Test Methods and Specifications
Construction of Cast in Place Piles
- Publication no: ATS-5240-25
- Published: 17 February 2025
- Edition: 1.0
- Superseded
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Austroads Technical Specification ATS 5240 sets out the requirements for the installation of piles constructed with cast in place reinforced concrete. It covers both unlined piles and piles with a steel lining.
This Specification does not cover:
- design of the cast in place concrete piles;
- concrete filled driven tubular steel piles where the steel tubes are structural components of the piles and the geotechnical strength is primarily determined by the analysis of the driving energy of the steel tube, which are covered by ATS 5230; or
- continuous flight auger piles, which are covered by ATS 5260.
Unless specified otherwise in the Contract documents, the piles must be installed and tested in accordance with AS 2159, as amended by this Specification.
This technical specification can also be downloaded as a Word document.
Edition 1.0 was superseded by Edition 1.1 in August 2025.
- 1. Scope
- 2. Referenced Documents
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Quality System Requirements
- 5. Geotechnical Engineer
- 6. Contractor’s Personnel
- 7. Materials
- General
- Drilling Support Fluids (where applicable)
- 8. Pile Installation Equipment
- 9. Site Preparation and Management
- General
- Site Control Zones
- Site Earthworks
- 10. Pile Construction – General Requirements
- Quality Plan
- Pile Installation
- Noise, Vibration and Property Damage
- 11. Use of Drilling Support Fluids
- 12. Installation of Steel Liners
- General
- Prebored Holes for Steel Liners
- Installation of Steel Liners
- 13. Pile Founding Level
- General
- Inspection and Condition of the Pile Hole
- Certification
- 14. Reinforcement
- 15. Placing Concrete
- General
- Method of Placement
- Tremie Lifted Out of Concrete
- 16. Extraction of Temporary Liners
- 17. Pile Testing
- General
- High Strain Dynamic Pile Testing
- Pile Integrity Testing
- Cross-Hole Sonic Logging
- Reporting
- 18. Pile Completion
- General
- Installation Records
- Certification of Conformance
- Annexure A: Hold Points, Witness Points and Records
- Amendment Record
Related publications
ATS-5452-26
ATS-5230-26
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