Technical
Specifications
GRL makes sample specifications available to assist engineers wishing to specify testing and monitoring procedures on their projects. Engineers are advised to adapt these samples to specific job site requirements and geotechnical conditions.
Sample Testing and Monitoring Specifications
- Sample specification for Bi-Directional Static Load Testing GRL Services (BDSLT)
- Sample Specification for Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL)
- Sample Specification for High Strain Dynamic Testing of Driven Piles (PDA)
- Sample Specification for High Strain Dynamic Testing of Drilled and Cast-in-Place Shafts (PDA-DLT)
- Sample Specification for Low Strain Integrity Testing (PIT)
- Sample Specification for Drilled Shaft Verticality and Shape (SHAPE)
- Sample Specification for SPT Energy Testing
- Sample Specification for Drilled Shaft Base Cleanliness (SQUID)
- Sample Specification for Thermal Integrity Profiling (TIP)
ASTM Standards
- D1143- Standard Test Methods for Deep Foundations Under Static Axial Compressive Load
- D1586 - Standard Test Method for Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and Split-Barrel Sampling of Soils
- D3689- Standard Test Methods for Deep Foundations Under Static Axial Tensile Load
- D3966- Standard Test Methods for Deep Foundations Under Lateral Load
- D4633 - Standard Test Method for Energy Measurement for Dynamic Penetrometers
- D4945 - Standard Test Method for High-Strain Dynamic Testing of Deep Foundations
- D5882 - Standard Test Method for Low Strain Impact Integrity Testing of Deep Foundations
- D6066 - Standard Practice for Determining the Normalized Penetration Resistance of Sands for Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential
- D6760 - Standard Test Method for Integrity Testing of Concrete Deep Foundations by Ultrasonic Crosshole Testing
- D7383 - Standard Test Methods for Axial Compressive Force Pulse (Rapid) Testing of Deep Foundations
- D7949 - Standard Test Methods for Thermal Integrity Profiling of Concrete Deep Foundations
- D8169- Standard Test Methods for Deep Foundations Under Bi-Directional Static Axial Compressive Load
Other
- List of Codes, Specifications and Guidelines pertinent to crosshole sonic logging
- Codes, Specifications and Guidelines pertinent to Dynamic Load Testing and Wave Equation Analysis
- Hannigan, P.J., G.G. Goble, G.E. Likins, and F. Rausche. Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations - Volumes 1 and 2. Publication Numbers FHWA-NHI-05-042 and 043. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, 2006