Structure and Bridge Division

Foundations

Foundations |  Drilled Shaft Installation and Videos |  Subsurface

• BCIS-9. PP-BRIDGE FOUNDATIONS-Mike Hall & Park Thompson – 2018
• CITBC Module 11.  PP-Structure Excavation - 2018
• Shallow – spread footings - CITBC Module 12.  PP-Spread Footings - 2018

Deep Foundations – types of piling.  VDOT uses timber piles (typically state forces’ projects), precast concrete piles, cast-in-place concrete piles, steel H-piles, and sometimes steel pile shells.  Drilled shafts are used for major bridges to reduce the size of footings and for bridges where required for scour design.   

• CITBC Module 13. PP-Piles-Pile Driving - 2018  
• CITBC Module 14. PP-Drilled Shafts - 2018 

PP-Drilled Shaft Seminar 1. Provides an inspector’s insight to quality control for the construction of drilled shafts.    

Video - Timber pile driving using Vibratory Driver for repair of marina pier structure.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxCr8ohffJ8  (5:51)   

Video - Vibratory Pile Driver Demo (Steel H-pile, positioning, pushing pile down & then driving with vibratory hammer).

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfOnfV3ClfU&spfreload=5 (9:56)