UNDER REAMED PILES

By
J.C.WASON
 MIN
150
WIDTH OF WALL

80

A B

200
2000 Mtn

COMPLETED PILE

A SINGLE UNDER
350 TO
400
1.5 DU

REAMED PILE
BRACKET APPROX
2D

2D

B DOUBLE UNDER
BRACKET
350 TO 400

REAMED PILE
FOR

350 TO 400
FOR

D D
DU DU
 UNDER REAMED PILES :
Manually Bored Cast in Situ Shallow Depth
Piles,
3m to 8m in length, 200mm to 500mm dia,
with Single or Double Under Reams.

MERITS :
1. Easy to install, manual boring with simple
equipment, can be worked with semi skilled
labour, Hence economical.

. DEMERIS :
1. Limited depth (3 to 8m)
2. Limited load carrying capacity (15 to 30 Tonne
capacity), Hence can be adopted for small low
rise bldgs.
 Applications of UR piles :
1.For foundations of bldgs in
Black Cotton Soils.

2.For foundations of bldgs in filled

up soils.

3.As an alternate to ordinary

Piles.
 UNDER REAMED PILES
APPLICATIONS :
1. IN BLACK COTTON SOILS :
Primarily developed by CBRI, Roorkee as
appropriate type of foundations for low rise
buildings in Black Cotton Soils. These help
to transfer loads to strata not affected by
seasonal volumeteric changes in such soils,
( normally 2 to 3 m below ground level).
2. IN FILLED UP SOILS :
Also adopted for building foundations in
filled up soils where good firm soils may lie
at shallow depths of 3 to 6 m below ground
level, but top soil, being filled up, is not
suitable for placing foundations.
 UNDER REAMED PILES
APPLICATIONS (CONTD.) :
3. AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO NORMAL PILES :
Recently, C.P. Kukreja & Associates have
adopted U.R. Piles Foundations as an alternative
to Normal Pile Foundations for some of their
projects in Gurgaon (Example : 13 storeyed
Resedential buildings for their Heritage City
Project in Gurgaon).
4. AS TENSION PILES :
under deep underground water tanks, under
deep basements with high water table, and
under Tall H.T. Electric Towers.
 PROCEEDURE TO INSTALL UR PILES :

1.Make a bore hole with a

manual auger.
2.Enlarge bore holes at locations
of under ream bulb(s) with the
help of collapsible blades.
3.Place reinf cage in the bore
hole.
4.Place concreting by Tremie
 SAFE LOAD FOR VERTICAL BORED CAST-INSITU UNDER REAMED
PILE IN SANDY AND CLAYEY SOILS INCLUDING BLACK COTTON
SOILS
Size L (m) Capacity (KN) Increase in cap Decrease in
of pile per 30 cm capacity/30cm
(mm) length length
SUR DUR SUR DUR SUR DUR SUR DUR

200 3.5 3.5 80 120 9 9 7 7 Up lift

resistan
250 3.5 3.5 120 180 11.5 11.5 9 9 ce ~
50% of
300 3.5 3.5 160 240 14 14 11 11 comprn
. load
375 3.5 3.75 240 360 18 18 14 14 capacit
y
400 3.5 4.0 280 420 19 19 15 15

450 3.5 4.5 350 525 21.5 21.5 17 17

500 3.5 5.0 420 630 24 24 19 19

SUR = SINGLE UNDER REAMED PILE

SUR = DOUBLE UNDER REAMED PILE
 MIN
150
WIDTH OF WALL

80

A B

200
2000 Mtn

COMPLETED PILE

A SINGLE UNDER
350 TO
400
1.5 DU

REAMED PILE
BRACKET APPROX
2D

2D

B DOUBLE UNDER
BRACKET
350 TO 400

REAMED PILE
FOR

350 TO 400
FOR

D D
DU DU
 BORING THE PILE SHAFT IN
GRANULAR SOIL USING
TEMPORARY CASING AND SHELL

STAGE 1
 PLUG
REINFORCEMENT AND TREMIE
TREMIE TUBE
TUBE INSERTED IN PILE SHAFT
AT THE START OF THE
REINFORCEMENT CONCRETING OPERATION

TEMPORARY CASING

STAGE 2
SLURRY
CONCRETING COMMENCED
WITH WATER AND SILTY SLURR
BEING DISPLACED

STAGE 3
 WATER AND SLURRY
DISCHARGING AS
CONCRETING PROCEEDS

NOTE :-
CONCRETING DEEP PILES MAY BE
FACILITATED BY EXTRACTING THE
TEMPORARY CASING IN STAGES
AND REMOVING THE TREMIE TUBE
IN CONCRETE

STAGE 4
 WITHDRAWING
TEMPORAY CASING

NOTE :-
CONCRETING DEEP PILES MAY BE
FACILITATED BY EXTRACTING THE
TEMPORARY CASING IN STAGES
AND REMOVING THE TREMIE TUBE
IN CONCRETE

STAGE 5
 COMPLETED PILE

NOTE :-
CONCRETING DEEP PILES MAY BE
FACILITATED BY EXTRACTING THE
TEMPORARY CASING IN STAGES
AND REMOVING THE TREMIE TUBE
IN CONCRETE

STAGE 6
 CASE STUDY
OF A BLDG
WITH UNDER
REAMED PILE
FOUNDATIONS
 Case Study : Staff Quarters for FSL ,
Rohini, New Delhi Under Reamed
DATA :
Pile Foundations
No of Storeyes : 4
Structural System : Load Bearing Brick Masonry Bldgs without
Basement (Wall Thickness : 230mm, Bricks Masonry in GF : 230
10 H2 (Bricks class : 10, Cement mortar : 1 : 4, Wall Tk : 230mm)

Sesimic Zone : 4 (Delhi), Imporance Factor : 1 (Residences)

(Bldg Strengthened for EQ Resistance as per IS: 4326 1976)
Storey Ht : 3m
Soil Strata at Site : Loose Filled up soil for top 2.5 to 3.5 m,
Firm soil below
Foundations :Under Reamed Pile Foundations with RCC Pile caps,
Size, Type,
length and Capacity of Piles : 400 mm dia
Bored Cast in Situ Single Under Reamed Piles, 8m long
Capacity : 31 Tonnes (310KN)
Conc Mix for Piles and Pile Caps : M 25, Steel Reinf Grade : Fe 415
Showing location of under reamed piles, pile caps
DETAILS OF A
TYPICAL PILE
CAP WITH
SINGLE (ONE)
PILE
PILE CAP SIZE :
600mm x 600mm X
500 mm Thick

Conc Mix for Piles and

Piles Caps : M 25

Steel Reinf. Grade :

Fe 415

Type
Lengthof of
Piles : 400
Piles : 8m
mm dia Single Under
Reamed
Capacity Bored Cast
of Piles : 31in
Situ
TonnesPiles,
(310 KN)
Friction cum Bearing
Piles