Publication Books

The book highlights the pivotal role of supervisors in construction, explaining their responsibilities. It covers pre-construction concerns and breaks down inspection stages for bored pile installation, from initial checks to post-installation testing. It includes specifications and guidance for handling miscellaneous issues and provides practical Q&A with real case examples. The book underscores the importance of pile supervisors in ensuring safety and quality, serving as a valuable resource for effective project management.

This book covers the role of site supervision in ensuring proper installation of displacement piles, such as driven/jacked RC/spun piles. It discusses responsibilities, displacement pile installation practices, common installation issues, and provides case histories to highlight defective constructions and malpractices. The goal is to enhance site supervisors' expertise in ensuring compliance with design specifications and codes. Commonly asked questions are addressed in a Q&A section, leading to conclusive remarks.

This volume is a comprehensive guide to static pile load testing, covering key tests such as the compressive pile load test and bi-directional pile load test. It provides detailed methodologies and equipment setup instructions to ensure tests are conducted properly, delivering accurate results that reflect the true behavior of bored piles under load. This guide is essential for confirming design assumptions and assessing the integrity of existing structures.

Dynamic pile load testing is crucial for quickly and efficiently assessing pile capacity, covering key tests such as the medium strain pile load test and high strain pile load test. This volume focuses on the theoretical foundations and practical execution of dynamic testing methods. It includes step-by-step procedures for conducting tests, ensuring that they are performed correctly to produce reliable results that verify pile performance under dynamic conditions.

Integrity testing is a vital part of ensuring that piles are structurally sound. This guide delves into dynamic pile integrity testing, covering key tests such as the low strain pile integrity test, ultrasonic pile integrity test, and tube wave pile integrity test. It offers practical advice on detecting defects and anomalies within piles, providing a thorough exploration of how to evaluate the overall condition of piles using dynamic methods. This makes it an indispensable resource for engineers focused on maintaining high standards of structural integrity.

Dynamic pile imaging tests provide advanced insights into the subsurface conditions of piles, enabling a non-destructive evaluation of their internal structure. This volume introduces state-of-the-art imaging techniques, covering key tests such as the hole profiling pile imaging test, parallel seismic pile imaging test, and CCTV camera pile imaging test. It offers detailed guidance on everything from equipment selection to the execution of imaging tests, providing a complete roadmap for professionals looking to visualize and assess pile conditions with precision, ensuring that the internal integrity of piles is thoroughly understood.