Nam Fatt Construction Sdn. Bhd.

METHOD STATEMENT FOR BORED PILE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Bore cast-in-situ piles are piles formed by excavating a hole of a 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.

20 SETTING OUT

Surveyor will be employed to set out the boundary grid lines and the pile position as shown
in the piling layout plan of the detailed design. Upon completion of all piling works, the
same Surveyor will be employed to check the piles eccentricity and subsequently produce
the as-built drawing showing the positions of all piles as installed.

3.O PILING EQUIPMENT

The boring plant intended to be used for bored piling will be either mechanical or hydraulic
drilling rig. Both type of drilling rig will be capable of speedily and efficiently installing piles
to the design requirements. Suitable augering tools and buckets will be mounted on both
type of drilling rig to enable boring in this particular ground condition and pile dimension to
the design requirement. Actual required number of units of equipment will be based in the
actual production rate on site in order to keep to the agreed construction schedule.

4.0 POSITIONING OF BORING PLANT

After setting out the position by the Surveyor, the drilling rig will be moved to the pile
position intended for boring. The kelly bar mounted with the appropriate auger is placed
just above the pile point. The vertically of the kelly bar will be controlled by a built-in
electronic level (for hydraulic rig) and also checked by means of a spirit level. Adjustment
shall be made so as to enable the kelly bar to be as vertical as possible.

The position of the auger is checked against the pile point. Adjustments shall be made so
that the centre of the auger is nearest to the pile to ensure that the tolerances of 50mm.
deviation can be maintained. The auger is then lowered and boring operation commenced.

Reasonable care should be taken so that the pile position and vertically are
constructed within the specified tolerance 50 mm and 1 in 100mm respectively.

5.0 PILE EXCAVATION

5.1 Boring

Boring will commence after the position of the boring plant is checked. Usually, an auger of
the required size is used to bore the hole. Excavation of the hole shall be continued until

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the required depth.

If hard material or rock encountered during the excavation, other drilling tools may be
utilised. Rock augering, coring or chiselling maybe required to break up the hard stratum, if
necessary.

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 of the bored among the PETRONAS and
the contractor's representative will be carried out prior to the lowering of reinforcement and
concreting.

5.2 Boring Near Recently Cast Piles

Piles shall not be bored so close to other piles which have recently been cast and which
contain workable or unset concrete that a flow of concrete could be induced to avoid
damage caused to any of the piles. In general, recently casted piles will be marked on the
Construction Drawing for identification purposed.

5.3 Temporary Casings

If the bored hole is collapsable, temporary casings with inside diameter not smaller than that
of the bored pile will be installed to maintain the stability of pile excavation.

Temporary casings shall be free from significant distortion. They shall be of uniform cross-
section throughout each continuous length. During concreting they shall be free from
internal projections and encrusted concrete which might prevent the proper formation of
piles.

5.4 Stability of Pile Excavation Using Water And Drilling Fluid

Water or other type of drilling fluids such as bentonite or polymer might be used to
maintained the stability bored hole if temporary casings are unable to install.

The level of the fluid in the excavation shall be maintained so that the fluid pressure always
exceeds the pressures exerted by the soils and external ground water, an adequate
temporary casing shall be used in conjunction with the method to ensure stability of the
strata the near ground level until concrete has been placed.

5.5 Spillage Disposal

Any disposal of sludge shall comply with the regulations of the local controlling authority to
prevent this pillage of sludge suspension on the working areas.

5.6 Pumping From Bored Hole

If necessary, pumping from bored hole will only be carried out when temporary casing has
been placed into a stratum which prevents the flow of water from other strata in significant

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quantities into the bore. In stable hole, no pumping exercise will be carried out.

5.7 Cleaning Of Pile Bases

On completion of boring, loose and disturbed or remoulded soil shall be removed from the
base of the pile using a Cleaning bucket of appropriate size which is not greater than the pile
diameter.

5.8 Inspection

For a boring without casing, the diameter of the boring hole for a representative number of
piles shall be measured by measuring tape prior to the placing of concrete into it. The
measurement shall be done by the Contractor. Boring depth will be measured at the center
of pile by using measuring tape.

After careful study of all the available soil investigation report, ground water seepage is
likely to occur during pile excavation. Furthermore, long casing are difficult to be installed
as hard materials are likely encountered. For safety of all parties purpose, inspection below
ground by sending person into the bore hole will not be exercised in this particular project.

Generally, the following items are to be checked prior to concreting.

a) Actual bore size

b) Actual bore depth
c) Actual bore shape
d) Pile base condition
e) Verticality
f) Eccentricity - after casting (by as-built)

5.9 Continuity Of Construction

A pile constructed in a stable soil without the use of temporary casing or other support shall
be bored and concreted without prolonged delay ensure that soil characteristics are not
significantly altered.

5.10 Surface Water

Generally, temporary casing are slightly higher than working platform to prevent surface
water entering into the bore hole. For uncased hole, proper earth drain near the pile will be
formed to prevent any water from entering into the bore hole.

5.11 Excavation Materials

Surplus earth resulting from boring operations will be used as backfill material to the empty
bored hole above the cut off level or removed away from the site as directed b the Engineer.

6.0 PLACEMENT OF REINFORCENTENT

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All reinforcement will be inspected and approved by PETRONAS prior to placement.

Reinforcement to the design requirement of bored piles will be prefabricated in the
reinforcement yard and transported to the bore hole for placing. After fabricated by the bar
benders, depending on the rigidity of the steel cage, the helical links might be tack welded
to the main reinforcement to prevent collapse during lifting the steel cage. Laps are also to
be spot welded at approximately 100mm interval so that they are intact during
transportation and lifting. Cement/sand mortar round spacers will be placed at 3m c/c to
the reinforcement to provide the cover to the reinforcement against the soil during
concreting.

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

7.0 CONCRETING

Immediately after the boring for the pile has been completed, approval for concreting will be
sought from the PETRONAS Before placing concrete, measures shall be taken to ensure
that there is no accumulation of silt or other loose materials at the base of the bore.
Concreting shall be carried out continuously without interruption. Concrete conforming to
the specification and design requirement will be delivered to site by ready mixed supplier.

7.1 IN WET HOLE CONDITION

For concreting of bored pile in wet hole (bored hole fill with water), tremie method shall be
used. A 8" to 10" diameter tremie pipe is inserted at the center of the reinforcement cage
and down into the bottom of the bored hole.

The hopper and tremie pipe shall be clean and watertight throughout. The pipe shall extend
to the base of the pile. Vermiculite or polystyrene beads may be poured into tremie pipe to
form as a sliding plug in order to prevent direct contact between the first charge of concrete
in the tremie pipe and the water in the drilling fluid. The pipe shall at all times penetrate the
concrete which has previously been placed. At all time sufficient quantity of concrete shall
be maintained within the pipe to ensure that the pressure from it exceeds that from the
water. As the concreting proceeds the pipe is gradually withdrawn until the concrete at
finishing level.

Measurement of the level of the concrete surface shall be taken immediately before and after
several vertical movement of the tremie pipe.

7.2 IN DRY HOLE CONDITION

Concrete is discharged through a short tube of diameter not less than 150nun and not
exceeding 300mm of length approximately 3m shall be connected to the bottom of the
hopper.

8.0 EXTRACTION OF TEMPORARY CASING

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All temporary casings are to be extracted immediately after completion of concreting where
the concrete within them remains sufficiently workable to ensure that the concrete is not
lifted. A service crane with or without the vibro-hammer will be used to extract the casing.
Reasonable care should be taken to ensure that the concrete level is above the cut off level
after extraction of casing.

9.0 RECORDS

Bored piling record shall be properly recorded in the bore log provided which shall contain
complete information as below:

· Project Title
· Pile details including pile dimensions location, reference number and working load
· Plant and equipment details including type, model and capacity of boring rig
· Name of Operators and Supervisor
· Existing working platform and ground level
· Specified cut off level and toe level of bored pile
· Length of pile
· Ground water table
· Boring date including date, time, soil description, actual diameter and depth of
bored hole
· Size and length of temporary casing used
· Number, length and size of main reinforcement bar, size and pitch of links
· Concreting data including date, grade slump, theoretical volume, volume delivered,
length, wastage, concreting method and time required.

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