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Credit Valley Hospital Pre-loaded Micropiles for Vertical Expansion of Parking Garage SMART Contractometer Results Nadir Ansari, Isherwood Associates Jim Bruce, Geo-Foundations Contractors Inc. Credit Valley Hospital. 92 micropiles – 60 caisson augmentation; 32 grade beam t / c
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Credit Valley HospitalPre-loaded Micropiles for Vertical Expansion of Parking GarageSMART Contractometer ResultsNadir Ansari, Isherwood Associates Jim Bruce, Geo-Foundations Contractors Inc.
Credit Valley Hospital 92 micropiles – 60 caisson augmentation; 32 grade beam t / c Socket begins below existing 1070 diameter drilled shafts 967 lineal metres of drilling 300 kPa design adhesion in till 197mm diameter boring Solid bar, #14, #18, #20 gr 75 Lightest service load = 688kN (c); 450kN (t) Heaviest service load = 1200kN (c)
Maximum Added Load Minimum Added Load
Test PileSpecifications and Results Maximum Applied Load 1791 kN Shaft Diameter 197 mm Area of #20 bar 3168 mm2 Yield load of bar 1637 kN Free Length of Micropile 2.5 m Anchor Length of Micropile 4.0 m Strength of Grout 52 MPa Elastic Compression (max) 3.3 mm Ultimate Soil Adhesion ± 720 kPa
Contractometer Anchor Locations Fixed Top of Pile Movement
Tensile Stress Distribution Pattern Under Preloading
Distribution Pattern of the First Principal Stress around Pile Top