METHOD STATEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING AND

STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR P.C PILES

Square shape piles used in Bangladesh are following types:
1. PC Pile
2. R.C.C Precast Pile
Design & Manufacturing Process
 Prestressed Concrete Piles are designed conforming AASHTO-LRFD Bridge Design
Specifications -2014 and PCI Design Handbook.
 PCI Manual MNL-116 (Manual for Quality Control for Plants and Production of
Structural Precast Concrete Products) are being followed during the manufacturing
process of Pre-Stressed Concrete Piles.
Specification of Materials
 Concrete: For precast prestressed piling, Grade C 35 (35 MPa), achievable by available
aggregates/cement, are used.
 Structural Reinforcing Steel: Structural Reinforcement conforming the requirements of
ASTM A615 is used as the spiral reinforcement of the Prestressed Concrete Piles.
 Prestressing Wire: PC wire conforming ASTM A421 (Standard Specification for
Uncoated Stress-Relieved Steel Wire for Prestressed Concrete) shall be used in PC Pile.
Low Relaxation PC Wire of Yield Strength: 1275 MPa & Tensile Strength: 1420 MPa
is used in PC Pile.
Criteria for Precast Prestressed Concrete Pile Handling, Lifting & Pitching
Method of Two point lifting for pile shall be applied during lifting, handling & pitching of the
Pre-cast Prestressed Concrete Piles.
Casting Yard for Manufacturing Work of Piles
The casting bed must be supported by unyielding ground or on piles and the anchorages at the
ends must be unyielding when subjected to Prestressing loads.
Whole construction yard shall be covered to avoid the environmental disturbances ( rain, storm
etc.) during manufacturing process.
Form Work for Piles
 The pile form will be made of 1.8mm thick steel plates, flat bars, angle sections to
produce pile sections conforming to the requirements of specifications.
 Sufficient sets of bottom shutter and side shutter will be provided.
 All formwork shall be thoroughly cleaned and oiled by form oil before fixing.

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 METHOD STATEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING AND
STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR P.C PILES
 All joints of pile form will be sealed with adhesive tape or puttying.
Method of Quality Control
 Trial Mix Design of Concrete
 Cylindrical Compressive Strength Test of Concrete according to ASTM C39.
 Yield Strength, Breaking Strength & Elongation Test of Prestressing Strand.
 Tests on Aggregates & Cement used for Concrete.
 Inspection of pre-stressing arrangement on site
 Record of Prestressing
 Pre-Concrete Inspection Record
 Inspection during Prestressing & concreting by Qualified Engineer.
References
1. ASTM: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS.
2. PCI: PRESTRESSED CONCRETE INSTITUTE
 PCI Manual MNL-116, (Manual for Quality Control for Plants and Production of Precast
Prestressed Concrete Products.)
 PCI Design Handbook
3. AASHTO LRFD BRIDGE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS-2014

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