As 2159-2009 Piling - Design and Installation
As 2159-2009 Piling - Design and Installation
As 2159-2009 Piling - Design and Installation
Australian Standard®
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• Monash University
• Piling and Foundation Specialists Federation
• University of Sydney
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Originated as AS 2159—1978.
Third edition 2009.
Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (October 2010).
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AS 2159—2009 2
PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee CE-018, Piling, to
supersede AS 2159—1995.
This Standard incorporates Amendment No. 1 (October 2010). The changes required by the
Amendment are indicated in the text by a marginal bar and amendment number against the
clause, note, table, figure or part thereof affected.
The objective of this Standard is to provide requirements for design and installation of piles
for supporting structures. The object of this revision is to align with updated
AS 1170 Standards and reflect changes in practice since the previous edition.
Major changes to the previous edition are as follows:
(a) Revision of the overall Standard.
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(b) Revision of the setting of strength reduction factors, that is, the selection of the
‘safety’ level appropriate to the installation being designed.
(c) Revision of the negative skin friction requirements.
(d) Revision of durability requirements to assist designers to achieve predicted life.
(e) Include requirements for newer pile types and installation methods including steel
screw piles, jacking, screwing and screwed cast in place.
(f) Requirement for some testing to be ‘normative’.
(g) Inclusion of new types of test including rapid pile testing.
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the
application of the appendix to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part
of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and guidance.
Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes to tables are deemed to be requirements
of this Standard.
Notes to the text contain information and guidance and are not considered to be an integral
part of the Standard.
3 AS 2159—2009
CONTENTS
Page
FOREWORD.............................................................................................................................. 5
Page
SECTION 8 TESTING
8.1 SCOPE ...................................................................................................................... 60
8.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................. 60
8.3 PILE LOAD TESTING ............................................................................................. 62
8.4 STATIC LOAD TESTING ........................................................................................ 65
8.5 HIGH-STRAIN DYNAMIC PILE TESTING............................................................ 67
8.6 BI-DIRECTIONAL LOAD TESTING ...................................................................... 68
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APPENDICES
A STATIC LOAD TEST............................................................................................... 71
B HIGH-STRAIN DYNAMIC PILE TESTING............................................................ 78
C RAPID PILE TESTING............................................................................................. 81
D INTEGRITY TESTING............................................................................................. 85
E LIMIT STATES—SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS ................................................ 89
BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................................... 90
5 AS 2159—2009
FOREWORD
Decisions in pile design are based on design formulae, empirical and practical experience,
and the accumulated records of a large number of applications of proprietary systems (both
successful and otherwise). As such, there is a great need for flexibility, experience,
engineering judgement and commonsense in designing and constructing a piled footing
system. In a real sense, these requirements are in conflict with the need to make unqualified
mandatory statements and, as a result, many of the stipulations of this Standard are short
and simple when, in other cases, extensive arrays of multiple choices are provided. Where
applicable, explanatory notes are added to some clauses in this Standard and additional
commentary is provided.
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AS 2159—2009 6
STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
Australian Standard
Piling—Design and installation
1.1 SCOPE
This Standard sets out minimum requirements for the design, construction and testing of
piled footings for civil engineering and building structures on land or immediate inshore
locations. It does not extend to offshore (deepwater) construction.
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NOTES:
1 AS 5100 series should be considered for the design of footings for road bridges.
2 Where the strength or serviceability of an existing structure is to be evaluated, the general
principles of this Standard should be applied. The actual properties of the materials in the
structure should be used.
3 The durability requirements are appropriate for structures with design life within ±20% of the
target design life.