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Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth edition

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(a)<br />

Concrete<br />

surround<br />

(c)<br />

Bored<strong>and</strong>-castin-situ<br />

piles<br />

Column propped<br />

at higher level<br />

Bearing<br />

plate<br />

<strong>Pile</strong>d<br />

jacked<br />

down to<br />

bearing<br />

stratum<br />

Needle beams<br />

Soft clay<br />

Steel<br />

block<br />

Packing<br />

plates<br />

Column base<br />

to be underpinned<br />

Steel plates <strong>and</strong><br />

dry packed mortar<br />

Hydraulic<br />

jack in<br />

inverted<br />

position<br />

Timbering<br />

to pit (d)<br />

Slab raft<br />

Existing piles<br />

(deteriorated)<br />

New underpinning<br />

piles<br />

Pad foundation<br />

Timber<br />

sheeting<br />

secured to<br />

the face of<br />

piles<br />

Steel H-piles<br />

Existing load-bearing<br />

wall<br />

Spreader beams<br />

Bearers<br />

Limiting line beyond<br />

which settlement of<br />

ground due to basement<br />

excavation will not<br />

cause excessive<br />

settlement of shallow<br />

foundations<br />

Holes drilled<br />

in raft<br />

Figure 9.1 Use of piles in underpinning (a) Remedial measures to support column base<br />

(b) Precautionary measures in underpinning strip foundation adjacent to deep excavation<br />

(c) Jacked piles to strengthen column base (d) Drilled piles to replace existing piles beneath<br />

raft slab.<br />

(b)

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