Temp. Sheet piling retention system - deadman design
Temp. Sheet piling retention system - deadman design
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I am working on a Temporary sheet piling retention system (TSRS) for staged construction and have reached the deadman design. This particular system needs a tie-back.
My question is:
Is there any reference or guide that assists in this design in regards to the minimum requirements? I am not finding much and in turn am left to assume that the deadman will be the same width and height as the TSRS.
Any advice would be truly appreciated.
Thank You in advance!
My question is:
Is there any reference or guide that assists in this design in regards to the minimum requirements? I am not finding much and in turn am left to assume that the deadman will be the same width and height as the TSRS.
Any advice would be truly appreciated.
Thank You in advance!





RE: Temp. Sheet piling retention system - deadman design
A deadman can be made from many things, such as sheet piling, concrete, a horizontal steel of wood beam, etc.
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RE: Temp. Sheet piling retention system - deadman design
That will explain design of dead men. It is very similar to the old pile buck mannual
RE: Temp. Sheet piling retention system - deadman design
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RE: Temp. Sheet piling retention system - deadman design
FHWA also has a detailed three volume set "Lateral Support Systems and Underpinning" that can be download in pdf off of their website dealing with temporary shoring. You should also have this.
As a word of advice (I did this type of work for years): It's not really something you should be doing, just because you can and have a license. It's a specialty field and you're going to spend a lot more time on it and likely come up with a lesser design than the folks that do it every day, and are turning out several excavation plans a week year after year.
But then again, if you're the person/firm the contractor wants it's his call and I hope you make a good profit. Just glad I'm not dealing with the deadlines, the contractors, the heartburn, and the DOT inspectors (half of which couldn't speak English well enough to understand, who hires these people?). The upside is it's all temporary, so now there is no liability, it's all done and never going to come back and bite me, unlike the permanent structures.
Thinking of some of the plan review I've done the past few years I've seen some shoddy shoring plans, and the work isn't being done by specialists like I had mis-assumed when I worked in the field.