Grade Beam Formwork And Piles

Question 1

Piles can be classified by three methods. What are they?

Answer 1

Pile material, method of placement, Method of load transfer

Question 2

Name the materials piles are constructed from

Answer 2

Would,concrete, steel, composite

Question 3

Piles are placed in the soil by

Answer 3

A pile, driver or boring

Question 4

Loads are transferred to the soil from the pile by

Answer 4

Bearing piles, friction, piles, or friction plus bearing piles

Question 5

What are sheet piles used for?

Answer 5

Used to hold back earth and water

Question 6

Pile head

Answer 6

Upper surface of precast, pile, and final position

Question 7

Pile foot

Answer 7

Lower section of the pile

Question 8

Pile tip

Answer 8

Small lower end of the pile

Question 9

Pile butt

Answer 9

Large upper portion of the pile

Question 10

Pile driving head

Answer 10

Metal device placed on a pile head to receive pile, driving rig blows, and protect from damage

Question 11

Pile cut off

Answer 11

Portion of the pile I had removed after the pile is in the desired position

Question 12

Paul, shoe

Answer 12

Metacone placed over type of power to protect from damage. Well Paul is being driven.

Question 13

Describe a grouped pile

Answer 13

Collection of numerous piles, driven in close arrangement used wooden columns, provide main structural support of a building in the column load exceeds load bearing capacity of individual pile

Question 14

Possible advantages of wood piles over concrete piles

Answer 14

Lighter easier to use in cold and wet conditions, greater skin friction than other materials

Question 15

Name the two principal types of concrete piles

Answer 15

Precast and cast in piles

Question 16

Name the two groups of cast in place piles

Answer 16

Shell type and shell less

Question 17

Describe a shell type cast in place pile

Answer 17

Metal casing driven into the ground and remains in position as the concrete is placed into the casing

Question 18

Describe a shell less pile

Answer 18

Casing is removed after being driven and concrete is placed into the Bored hole

Question 19

How are precast concrete piles installed?

Answer 19

A rig or a water jet

Question 20

What are the two shapes that steel piles come in?

Answer 20

H section and tubular steel pipes

Question 21

Describe a caisson and list the steps to install one

Answer 21

Jacked in metal pipe forced into the ground with jacks and dirt is removed from inside pipe with auger, then filled with concrete or board large shell or box like a pile, but bigger as large as 3000 and diameter. Large pipe is inserted into the bore hole and filled with concrete.

Question 22

Pile centres are located by

Answer 22

Offsets and gridlines

Question 23

Paul locations are often marked by a

Answer 23

Wood, dowel, or survey pin driven into the ground