The FPS has produced an Excel based spreadsheet to assist with the provision of pile design schedules.
View information and download the spreadsheet
This document reports the results of a survey of over 200 projects carried out between July and September 2006 and highlights many shortcomings in the quality of Site Investigation Reports.
This document is a list of excerpts from published sources on the subject of minimum requirements for a site investigation.
This guidance covers the key issues related to working platforms constructed using stabilised materials. These comprise hydraulically bound materials (HBM), mixtures that set and harden by hydraulic reaction. They also include CBM (i.e. mixtures based on the fast setting and hardening characteristics of cement) and hydraulically bound mixtures based on slower setting and hardening binders made from industrial by-products such as PFA and blast furnace slag.
The new edition of the ICE Specification, to be published later in 2007, will be a radical overhaul of the first edition. A presentation at the ICE on 10 January outlined the changes and discussed the implications for technical development in the piling industry. Click here to download the full presentation.
Links to the Handbook on Pile Load Testing and FPS Datasheets on Pile Load Testing
Information to assist the decision whether or not a particular bentonite will produce a satisfactory support fluid. Guidance on the preparation, use, re-use and disposal of the bentonite slurry, and also on methods of testing.
Technical considerations related to the use of debonding foam on pile reinforcement
Breaking Down of Piles
The adoption of a suitable pile breaking method can result in financial and program savings and, most importantly, will address and reduce potential health and safety issues. In this document, the FPS consider the different methods available.
FPS Position on the use of CIRIA Report PR11.
Provides assistance to those considering the merits of deep foundations for sites located over aquifers, in particular, where the aquifer is overlain by contaminated ground.