AS 2159-2009 Piling - Design and installation
Standards Australia
Supersedes: AS 2159-1995 Piling - Design and installation
Supersedes: AS 2159-1995 AMDT 1 Piling - Design and installation
Draft Designation: DR 08180This Standard incorporates Amendment No. 1 (October 2010). The changes required by the Amendment are indicated in the text by a marginal bar and amendment number against the clause, note, table, figure or part thereof affected.
The objective of this Standard is to provide requirements for design and installation of piles for supporting structures. The object of this revision is to align with updated AS 1170 Standards and reflect changes in practice since the previous edition.
Major changes to the previous edition are as follows:
(a) Revision of the overall Standard.
(b) Revision of the setting of strength reduction factors, that is, the selection of the ‘safety’ level appropriate to the installation being designed.
(c) Revision of the negative skin friction requirements.
(d) Revision of durability requirements to assist designers to achieve predicted life.
(e) Include requirements for newer pile types and installation methods including steel screw piles, jacking, screwing and screwed cast in place.
(f) Requirement for some testing to be ‘normative’.
(g) Inclusion of new types of test including rapid pile testing.
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the application of the appendix to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and guidance. Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes to tables are deemed to be requirements of this Standard.
Notes to the text contain information and guidance and are not considered to be an integral part of the Standard.
Originated as AS 2159-1978. Third edition 2009. Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (October 2010).
This Standard sets out minimum requirements for the design, construction and testing of piled footings for civil engineering and building structures on land or immediate inshore locations. It does not extend to offshore (deepwater) construction.
NOTES:
1: AS 5100 series should be considered for the design of footings for road bridges.
2: Where the strength or serviceability of an existing structure is to be evaluated, the general principles of this Standard should be applied. The actual properties of the materials in the structure should be used.
3: The durability requirements are appropriate for structures with design life within ±20% of the target design life.
Contents:
Foreword
Section 1: Scope And General
Section 2: Site Investigation
Section 3: Design Requirements And Procedures
Section 4: Geotechnical Design
Section 5: Structural Design
Section 6: Durability Design
Section 7: Materials And Construction Requirements
Section 8: Testing
Appendix A: Static Load Test
Appendix B: High-Strain Dynamic Pile Testing
Appendix C: Rapid Pile Testing
Appendix D: Integrity Testing
Appendix E: Limit States—Symbols And Definitions
Piling.
Australian Building Codes Board; Australian Geomechanics Society; AUSTROADS; Concrete Institute of Australia; Engineers Australia; Monash University; Piling and Foundation Specialists Federation; University of Sydney.
