Practice Note 28 Screw Piles: Guidelines for Design ...

Engineering PracticeISSN 1176-0907 October Note 28 Screw Piles: Guidelines for Design , Construction & InstallationIIPractice Note 28: Screw Piles: Guidelines for Design , Construction and Installation Version 1, October 2015 PrefaceThe purpose of the Practice Note Screw Piles: Guidelines for Design , Construction and Installation is to highlight many critical elements of the Design , installation and testing of Screw piles. It provides recommendations for good Practice in New Zealand, and should be used as a technical reference to inform engineers, developers, contractors and local Note Development This Practice Note has been facilitated by the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ), with support from principal sponsors Piletech, and authorship provided by Beca IPENZ Engineering Practice Advisory Committee has given the lead author the task of preparing a document to be adopted by the engineering industry that reflects a national perspective.

2. Overview of Screw Pile Technology 2.1 What is a screw pile? Screw piles are a type of piled foundation, or retaining wall anchor, that have been in use since the 1830s. They are made of circular hollow steel sections with one or more helices welded to the shaft that provide a self-tapping mechanism during installation.

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