Test Methods and Specifications
Austroads Technical Specification ATS 5130 sets out the requirements for the construction of soil nails for the strengthening of earth slopes. It includes:
- supply of materials;
- installation of soil nails;
- compliance testing; and
- concrete facing work on the slope surface.
This technical specification can also be downloaded as a Word document.
- 1. Scope
- 2. Referenced Documents
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Quality System Requirements
- 5. Professional Engineer
- 6. Materials
- General
- Soil Nails
- Couplers
- Nuts
- Encapsulation (Corrugated Plastic Sheath)
- Centralisers
- Grout Tubes
- Grout
- Nail Heads and Bearing Plates
- Storage and Handling
- Materials for Concrete Facing
- Flexible Strip Filter Drains
- 7. Construction Sequence
- 8. Soil Nail Installation
- General
- Set Out and Drilling
- Insertion of Soil Nails
- Grouting Equipment
- Grout Mixing
- Grouting
- Loss or Leakage of Grout
- Bleed Testing
- Fluidity Testing
- Compressive Strength Test
- Fitting of Galvanized Nuts and Bearing Plates
- Construction Conformity Record
- 9. Instrumented Soil Nail
- 10. Soil Nail Testing
- General
- Type I Testing
- Type II Testing
- Type III Testing
- Test Load Cycles
- Acceptance Criteria
- Measurement of Loading and Movement
- Records of Tests
- 11. Placement of Concrete Facing
- General
- Slope Surface Preparation
- Installation of Steel Mesh Support Anchor Bars
- Horizontal Drains
- Application of Shotcrete
- Construction Joints
- Checking Integrity of Shotcrete
- 12. Sub-Surface Drainage
- Annexure A: Summary of Hold Points, Witness Points and Records
- Annexure B: Soil Nail Instrumentation Requirements
- Amendment Record
Related publications
ATS-5140-26
ATS-5452-26
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