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Piles and foundations

Pile eccentricity — measured from what, and how much is too much

Page code P02-05 · 3 inspection criteria · 1 illustrations

A footing is designed to transfer the load exactly to the centre of the pile group. If a pile is in the wrong place, the load isn't shared evenly and creates a moment the engineer didn't allow for — and once the footing is poured over it, it can never be fixed. The good news is that there are clear figures for this, measured with a tape meas…

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Criteria by number of piles in the footing
How to measure — from what to what
Common mistakes

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