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Pier Section page

Used to provide section information for pier at various elevations.

The parameters entered here depend on whether a drilled shaft or driven pier was selected on the Drilled Pier Job page .

Drilled Shaft sections

SettingDescription
Unit

Select the unit of length (this page only).
Bolt Circle Diameter (BCD)

Bolt circle diameter along which bolt will be placed
Number of Anchor Bolt (Nb)

Count of total anchor bolts. This parameter is used to calculate “An” as defined in appendix of PIP standard
Bolt Diameter (BD

Nominal diameter of individual bolt. This parameter is used to calculate “An” as defined in appendix of PIP standard.
Sleeve Diameter (SD)

Nominal diameter of the anchor bolt sleeve.
Anchor Bolt Effective Embedment Depth

Nominal embedment of the anchor bolt.

Driven Pier section

SettingDescription
Pier Ht Above Ground (PG) Extension of pier (pile) above ground level when driven to depth.
Water Level (WL) Distance from ground level down to water table, in the selected units.
Section list A list of pile sections available.
Create Section Click to provide section parameters for a custom pile section.
Add Section After custom section parameters are entered, click to add to the list.
Delete Section Click to remove the selected section from the Sections list.
Section Name / section parameter fields

Displays the relevant section data for the selected section in the Sections list.

If the Create Section button is clicked, respective values must be typed in each of these fields before clicking Add Section to save a custom section to the Sections list.
Section Length Type the total length of pile, in the selected units.
SettingDescription
< Previous

Steps the Wizard to the previous step.
Next >

Proceeds the Wizard to the next step.
Cancel

Exits the Wizard without creating a new Drilled/Driven Pier job..
Parent topic: Drilled/Driven Pier Foundation