be capable to read
to 0.01 mm. A minimum of four dial gauges must be installed for settlements
reading. Copies of calibration report for dial gauges and pressure gauges will be
prepared at the site for reference.

2) An experience supervisor together with the testing equipment and test procedure
will be present full time during the duration of pile test.

3) The weight of kentledge shall be greater than the maximum test load by at least
10% of the maximum test load.

4) The kentledge set up, staging etc will be checked on site before the
commencement of actual pile testing is conducted.

5) Data: a) pile type : R.C. Pile

b) pile size : 300mm x 300mm
c) working load : 90 ton

B) 1st CYCLE

1) The following load increment and decrement shall be applied / released as

following:

a) Equal load increment of 22.5 tons to a maximum load of 90 tons shall be

applied for 300mm R.C. pile (ie. Increment in each 25% of the working
load).

b) Equal load decrement of 22.5 tons shall be released from the maximum 4
numbers load to zero (0) ton (ie. Decrement in each 25% of the working
load).

2) At each increment load, settlement reading shall be taken before and after each
increment of load and thereafter at intervals of 15 minutes. The minimum holding
time shall be at least 1 hour.

3) When the test load has reached the required working load, it shall be maintained
for a period of 8 hours or such longer period as per the engineer may decided and
settlements reading shall be taken for the first 15, 30, 45 & 60 minutes and every
hourly intervals within this period.

4) At each decrement, settlement reading shall be taken before and after each
decrement of load and thereafter at intervals of 15 minutes. The minimum holding
time shall not less than 1 hour.
C) 2nd CYCLE

1) The following load increment shall be applied to the following test pile after the
successful implementation of the 1st Cycle testing: -

a) Equal load increment of each 20% of the maximum load

(i.e. 0 ton, 10 tons, 20 tons, 30 tons, 40 tons & 50 tons)

b) Equal load decrement of each 20% of the maximum load

(i.e. 50 tons, 40 tons, 30 tons, 20 tons, 10 tons and 0 tons)

2) At each increment load settlement reading shall be taken before and thereafter at
intervals of 15 minutes. The minimum holding time shall be at least 1 hour.

3) When the load has reached the required maximum load, it shall be maintained for
a period 24 hours and settlement reading shall be taken for the first 15, 30, 45, &
60 minutes and every hourly interval within this period.

4) At each decrement load, settlement reading shall be taken before and after each
decrement of load and thereafter at intervals of 15 minutes. The minimum holding
time shall not less than 1 hour.

D) RESULT

1) The following graph will plot out and submit to the engineer.

b) Load versus settlement: maximum settlement under working load.

b) Load versus time: maximum settlement under twice the working load;
and

c) Settlement versus time: - the residual or permanent settlement after the

second cycle of loading
III DYNAMIC PILE MONITORING AND TESTING

SCOPE OF WORK

This scope of pile instrumentation and monitoring services during pile driving is based on
the ASTM D 4945-96 and ICE Piling Specifications (UK).

A) PRIOR TO PILE INSTALLATION

Wave Equation Analysis is carried out to predicting the pile driving characteristic for the
pile/hammer combinations under different pile penetrations to obtain the driving
behavior. The wave equation analysis is used to obtain the maximum soil resistance and
to check whether the pile can be driven by the hammer used to a final blow count.

The output shall be:-

1) in the form of a relationship between pile capacity and driving behavior.

2) an estimate of the final set (mm/blow).

3) relationship between driving stresses in the pile and penetration resistance.

B) DURING PILE INSTALLATION

Measurement of pile and hammer performance and the following data during driving:

1) Force in the pile

2) Maximum stress measured at the pile top

3) Soil resistance to driving

4) Pile integrity

Immediate evaluation of the above data in the field will be made by an experience
engineer to assess the capacity of the piles.

C) AFTER PILE INSTALLATION

The field instrumentation data will be processed and the following values will be
calculated on completion of driving: -

1) Energy of the hammer actually transmitted to the pile.

2) Efficiency of the hammer at different operating pressures, strokes and etc.

3) Total soil resistance, skin fraction and tip resistance during driving.

4) Magnitude of pile driving stress at the measured location.

D) FINAL REPORT

A final report will be prepared on the completion of the field work, incorporating results
of the tested piles together with the details of pile instrumentation and recording
equipment, records of field measurements made and analysis of the measured data.

E) TEST PROCEDURE

Dynamic pile test will be conducted on piled foundations at the end of driving or at
restrike for selected piles.

The pile is to be at least 3 diameter or 1.0m above the ground level. 3 numbers each of
6mm diameter holes are drilled on opposite sides of the pile. The gauges are then
attached to the pile using Ramset plugs.

The client will supply and operate the piling hammer to induce a driving force on the
pile. Dynamic measurement of force and velocity will be collected by gauges attached to
the pile. This data will be processed by the PDA to give immediate visual and permanent
record onsite.

The PDA will provide onsite results such as:-

1) RMX Mobilized static load capacity based on the CASE method.

2) BTA Pile integrity location and extent of damage.

3) CSX Pile stresses maximum compression forces at pile top.

4) EMX Hammer performance maximum energy transferred to the pile.

F) DATA ASSESSMENT AND CAPWAP ANALYSIS

The pile top force and velocity signals recorded in the field will be processed and a
representative will be selected for further analysis using the CAPWAP suite of computer
software.

CAPWAP analysis involves applying the measurement pile top force/velocity time record
as a boundary condition to a wave equation model of the pile comprising of continuous
segments.

The soil model is continuously adjusted in an iterative procedure until the computed pile
top force time record is in close agreement to the measured pile top force time record.
When goods agreement is obtained between measured and computed pile top data the soil
resistance parameters are assumed to provide the best accurate model of the actual soil
behavior.

A typical presentation of the CAPWAP results will be as follows:-

1) CAPWAP model a match curve of computed pile top force to the measured pile
top force time record.
2) Total computed soil capacity sum of skin friction and toe bearing.
3) Computed Load against Settlement curve.
G) REPORTING

Initial results are normally available within 24 hours or two working days of the
completion of each test. These shall include the following:-

1) the assumed damping factor

2) the assumed wave speed

3) the maximum force applied to the pile head

4) the maximum pile head velocity

5) the maximum energy imparted to the pile

6) the maximum tension force experience by the pile

7) the field estimate static resistance

8) the maximum driving stresses

A full report shall be submitted within 7 days of the completion of testing. This report
shall include the following:-

1) report all information given in preliminary report

2) information of pile size and working load

3) date of pile installation

4) date of test

5) pile identification and location

6) length of pile below existing surface

7) total length, including projection above existing surface at time of testing

8) length of pile from instrumentation position to the pile toe

9) hammer type

10) best estimated static capacity

11) pile integrity

12) force/velocity versus time trace

13) computed load versus settlement

14) gauges calibration certificate

Set calculation for hammer driven piles using modified Hileys Formula

Type of Pile : 300 mm RC square pile

Working Load of Pile : 90 Tons

Estimate Pile Length : 12 metres

Driving Hammer : 5.0 Tons Drop hammer

Weight of RAM, W : 5.0 Tons

Weight of Pile, P1 : 2.592 Tons (300 x 300 x 12 x 24)

Weight of Driving Cap, P2: 0.41

Total weight P = (P1 + P2) : 3 Tons

Ram Drop Height, H : 18 inches or 450 mm

Coeff. Of Rest., N : 0.45

Temp. Compression, C : 0.5 inch (assumed)

Efficiency factor, F = W + (P. N2)

W+P

= 5.6075
8.00

= 0.7

Ultimate resistance, R=W.H.F

S + C /2

Using factor of safety = 2 times working load of pile

Required R = 180 Tons

S + C/2 = W. H. F. (5.0 x 18 inch x 0.7)

180

= 0.35 inch

Assume temporary compression, C = 0.5 inch

Set per blow s = 0.1

Set/10 blows reqd = 1 inch or 25.00 mm