Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth edition

Table 2.4

Basic code r

equir

ements f

or structural design of concr

ete and steel piles to

BS

8004 and Eur

ocode 7

Pile type

BS

8004

BS

EN 1536

BS

EN 12699

BS

EN 12794

Foundations

Bored

piles

Displacement

piles

Precast concr

ete pr

oducts – piles

Precast concr

ete

Concr

ete grade

As

BS

8110

As

BS

EN 1992-1-1 and

As

BS

EN 12794

As

BS

EN 1992-1-1

[25

• 40 N/mm

2

BS

EN 206-

1/

BS

8500 f

or

BS

EN 206-1/

BS

8500

typicall

y]

concr

ete inser

t elements

C35/45

• C60/70

C20/25

• C45/55

Also r

efer to

BS

EN13369

(subject to exposur

e class)

Cement content

300

• 400 kg/m

3

Reinf

orcing steel

As

BS

8110

As ENV 1994-1-1 f

or load-bearing

As

BS

EN1008 and

elements combining steel

BS

EN 10138

sections and concr

ete

Calculated driving

0.8

fck

d

(10% incr

ease

stress

if str

esses monitor

ed)

Steel bear

ing

Steel grade

As

BS

4360

As ENV 1993-5/

[43A,

50B typicall

y]

BS

EN 10025

S275 and S355 typicall

y

Steel str

ess in

0.3

afy

and 0.5

bfy

compr

ession

Calculated driving str

ess

0.9

fy

(20% incr

ease if

stresses monitor

ed)

Driven cast-in-place

Concr

ete grade

As

BS

8110

As

BS

EN 1992-1-1 and

BS

EN 206-1/

BS

8500

C20/25

• C30/37 and



C25/30

for semi-dr

y mix