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The table below should be followed to ensure compliance with the design requirement for piles:

Crack width for tension piles 0.10 millimetres due to the water table and 0.2 millimetres due to secondary loads (seismic and wind)
Geotechnical design parameters Match with soil report recommendations
To be implemented by laboratories approved by Dubai Municipality or Dubai Accreditation
Materials test reports (aggregate, steel, concrete etc.) Center: reports to be made available on-site for perusal during DCCA inspections

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Minimum
m bar size millimetres
12 mi

Minimum
m design of horizontal/lateral force
fo • 5 per cent of pile capacity.
• As per actual calculations
Minimum
m number
numbe of bars 6 bars - evenly spaced

Minimum
m percentage of reinforcement To be provided for the full length of the piles to provide ductility
10 millimetres for all the piles and the top region for a length of three times the diameter
Minimum
m stirrup diameter
of the pile below the pile caps or raft to be confined effectively with closely spaced stirrups
• Ensure pile design allows for both gravity and lateral loads
• Ensure piles are designed out of verticality (1/75)
• Out of position (7.5 centimetres)
Pile design: general • Ensure piles have a minimum safety factor of 2.5 unless additional investigation studies
and field tests are conducted
• Minimum socket of 3 times diameter in rocks.
• Bentonite reduction factor
Rational study of pile spacing not available Ensure that spacing of the piles is no less than 2.5 times the diameter of the piles
Stresses To be less than 25 per cent of

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