piling records - who should do it
piling records - who should do it
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I would like to know what is normally practised in your construction industry regarding who should do piling records . Is it the piling contractor or the engineering consultant? who should sign the records? During payment claims are photocopied piling records acceptable?






RE: piling records - who should do it
RE: piling records - who should do it
Most structural engineers are not qualified to do so legally and should refer the client to the geotech (or another firm) that consulted on the foundation recommendation. In most cases the geotech firm that produced the foundation investigation report will have noted that very item in the report.
Some clients, such as DOT's, have in-house staff to watch pile operations. And recently DOT's seem to be consulting out inspection work to firms with those capabilities (which include civil and geotech along with welding etc).
RE: piling records - who should do it
RE: piling records - who should do it
RE: piling records - who should do it
RE: piling records - who should do it
RE: piling records - who should do it
The piling contractor installs and tests (or pays a testing specialist to test) the piles. He should also provide records of the work he is doing. The Geotech engineer employed to advise the Client's engineer will monitor the workmanship on site during construction, the production of records. He will also monitor the testing processes.
The question of certification of the records may vary in the U.S.A., and the particular records prepared will vary with the type of pile being installed.
Payment in accordance with the contract is usually re-measurable, and the contractor is paid for the total length of piles installed, unless he is on a lump sum. (In that case there will be a lot of special conditions, allocating the risk.) Measurement will normally be based on the lengths of piles recorded by the contractor in his installation records, and these will usually have been signed off by the Client's Engineer on the advice of his geotechnical advisor or by the geotechnical advisor himself.
RE: piling records - who should do it
By: roque1@roquee.com