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ATLAS PILES
The Atlas pile is a unique screw shaped reinforced concrete pile design to take maximum advantage of all the available soil capacity by displacing the soil rather than replacing it.
The Atlas pile is a concrete cast in-situ and is not to be confused with the steel screw pile which has much lower load carrying capacity. The piles can be installed with a conventional purpose built Atlas rig or the new generation high torque hydraulic piling piles allowing piles up to 30m to be installed in a single pass. As these piles are genuine displacement piles with the auger being thrust into the ground with a minimum of 40 tonne metre torque negligible spoil is produced for subsequent removal, very important consideration when piling in contaminated or aggressive soils.
DISPLACEMENT PILES
This pile type is similar to the Atlas pile with the exception that most displacement piles are straight shafted as opposed to the helical shafts on the Atlas piles. These piles are installed using modern, very high torque hydraulic drilling rigs which rotate a specialised displacement tool into the ground. The action of the specially designed tool causes the ground to be compacted, when the tool has reached the required depth it is withdrawn whilst concrete is pumped out through the hollow stem.
The installation process of both types is totally vibration free but the major advantage is that the process produces no spoil with, the exception of minor ground heave, thus obviating the need to deal with any contaminated spoil.
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LOAD CAPACITY
CFA Piles are most suited for use in sands with load capacity developed in both adhesion and end bearing. The design resistance may be calculated using conventional static pile design theory with design parameters relevant to nondisplacement piles.
The pile founding depths should be predetermined before installation from a site investigation report. This pile type is also suited for use in rock with available equipment able to form sockets in weak to medium strong rocks. CFA piles are not normally viable in lower strength clays, unless a suitable end-bearing layer is available to found in.
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FRANKI PILES
FRANKI PILES
Although the Franki pile is generally installed by bottom driving, highly special techniques such as open-ended coring, rock socketting, and composite shaft construction are used in particular situations to overcome unique site problems.
It can safely withstand very high compressive and tensile forces and substantial horizontal loads. The installation process of each Franki pile takes account of the soil conditions at each pile location. Quality control checks on the driving and basing resistance of every pile result in optimum pile performance. The pile is always sealed during construction. Ground water or collapsing ground present no problems. Noise and vibration levels are minimised as a result of Frankis unique bottom driving technique. Because the impact occurs at the bottom of the tube, the Franki pile is the quietest of the driven cast-in-place systems and is suitable where high noise levels would cause environmental problems. Vibration levels are monitored regularly and in most ground conditions can be kept below the strictest international standards. These features have helped make the Franki pile the most popular castin-place pile in Australia for more than 50 years.
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BORED PILES
BORED PILES
Large diameter bored piles are non displacement piles which are commonly used where large vertical loads or bending moments must be carried by a single unit.
Bored piles founded in rock provide an effective means of minimising foundation settlements and a small number of high capacity bored piles can often provide significant savings in pile cap costs over other, lower capacity, pile types. Being non displacement type piles, bored piles can be installed with little or no vibration, and with much lower noise levels than driven piles. Franki has a large range of equipment available for the execution of bored piles ranging from limited headroom equipment to modern all hydraulic tracked machines capable of drilling holes in soil and rock. Soil and or rock is removed using purpose designed drill tools including soil and rock augers, drilling buckets, core barrels, and down hole hammer drills. Drilling to depths of up to 60 meters and to diameters from 300mm to in excess of 2 metres is possible in soil and rock. Various methods of support for the sides of bored piles during construction are available. These can be selected to suit the type of formation being drilled, the ground water regime encountered, and site environmental constraints.
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The traditional Forum pile system can be disassembled to allow access to normally inaccessible areas. The base of the Bawang pile is expanded to increase pile load capacity after the pile has reached the required depth.
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LOAD CAPACITY
Franki precast piles are manufactured from high strength concrete using state of the art technology. Structural load capacities are based on an independent testing and research program. Piles are driven using the most sophisticated piling machines operating in Australia. These are equipped with efficient hydraulic hammers for faster installation and lower pile stresses during driving. The geotechnical strength and serviceability are determined using analytical methods applicable to displacement piles and parameters based largely on intensive static and dynamic load test results. Sydney (Head Office) Level 1, 4 Burbank Place Baulkham Hills NSW 2153 Australia T: +61 2 8866 1100 F: +61 2 8866 1101 Email: australia@franki.com.au
DRIVEN PILES
Pictured above: Piled foundations for silos at the casting basin, Tempe NSW, used in the construction of the underground rail link to Sydneys Mascot airport
Frankipile also supply and drive other types and preformed piles such as:
* pre stressed octagonal piles * steel bearing piles * steel sheet piles * steel tube piles
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RETAINING WALLS
RETAINING WALLS
Franki offers a selection of retaining walls for a wide range of applications. The wall type selected depends on the ground conditions, the standard of finish and the level of water tightness required. Retaining wall methods include: * Soldier pile walls * Contiguous Bored pile and Groutcrete walls * Secant pile walls * Prefabricated walls * Sheet pile walls
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PREFABRICATED WALLS
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The analysis is carried out using the signal matching program CAPWAP. Pile and soil data are modelled and a response is ca lculated based on one dimensional wave equation theory. The signal matching process utilises an iterative method in which the results of each analysis are compared to the actual measured pile behaviour. Appropriate dynamic soil parameters are refined until a satisfactory match is achieved. The mobilised static shaft and toe resistance of the pile can hence be derived. The signal matching program also provides a prediction of the static load displacement performance of the pile on the basis of the refined pile and soil model.
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teSt ReSULtS
Test results are presented inconventional graphical format showing the applied load versus pile head displacement.
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The analysis is carried out using the signal matching program CAPWAP. Pile and soil data are modelled and a response is ca lculated based on one dimensional wave equation theory. The signal matching process utilises an iterative method in which the results of each analysis are compared to the actual measured pile behaviour. Appropriate dynamic soil parameters are refined until a satisfactory match is achieved. The mobilised static shaft and toe resistance of the pile can hence be derived. The signal matching program also provides a prediction of the static load displacement performance of the pile on the basis of the refined pile and soil model.
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PHenoMenA DetectABLe
* Reflections from the toe, (in most cases). * Reflections from significant inclusions (5-10% or more of the pile diameter). * Reflections from horizontal cracks. * Reflections from joints, (as for precast concrete piles). * Reflections from increases and decreases in cross-section. * Reflections from changes in soil layers. * Reflections from significant changes in material properties (e.g. variation in concrete consistency).
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