METHOD STATEMENT

BORED PILING
1. GENERAL
a. The method statement for bored piling below describes
the whole construction procedures including material
and equipment required for the construction of bored
cast-in-situ piles
b. Detail of the procedures contained herein may be
reviewed periodically and modified based on actual
requirement
c. The piles to be constructed will be of a nominal specified
diameter, bored through overlying soils to found in the
bedrock strata or remain in the soil to act as shaft
friction and end bearing piles.
d. The piles are designed by the Engineer to resist axial
compressive loads.

2. BORED PILES CONSTRUCTION

3. SETTING OUT
a. The location of permanent bored piles shall be set
out and pegged by the subcontractor’s surveyor
based on approved setting out drawings from
consultant and control points at site.
b. The surveying details of each location to be
recorded incorporating reduced level and
coordinates.
c. Each individually surveyed pile position shall be
protected from disturbance prior to
commencement of boring works.
d. Two reference points to be installed equidistant at
not less than 2.0m from the pile centre location.
e. A pilot hole of about 3-6 meter deep shall be
drilled at the pile location.
f. The eccentricity and alignment of the pilot hole is
then checked.

4. DRILLING
a. Prior to commencing any operations, the client
representative will be required to verify all
associated technical information such as presence
of services, pile coordinates, platform and cut-off
levels, validity of drawings etc.
b. Then, if necessary, after accurately setting out of
the pile location by a land surveyor, a temporary
casing will be set in position with length of casing
to be determined from ground condition.
c. The vertical accuracy of the casing will be checked
during the installation process using 2 numbers of
plumb bob.
d. Excavation of the soil inside the casing/bored
holes will be carried out using the rotary Kelly bar
and the auger or bucket method.
e. The drilling process will be continued to the
designed founding depth or to the
commencement of rock head level by using augers
and drilling buckets.
f. Pile lengths shall be as per the current
construction drawings or as otherwise
instructed by the client/Engineer.
g. At the point of encountering the rock head level,
for examples, where the soil drilling tools are
unable to penetrate the strata any further, boring
shall cease in order that the client’s
representative may verify the occurrence and
confirm the rock socketing criteria.
h. For drilling through rock, rock drilling tools shall
be applied. This shall include rock auger, core
barrels, (round shank, roller bit) cross cutters
and where necessary, chisels.
i. The final toe level of the pile shall be verified by
the client’s representative. A detailed record of all
encountered ground conditions together with the
associated times and type of equipment and
materials used will be recorded in the ‘Pile Bore
Log’.
j. Upon reaching the final depth, loose and remolded
material and debris will be removed using
‘cleaning bucket’. The cleaning bucket is a
specially design flat bottom bucket which will
pick up all the loose material at the bottom of the
hole. The base of the hole shall be checked by the
measuring the depth of the base.

5. BENTONITE
a. The bentonite is delivered to site in 50kg per bags,
which are stored under cover.
b. The bentonite is mixed by high turbulence mixers
and the slurry is stored in a pool. The size of the
pool shall have a storage capacity of about 400 cu.
m.
c. A laboratory is provided on site for regular testing
of the slurry.
d. The minimum frequency of testing and the
acceptable range of physical characteristics of the
bentonite slurry must be conforming to
specification.
e. Laboratory reports are kept during the
construction period.
f. Apparatus available in the site laboratory includes
the following:
1 mud balance (density test)
1 marsh cone (viscosity test)
1 sand screen set (sand content test)
Paper for measuring Ph
g. Contaminated bentonite slurry will be discarded
by mixing with the earth and transport to
dumping area.
h. Bentonite will be used as a drilling fluid to
stabilize the bored hole.
i. During the boring process, the bentonite slurry is
kept as high as possible within the casing and well
above the existing ground water
j. Upon completion of boring, the bottom of the
bored hole is thoroughly cleaned with the
cleaning bucket prior to recycling of the
bentonite.
k. A submersible turbine pump attached to the
tremie pipe is lowered to the bottom of the bored
hole.
l. The bentonite, loaded with soil particles in
suspension, is drawn off from the bottom of the
bored hole and recycled through a Caviem or
equivalent recycling unit.
m. The process is continued until the bentonite
arriving from the base of bored hole had been
flush out.
6. INSTALLATION OF STEEL CAGE
a. The reinforcement cage will be fabricated in lay-
down sections.
b. The length, type and size of the steel cage will be
according to contract drawings and specifications.
c. The cages will be provided with stiffening rings
and others accessories to enable handling, lifting
and installation without permanent deformations.
d. Cages will be installed into the bored hole using a
service crane of the required lifting capacity
e. Concrete spacers wired to the cage shall
provide lateral support and ensure adequate
concrete cover.
f. Spacers shall be placed at 3 equal levels of each
12m cage with 3 nos at each level.
g. If the diameter of bored pile more than 200cm the
spacers shall be placed more than 3 nos to be
advised by consultant representative.
7. CONCRETING
a. All pile shall then be concreted by using the
(tremie) method.
b. Concrete of higher slump (=175mm+25mm)
otherwise specified, shall be used for ‘tremie’
method.
c. The self-compacting mixed concrete will be
discharged through a tremie pipe, which is
lowered centrally to the bottom of the bored hole
prior to filling it with concrete.
d. Concrete level of the borehole was recorded after
each concrete truck discharged and graph will be
plotting against theoretical.
e. One length shall be continuously embedded in the
concrete during this process to ensure that the
discharge of concrete is below the level of the
impurities, which might be present in the top part
of the rising head of concrete.
f. All testing and sampling of the concrete shall be
carried out as instructed by the Engineer or
Engineer’s representative.
g. A complete record of all cubes taken shall be
maintained in a proper form and slump test
results shall be recorded on the ‘Delivery Order’
and the ‘Pile Bore Log’.
h. All compressive concrete tests will be carried out
at the supplier’s laboratory and independent lab.
i. The client will be notified of the dates of the test by
regular issuance in order the tests maybe
witnessed.
j. For a continuous assurance of concrete quality
and integrity, concrete will be poured to
minimum 0.6m above the theoretical cut-off level
(Otherwise Specified).
k. All completed piles shall be temporarily
barricaded and to be backfilled to ground level
with a suitable material the next day.
8. SPOIL REMOVAL
a. Spoil from piles will be cleared from the boring
locations by means of an excavator as boring
proceeds.
b. Depending on the volume of spoil excavated, it
will be removed to stockpile area or spoil pit, for
drying before loading and removed off-site.