Timber Piles
Timber Piles
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Early days.
What would be a general sort of rule of thumb for the allowable load for a timber pile? 20 tons?
Just ballparking some stuff. Yes there's lots more info needed.
Thanks
What would be a general sort of rule of thumb for the allowable load for a timber pile? 20 tons?
Just ballparking some stuff. Yes there's lots more info needed.
Thanks





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thanks for the replies.
SlideRuleEraa; Yes that's my starting ball park number as well.
JedClampett; Load Testing is for sure where we need/will end up. Access for testing and condition assessment though is very difficult and complicated.
It is a waterfront structure, a port, an elevator with a capacity of 155,000 tons of product alone.
so at 20 tons per pile, never mind condition, down drag, etc., etc., the drawings indicate 4,800 piles, 155,000/4,800 = 32 tons per pile product only and that doesn't include the weight structure or any other loads such as berthing.
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I'm sure you've probably considered other foundation systems and I'm sure the owner wants to save money wherever possible, but the initial cost of a more robust deep foundation system would pale in comparison to a failure.
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