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SECTION 4
STEEL SHEET PILING WORK
MATERIALS
Steel sheet pile
sections
4.01
Tender
submission
4.02
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii) Detailed calculations of the proposed sheet piles and the system of
lateral support of sheet piles prepared by a Registered Structural
Engineer when specified.
(ix)
(x)
(xi)
Undertaking that the noise caused by the sheet piling works shall
satisfy the legislation currently in force.
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Provision of
details
before
commencement
of works
4.03
(ii)
The sub-division of the pile wall into panels for the purposes of
driving.
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
4.04
Existing
services
4.05
Comply with the following when it is necessary to carry out any work in the
vicinity of utility services:
Monitoring
system and
ground
settlement
4.06
(i)
(ii)
4-2
Pre-load struts or braces and carry out grout injection if required by site
conditions to minimise ground settlement.
Lateral support
4.07
Marking
4.08
Welding and
splicing
4.09
Tolerance
4.10
(ii)
(b)
For end piles in panels and for guide piles: Less than 1 : 500.
4.11
Provide rigid guide frames at upper and lower levels on both sides of the
sheet piles. Accurately set out and interlock piles within the guide frames.
Guide frames shall be designed to maintain piles in their true positions
within tolerance during driving.
Driving
4.12
Keep noise and vibration to a minimum when driving sheet piles. Comply
with the legislation currently in force in connection with noise control.
Drive piles to the specified penetration with high frequency vibration pile
drivers. For hard driving only, other methods could be adopted if approved.
Extract and re-drive sheet piles installed outside tolerance. Replace any
extracted piles that the SO considers as unfit for re-driving. Alternatively,
the SO may approve the insertion of taper or other non-standard piles or
other methods of correcting the plumb of piles.
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4.13
(ii)
(iii)
Driving the sheet piles on either side of the piles obstructed to the full
penetration specified, removing the obstruction during general
excavation work and subsequently completing the driving of the
piles obstructed. This method of removing obstructions may only be
adopted with the express permission of the SO.
(iv)
(v)
4.14
Burning off
4.15
Burn off the tops of sheet piles driven to full penetration to the level required
when specified.
Burn off the tops of sheet piles damaged by hard driving when so directed.
Sheet pile
record
4.16
Provide the SO with a record, in duplicate, for sheet piles driven the previous
day giving for each pile its identity number and the reference of the rig used.
The following data shall also be included:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
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(vii)
Re-use steel
sheet pile from
other site
4.17
Re-use of steel sheet piles from other site is permissible if they are used as
temporary works and their physical conditions are considered satisfactory by
the SO.
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