METHOD STATEMENT – VERTICAL PILE LOAD TEST

MEGA/CONS/STNS/N‐S/PKG‐4B
Construction Of Elevated Metro Rail Stations – Five (5) Numbers Including Viaduct
Portion Within The Stations And Transition Spans On Either Side Of The Stations
(Motera, Sabarmati, Aec, Sabarmati Railway Station And Ranip) For Pkg – 4B
(Package-4b) Of North-South Corridor For Ahemadabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I

METHOD STATEMENT
For

VERTICAL LOAD PILE LOAD

AT SABARMATI STATION BUILDING
CLIENT: “Metro – Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) Company Ltd.”

CONTRACT PACKAGE: MEGA/CONS/STNS/N-S/PKG-4B

Sr No Name Department Signature Date

Prepared by: QS /Planning Engineer

Reviewed by: QA/QC Engineer

Reviewed by: Chief SHE Officer

Approved by: CEO

REVISION CONTROL:
Current
Revision Number R0

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 METHOD STATEMENT – VERTICAL PILE LOAD TEST
MEGA/CONS/STNS/N‐S/PKG‐4B
Construction Of Elevated Metro Rail Stations – Five (5) Numbers Including Viaduct
Portion Within The Stations And Transition Spans On Either Side Of The Stations
(Motera, Sabarmati, Aec, Sabarmati Railway Station And Ranip) For Pkg – 4B
(Package-4b) Of North-South Corridor For Ahemadabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I

Contents
1. PREAMBLE:......................................................................................................................................2
2. SCOPE OF WORK:............................................................................................................................3
3. DEFINITIONS:..................................................................................................................................3
5. RESPONSIBILITY & AUTHORITY:................................................................................................3
6. ORGANISATION CHART:...............................................................................................................4
7. EQUIPMENTS:..................................................................................................................................4
8. METHODOLOGY FOR VERTICAL PILE LOAD TEST................................................................5
9. HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT....................................................................................8
10. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL................................................................9
11. ENCLOSURES.................................................................................................................................9

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 METHOD STATEMENT – VERTICAL PILE LOAD TEST
MEGA/CONS/STNS/N‐S/PKG‐4B
Construction Of Elevated Metro Rail Stations – Five (5) Numbers Including Viaduct
Portion Within The Stations And Transition Spans On Either Side Of The Stations
(Motera, Sabarmati, Aec, Sabarmati Railway Station And Ranip) For Pkg – 4B
(Package-4b) Of North-South Corridor For Ahemadabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I

1. PREAMBLE:

This method statement provides the details of the test procedure adopted for Carrying out vertical pile
load test.

2. SCOPE OF WORK:

The scope includes conducting Vertical load test at Sabarmati station building (By Cyclic method).

3. DEFINITIONS:

MEGA : Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad

GEC : General Engineering Consultant (SYSTRA-RITES-OCG-AECOM)
QAP : Quality Assurance Plan
PPE : Personnel Protective Equipments
SHE : Safety Health & Environment

4. REFERENCES:

1 Contract Documents
2 Specification for Road and Bridge Works (MORTH)
3 IS-2911 (Part IV) - 2013
4 Approved Design Calculations
5 Quality Assurance Plan
6 Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Plan

5. RESPONSIBILITY & AUTHORITY:

Following are the responsibilities and reporting structure of personnel involved in the scope of the
procedure:

Position Reporting I Responsibilities

Project Manager  Shall report to JV Management.

 In charge of all activities at site.

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 METHOD STATEMENT – VERTICAL PILE LOAD TEST
MEGA/CONS/STNS/N‐S/PKG‐4B
Construction Of Elevated Metro Rail Stations – Five (5) Numbers Including Viaduct
Portion Within The Stations And Transition Spans On Either Side Of The Stations
(Motera, Sabarmati, Aec, Sabarmati Railway Station And Ranip) For Pkg – 4B
(Package-4b) Of North-South Corridor For Ahemadabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I

Dy. Project Manager  Shall report to the Project Manager.

 Shall be responsible for control, supervision,
implementation and execution of construction plans.
 Shall also be responsible for supervision of construction
activities and preparation of construction records, Develop
construction schedules, procedures and prepare progress
and accomplishment reports.
Site Engineers  Shall report to Dy. Project Manager
 Shall be responsible for day to day planning of site.
Construction activities and preparation of construction
records
QA/QC Engineer  Shall report to Project Manager
 Shall be responsible for overall control of QC activities
and sub-contractors QC activities, implementation of
QAM/ Quality Plan
 Shall be responsible for carrying out Inspection as per
specification
Safety in charge  Shall report to Project Manager
 Shall be responsible for overall control of SHE Activity

6. ORGANISATION CHART:

Organisation chart for work will be as per Site Organisation Chart.

Project Manager

Dy. Project Manager Quality Manager Safety Manager

Site Engineer

7. EQUIPMENTS:
• Hydra Crane
• Hydraulic pump
• Hydraulic jacks- 500 T
• Pressure gauge
• Dial gauge
• Reaction frame
• Generator

8. METHODOLOGY FOR VERTICAL PILE LOAD TEST

Diameter of Pile : 1200 mm

Design load of the Test Pile : 1300 MT
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 METHOD STATEMENT – VERTICAL PILE LOAD TEST
MEGA/CONS/STNS/N‐S/PKG‐4B
Construction Of Elevated Metro Rail Stations – Five (5) Numbers Including Viaduct
Portion Within The Stations And Transition Spans On Either Side Of The Stations
(Motera, Sabarmati, Aec, Sabarmati Railway Station And Ranip) For Pkg – 4B
(Package-4b) Of North-South Corridor For Ahemadabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I

Test Load : 2.5 x 520 = 1300 MT

Length of Pile : 27 meter
Grade of Concrete : M 35
Date of Testing : After 28 days of casting or achieving
100% characteristic Compressive strength

Step 1
Installation of Test Pile: As per approved Bored Cast in Situ Pile Methodology.

Step 2
Installation of bored cast in situ reaction pile as test, it consists following:
1. Boring of 1200 mm dia. reaction pile having depth as per approved design drawing depth.
2. Lowering of reinforcement cage with the help of piling Rig/crane.
3. Thereafter, the tremmie pipes are lowered in position for concreting. Concreting of pile is
done by 200 mm dia. Tremie Pipes. The concrete shall either be pumped or poured in to the
hopper. The top of concrete in a pile shall be brought above the cut off level to permit removal
of all laitance and weak concrete to ensure good concrete at cut off level.
4. Load test shall be carried out after on achieving 100% strength in test pile/anchor pile.

Step3

Pile head shall be prepared after chipped off of top concrete head and top is prepared
smooth & horizontal. A plate of 32 mm thick shall be placed over the pile head.

Step 4

Hydraulic Jacks, Distance Pieces, Datum Bar and test assembly will then be erected as shown
in drawing.

Step 5

Bearing plates shall be fixed bellow the girder assembly.

a) Load Application: The test shall be carried out by applying series of vertical downward
loading & Unloading by means of Hydraulic jacks. Each increment being of about 20 % of
design Lateral load on pile.
b) Settlement: Settlement will be recorded with 4 dial gauges held by datum bars. Datum bars
resting on immovable support at distant 3d from pile centre.
c) Load increment criteria:
Settlement readings are noted on each dial gauge immediately after loading and after every 15
minutes for each stage. Next loading increment shall be apply after satisfying following
criteria.
a) 0.1 mm or less in first 30 Mins.
b) 0.2 mm or less in first hour or 2 hour whichever occurs first.
After completion of final loading load shall be maintained for 24 hrs & the reading shall be
taken for every hour.
d) Unloading criteria:
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 METHOD STATEMENT – VERTICAL PILE LOAD TEST
MEGA/CONS/STNS/N‐S/PKG‐4B
Construction Of Elevated Metro Rail Stations – Five (5) Numbers Including Viaduct
Portion Within The Stations And Transition Spans On Either Side Of The Stations
(Motera, Sabarmati, Aec, Sabarmati Railway Station And Ranip) For Pkg – 4B
(Package-4b) Of North-South Corridor For Ahemadabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I

Alternate loading & unloading shall be carried out at each stage. Load shall be increased, each
increment being about 20 % of design load on pile after 15 mins. of unloading. Reading shall
be taken immediately after unloading 15 mins. Later for each stage.

e) Load sequence:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
0 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
0 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60
40 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80
20 60 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
0 40 80 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120
20 60 100 140 140 140 140 140 140 140
0 40 80 120 160 160 160 160 160 160
20 60 100 140 180 180 180 180 180
0 40 80 120 160 200 200 200 200
20 60 100 140 180 220 220 220
0 40 80 120 160 200 240 240
20 60 100 140 180 220 250
0 40 80 120 160 200 240
20 60 100 140 180 220
0 40 80 120 160 200
20 60 100 140 180
0 40 80 120 160
20 60 100 140
0 40 80 120
20 60 100
0 40 80
20 60
0 40
20
0

REACTION ANCHOR DETAILS

1. Number of Anchor Piles 1 No

2. Diameter of board cast in situ Stem dia. 1500 mm
anchor pile
3. No. of bars per anchor pile As per Approved Drawings (Fe 500-D)
4. Length of Anchor As per Approved Drawings

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 METHOD STATEMENT – VERTICAL PILE LOAD TEST
MEGA/CONS/STNS/N‐S/PKG‐4B
Construction Of Elevated Metro Rail Stations – Five (5) Numbers Including Viaduct
Portion Within The Stations And Transition Spans On Either Side Of The Stations
(Motera, Sabarmati, Aec, Sabarmati Railway Station And Ranip) For Pkg – 4B
(Package-4b) Of North-South Corridor For Ahemadabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I

PILE & REACTION /ANCHOR DETAILS

PILE LOCATION Sabarmati Metro Station

PILE DIA. 1200mm
TYPE OF PILE BORED CAST IN SITU
DESIGNED PILE CAPACITY
TEST LOAD REQD.
KENTLEDGE TYPE REACTION
TOTAL NO. OF ANCHOR PILES 02 Nos.
DATE OF TEST
EQUIPMENT DETAILS
JACK DETAILS
MAKE: MUKHTAR
CAPACITY OF JACK: 500 MT
NO.OF JACK: 04
TOTAL CAPACITY 2000 MT
PUMP DETAIL
MAKE: DYNAMICS
TYPE: HYDRULIC POWER PACK
ELECTRICALLY OPERATED
TANK CAPACITY: 60.00lit
PRESSURE GUAGE
MAKE: MIKROTECH
CALIBRATION DATE:
LEAST COUNT OF PRESSURE GUAGE: 20 kg/cm..:
MAXIMUM RANGE: 420 kg/cm..:
DIAL GUAGE
MAKE: BAKER INDIA LTD.
LEAST COUNT 0.01 mm
NO.OF DIAL GUAGES USED: 04 Nos.

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 METHOD STATEMENT – VERTICAL PILE LOAD TEST
MEGA/CONS/STNS/N‐S/PKG‐4B
Construction Of Elevated Metro Rail Stations – Five (5) Numbers Including Viaduct
Portion Within The Stations And Transition Spans On Either Side Of The Stations
(Motera, Sabarmati, Aec, Sabarmati Railway Station And Ranip) For Pkg – 4B
(Package-4b) Of North-South Corridor For Ahemadabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I

LOAD INCREMENT FOR PILE LOAD TEST

Effective area of jack ram = 5671.625 cm2

REQUIRED LOAD PER 20 % of Design Load =520* 0.20 = 104

INCREMENT MT

% Load Load (Tons)

1 0.00
2 104
3 208
4 312
5 416
6 520
7 624
8 728
9 832
10 936
11 1040
12 1144
13 1248
14 1300

Result Submission:
The analysis of result for skin friction and end bearing will be estimated as per procedure – outline in
IS Code 2911 – 1985 (appendix A)
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 METHOD STATEMENT – VERTICAL PILE LOAD TEST
MEGA/CONS/STNS/N‐S/PKG‐4B
Construction Of Elevated Metro Rail Stations – Five (5) Numbers Including Viaduct
Portion Within The Stations And Transition Spans On Either Side Of The Stations
(Motera, Sabarmati, Aec, Sabarmati Railway Station And Ranip) For Pkg – 4B
(Package-4b) Of North-South Corridor For Ahemadabad Metro Rail Project Phase-I

9. HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT

All site personnel shall be provided with helmet, boots and other personal safety devices. Working
area should be barricaded. Proper precaution and safety devices shall be used for activities like
fabrication, handling of electrically operated equipment’s etc. All site personnel shall follow the
approved health and safety plan.

10. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL

Quality control and assurance shall be strictly followed as per the approved quality assurance plan
(QAP) / ITP I Check List I Approved Method Statement.

11. ENCLOSURES

a) Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

b) RFI and Data Sheet Format