Specification for Piling - Contract Documentation and Measurement

✍ Scribed by Institution of Civil Engineers

• Publisher: Thomas Telford Ltd
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 35
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Contents and Preliminary Pages
Title Page
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
1. Definitions
2. Appointment of Contractors for Piling
2.1. Procedure prior to drafting tender documents
2.2. Method of invitation of tenders
2.3. Instructions to tenderers
2.4. Documents forming part
2.5. Model clauses suitable for inclusion in contract documents
2.6. Information to be included in tender documents
2.7. Information to be supplied by the tender
2.8. Evaluation of tenders
2.9. Early final payment to piling sub-contractor
3. Responsibility for Piling
3.1. Design
3.2. Selection of type of pile
3.3. Contractual arrangements
3.4. Information to be provided by the Engineer
3.5. Workmanship
4. Use of the Specification for Piling
4.1. Application
4.2. Particular Specification clauses
4.3. Concrete in piles
4.4. Tolerances
4.5. Pile testing procedures
4.6. Degaussing steel piles
4.7. Continuous flight auger piles
5. Measurement of Piling Work
5.1. General
5.2. Preliminaries
5.3. Obstructions
5.4. Working levels
5.5. Measurement of lengths and depths
5.6. Cast-in-place bored and driven piles
5.7. Special requirements for cast-in-place bored piles
5.8. Measurement of reinforcement in cast-in-place piles
5.9. Precast concrete, timber and steel piles
5.10. Jointed precast concrete segmental piles
5.11. Preliminary piles
5.12. Tests on working piles
5.13. Plant standing during tests
5.14. Samples and in situ tests
5.15. Removal of artificial and natural obstructions
5.16. Payment on day work basis
5.17. Observations and records
5.18. Outline bills of quantities
Appendix A - Model Bills of Quantities
Bored cast-in-place piles
Driven cast-in-place piles
Jointed precast concrete segmental piles
Driven steel piles
Appendix B - Model Clauses for Incorporation as may be Appropriate in Main Contracts or Subcontracts for Piling Works
Inspection of site
Ground conditions
Extent of contract
Additional requirements for main contracts
Contract conditions
Appendix C - Schedule of Attendances and Facilities to be Provided by a Contractor to a Piling Sub-Contractor
Appendix D - Guidance on Static Load Testing of Piles
Appendix E - Guidance on Dynamic Load Testing of Piles
Appendix F - Guidance on Integrity Testing of Piles
Appendix G - Drafting of a Performance Specification
References