5-Story Parking Garage Pile Layout

Description

CADD files for an example 5-story parking garage with tilt-up precast panel exterior and interior walls. Building founded on reinforced concrete pile caps supported on multiple arrangements of Magnum larger diameter high-capacity helical piles. Good example of using battered piles at ends of large shear walls for added lateral resistance and drift control. Building constructed over interior storm water detention tanks. Example helical pile layout, installation notes, details, and schedules provided. Project constructed in expansive soils. Void form used below pile caps. Single helix to refusal on sandstone. Load tests performed to validate design. This project is an example of a pile installation contractor’s response to RFP for pile foundations for support of commercial buildings where the owner was open to any pile type: micropile, drilled shaft, helical pile, etc. Helical piles prooved to be most economical and quickest to install saving the owner time and money.

LIMITATIONS

The drawings and design(s) contained in these documents are based on a specific project, location, time, and soil profile for which they were prepared. Obviously, drawings and design requirements are highly dependent on project location, local practice, prevailing codes, and soil profile conditions. Some of the drawing examples are out of date and based on older codes and practices. These drawings and designs are examples intended to be used by design professionals for informational purposes only. Magnum Piering, Inc. makes no assertions as to the accuracy, completeness, compliance with any codes, or applicability of such information for any specific project or condition, nor do we purport the fitness of the designs shown for any intended purpose.

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