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• Technical Specifications of PDI Equipment
• Sample Testing and Monitoring Specifications
• ASTM Standards
• Other
Pile Integrity Tester (PIT)
Technical Specifications of PDI Equipment
(pdf format)
• Accelerometer, Piezoelectric (PE)
• Accelerometer, Piezoresistive (PR)
• Acoustic Concrete Tester (ACT)
• Angle Analyzer
• Cross-Hole Analyzer (CHAMP)
• Cross-Hole Analyzer (CHA-QX)
• E-Saximeter (E-SAX)
• Length Inductive Test Equipment (LITE)
• Pile Driving Analyzer® (PDA) - Model PAX
• Pile Driving Analyzer® (PDA) - Model PAK
• Pile Installation Recorder (PIR)
• Pile Integrity Tester (Models PIT-V and PIT-FV)
• Pile Integrity Tester (Models PIT-X and PIT-X2)
• PIT Accessories
• SPT Analyzer
• Strain Transducer
• Thermal Integrity Profiler (TIP)
• Wireless Transmitter

Sample Testing and Monitoring Specifications
(editable Format)

• Blow Counting Device with Depth and Kinetic Energy
• Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL)
• High Strain Dynamic Testing of Driven Piles
• High Strain Dynamic Testing of Drilled and Cast-in-Place Shafts
• Installation of Augered Cast-In-Place, Continuous Flight Auger or Drilled Displacement Piles Using Automated Monitoring Equipment
• Pile Integrity Testing by the Low Strain Impact Method
• SPT Energy Testing
• Testing Foundations with the Thermal Integrity Profiler (TIP)

   PDI and GRL make 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.

ASTM Standards
(links to ASTM site)

• D1586-11 - Standard Test Method for Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and Split-Barrel Sampling of Soils
• D4633-10 - Standard Test Method for Energy Measurement for Dynamic Penetrometers
• D4945-08 - Standard Test Method for High-Strain Dynamic Testing of Deep Foundations
• D5882-07 Standard Test Method for Low Strain Impact Integrity Testing of Deep Foundations
• D6066-11 - Standard Practice for Determining the Normalized Penetration Resistance of Sands for Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential
• D6760-08 - Standard Test Method for Integrity Testing of Concrete Deep Foundations by Ultrasonic Crosshole Testing

Other

• Compliance of CHA with ASTM D6760
• Federal Highway Administration Geotechnical Engineering Circular (GEC) #8
• Compliance of PIR with DFI guidelines
• List of Codes, Specifications and Guidelines pertinent to crosshole sonic logging
• Codes, Specifications and Guidelines pertinent to Dynamic Load Testing and Wave Equation Analysis
• ISO 22476-3:2005 - Geotechnical investigation and testing -- Field testing -- Part 3: Standard penetration test
• 1986 FHWA Pile Driving Inspector's Manual
• 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