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Guide to the Transport, Handling, Storage and Installation of Rccla Marine Piles

The intention of providing guidelines for the transport, handling, storage
and installation of Rocla Marina piles d9 to ensure that :

~ pile aesthetics axe maintained
~ the designated structural performance is maintained and
- the design service life can bea best achieved.

The document “Structural Specification for Standard Rocla Spun Concrete
Marina Piles’ ( ‘pilespe3.doo' ) lists the essential design assumptions and
structural characteristics. .

The guidelines are also based on the bending moment and shear atrength
diagrams shown on drawings :

( 90325~ 400 dia / 175 kNm Standard Marina Piles
90340 400 dia / 275 km Standard Marina Piles
903414 400 dia / 375 kNm Standard Marina Piles
90370AK 450 dia / 275 kNm Standard Marina Piles
$0371 450 dia / 425 kNm standard Marina Piles
$0372A 450 dia / 525 kNm Standard Marina Piles

Piles endure significant stresses throughout their existence. In seme
czses, the pre-service toads May create stresses greater than that from the
actual loads experienced during service. Generally transportation and
inatallation create the highest stresses, at least potentially, whilst storage
and handling the least stresses. This is mainly because dynamic effects are at
their greatest during transpertation and dnstallation and are generally the most
uncontrollable. It is these situations which Gause the greatest concern and thus
necessitate the most attention. Also, there are special limitations involved tn
transportation and installation which create undesirable loading situations.

The beet means to minimise atress in the pile is to treat them with care,
{ Sudden movements, such as a truck hitting a pot-hole or a jerky crane, should be
avoided at all times,

Transpertation

Piles are normally transported by road or rail, Road transport is the mest
common and generally creates higher stresses in the piles compared to rail. The
following section acdzresses road transport but the same concepts apply to rail,

Piles are subjected to substantial dynania effects during transportation,
These dynamic effeatsa act to Magnify the self~weight loads, The roughness of the
road, the speed of the truck and the quality of the truck's suspension are key
factors in the magnitude of the dynamic effects. The overhanging sections of
cach pile (overhang = the distance from the support bearer to the closest end of
the pile) are aubjected to higher dynamic effects than the pertien of Pile
between the supports,

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