Method Statement for the Construction of

KELANA JAYA MIX

Cast-in-Situ Bored Piles
DEVELOPMENT -
CONTIGUOUS BORED Doc.No. : IJ-MS-001 Rev. No.: 1
PILES Date Issued: 05/01/10 Page 1 of 8 + Appendices

Method Statement for the Construction of Cast-in-Situ Bored Piles for

The PARADIGM, Kelana Jaya

APPROVAL

PREPARED BY REVIEWED BY. APPROVED BY

Signature : Signature : Signature :

Name : KWANG GHEE WOI Name : WOO CHEE MENG Name :

Designation : PROJECT MANAGER Designation : SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER Designation :

Date: Date : Date :

REVISION RECORD

DATE ISSUED REV. REVISION DESCRIPTION

3/9/2007 0 FIRST ISSUE FOR APPROVAL

26/9/2007 1 FOR CONSTRUCTION

KELANA JAYA MIX DEVELOPMENT – THE PARADIGM For Construction

JELAS PURI SDN. BHD. IJ-MS-001
(IJSB/JPSB/MS/IJ174/01)
 Method Statement for the Construction of
KELANA JAYA MIX
Cast-in-Situ Bored Piles
DEVELOPMENT -
CONTIGUOUS BORED Doc.No. : IJ-MS-001 Rev. No.: 1
PILES Date Issued: 05/01/10 Page 2 of 8 + Appendices

A. Introduction
Bored cast-in-situ piles are piles formed by excavating a hole, of the specified size (diameter), to the
required depth and casting the excavated hole with concrete of specified strength after the
reinforcement is lowered into the hole.

B. Boring Platform
The boring platform shall be prepared prior to the commencement of bored piling work on the land. The
platform shall be trimmed to a level above the cut-off level of pile and have the bearing capacity for the
seating of the boring rig. Steel plates shall be used for the seating of the boring rig if necessary.

C. Setting Out
The Contractor shall provide a surveyor for setting out of the pile points. Prior to setting out of the pile
points, the surveyor shall submit the X, Y coordinates of all pile points to the Engineer for approval.

The maximum permissible deviation of the centre of each finished pile from the correct centre point
shown on the setting-out drawing is 75mm in any directions. The maximum permissible deviation in the
longitudinal pile axis from the vertical at any level of any finished pile is 1 in 150.

C. Boring Plant
The equipment to be used for the project is a Bauer BG20, IMT AF220, etc. boring rig together
with a Sumitomo LSR118-RM as the Service Crane. A telescopic kelly bar with a 14-metre length
is mounted on the boring plant. The lower end of this kelly bar is adaptable to other drilling
tools, e.g. augers, buckets, etc.

D. Positioning of Boring Plant

The boring plant will be moved to the pile point intended for excavation. The kelly bar mounted

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(IJSB/JPSB/MS/IJ174/01)
 Method Statement for the Construction of
KELANA JAYA MIX
Cast-in-Situ Bored Piles
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CONTIGUOUS BORED Doc.No. : IJ-MS-001 Rev. No.: 1
PILES Date Issued: 05/01/10 Page 3 of 8 + Appendices

with an auger is placed just above the pile point. The verticality of the kelly bar should be
checked by means of the spirit level. Adjustment should be made so as to enable the kelly bar
to be as vertical as possible. Then the position of the auger is checked against the pile point.
Adjustments should be made so that the centre of the auger is nearest to the pile point. The
auger is then lowered and boring operating commences.

Reasonable care should be taken so that the pile position and verticality are constructed within
the specified tolerance.

E. Boring
Boring commence after the position of the boring plant is checked. Usually, an auger of the
required size is used to excavate the hole. During excavation, the hole should be observed for
its stability. If the excavated hole is collapsible, a temporary casing of the same size should be
installed to prevent collapse. Excavation of the hole can then continue until the required depth.

If hard material is encountered during the excavation, other drilling tools may be utilized.

After reaching the required depth, a cleaning bucket will be used to clean up the bottom of the
borehole. A joint measurement of the depth should be made before lowering of reinforcement
and concreting.

Piles shall not be bored close to other piles which have recently been cast and which contain
concrete of insufficient strength, in such a manner that movement of concrete could be
induced or damaged be caused to either pile.

KELANA JAYA MIX DEVELOPMENT – THE PARADIGM For Construction

JELAS PURI SDN. BHD. IJ-MS-001
(IJSB/JPSB/MS/IJ174/01)
 Method Statement for the Construction of
KELANA JAYA MIX
Cast-in-Situ Bored Piles
DEVELOPMENT -
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PILES Date Issued: 05/01/10 Page 4 of 8 + Appendices

Upon completion of boring the excavation shall be cleaned of all loose disturbed and
remoulded soil to expose a base of undisturbed material. The final cleaning should be carried
out using an approved tool, whether the borehole is dry or wet, and should only take place
immediately in the strength of the soil.

The time interval between commencement of boring and concreting shall be kept to a
minimum.

Each borehole shall be inspected by the Engineer prior to the placing of concrete in it to ensure
that there is no collapse from the uncased stratum.

F. Temporary Casing
During the process of boring a pile through strata liable to collapse, temporary casing of
approved quality or an approved alternative method shall be used to maintain the stability of
the bore. The Contractor shall ensure that there is no collapse of the side of borehole from any
uncased stratum at all stages of boring.

Temporary casing are to be free from significant distortion and of uniform cross section
throughout each continuous length. During concreting they shall be free from encrusted
concrete or any internal projections that might prevent the proper formation of the pile.

G. Reinforcement
Reinforcement to bored piles will be pre-fabricated in the reinforcement yard and transported
to the borehole for placing. After fabrication by the bar benders, the spiral links will be tack
welded to the main reinforcement. Laps are also to be welded sufficiently so that they are

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 Method Statement for the Construction of
KELANA JAYA MIX
Cast-in-Situ Bored Piles
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PILES Date Issued: 05/01/10 Page 5 of 8 + Appendices

intact during transportation. 150 mm diameter round spacers will be welded to the
reinforcement to provide the cover to the reinforcement against the soil during concreting.

The reinforcement will be lowered to the completed borehole, prior to concreting, by means of
the service crane and to be adjusted to the correct level.

H. Concrete
Concrete conforming to the specifications will be delivered to site by a ready-mix supplier.

Piles shall be cast in ordinary Portland cement concrete batched either on site or delivery by a
ready-mix supplier in accordance to BS1296 and BS4251 and with the prior approval of the
Engineer.

If boreholes are dry, the concrete shall be discharged through a short funnel at the top of the
borehole to prevent free falling concrete hitting the sides of the bore. If boreholes contain
either water or bentonite drilling mud the concrete shall be placed by the tremie method.
CP2004 should be used as a guide on the concrete mix requirements.

a) Dry Hole Mix

This mix shall be designed to give a works cube strength of 40 N/mm2 at 28 days with a slump
of 75mm - 125mm. Where necessary, this mix may contain a plasticiser and retarder to reduce
water content and delay initial set. In such circumstances, concrete may be used up to 2.5 hours
after mixing.

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Cast-in-Situ Bored Piles
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b) Tremie Mix
This mix shall be designed to give a minimum works cube strength of 40 N/mm2 at 28 days with
a slump of 150mm - 200mm. The mix mass incorporate a plasticiser and retarder to minimize
the water cement ratio and allow concrete to be placed up to 2.5 hours after mixing.

The method of placing shall be such as to ensure that the concrete in its final positions shall be
dense and homogeneous.

The piles shall be concreted in one continuous operation immediately after the excavation has
been completed and inspected where inspection is required by the Specifications. If the
continuity of placing the concrete is interrupted, no further concrete shall be placed without
the prior approval of the Engineer.

Both the dry hole mix and the tremie mix due to their high slumps are self-compacting and will
produce a sound homogeneous mass without the use of vibrators. Whilst there may be
exceptional circumstances in which vibration of the pile head with the dry hole mix might be
considered, the tremie mix shall under no circumstances be vibrated since this tends to
introduce deleterious matters to the head of the piles.

No vibrator shall be used to compact concrete inside a temporary casing.

I. Level of Concrete
Concrete shall be taken well above the theoretical cut-off level to ensure that all concrete at
and below cut-off level is homogeneous and free of laitance and deleterious matter.

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Cast-in-Situ Bored Piles
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J. Extraction of Temporary Casing

All temporary casings are to be extracted immediately after completion of concreting. A vibro-
hammer will be used to extract the casing.

When the casing is being extracted a sufficient quantity of concrete shall be maintained within
it to ensure that external water or soil pressure is exceeded and that the pile is not reduced in
section not contaminated. No further concrete is to be placed in the boring once the bottom of
the casing has been lifted above the concrete level.

Temporary casings shall be extracted while the concrete within them remains sufficiently
workable to ensure that the pile is not damaged in any way.

Reasonable care should be taken to ensure that the concrete level is above the cut-off level
after extraction of casing.

K. Backfilling Empty Boring

The empty bored holes shall be backfilled not more than 24 hours after the concreting is
completed. During the period before filling, the hole shall be covered with metal plate or
plywood.

L. Concrete Testing
Close control of the mixing of the concrete shall be exercised and cube strength tests shall be
carried out in accordance with B.S. 1881. A set of six no. 6 inch cubes shall be taken for each
pile cast unless the Engineer otherwise directs. Three cubes shall be tested at seven days (7)
and the remaining three at twenty-eight (28) days after casting.

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(IJSB/JPSB/MS/IJ174/01)
 Method Statement for the Construction of
KELANA JAYA MIX
Cast-in-Situ Bored Piles
DEVELOPMENT -
CONTIGUOUS BORED Doc.No. : IJ-MS-001 Rev. No.: 1
PILES Date Issued: 05/01/10 Page 8 of 8 + Appendices

The Contractor shall carry out the specified work cube strength test without prior instruction.

M. Ground Water Level

In the event of the ground water level being observed to be higher than the required pile head
casting level shown on the drawings, the Engineer shall be notified prior to placing concrete.
Under no circumstances shall the pile be cut-off below ground water level unless approved
precautions are taken.

N. Records
All bore piling records are to be recorded in the Bore Log provided. A copy is enclosed for
reference.

The Contractor shall keep comprehensive records of each and every pile installed and shall
furnish signed copies to the Engineer daily. The piling records are to contain the following data :

a) Data of installation and completion;

b) Pile reference number;
c) Shaft diameter;
d) Ground level at pile positions;
e) Depth excavated;
f) Details of strata encountered in excavation;
g) Details of obstructions and delays;
h) Volume of concrete placed in pile.

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