Catalogue

Foundations and Retaining Walls

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Contents
Why Choose Brian Perry Civil? 1-4

Driven Piles 5 - 10

Bored Piles 11 - 14

Pile Testing 15 - 16

Ground Improvement 17 - 22

Pressure Grouting 23 - 24

Marine and Bridge Foundations 25 - 26

Ground Retention 27 - 30

Cut-off Walls 31 - 32

Plant and Equipment 33 - 34
Why Choose Brian Perry Civil?
Breadth of Capability
Brian Perry Civil is New Zealands leading
foundation engineering contractor with a
reputation for performance, innovation and
quality in demanding and high risk jobs.
Our workforce is highly trained, committed
and has a range of practical skills backed
with experience.
A strong team of experienced professionals
provide technical support and
management skills.
Strong relationships with New Zealands
leading geotechnical consultants adds to our
technical capability.
Specialised plant provides versatility and we
lead the industry with our range of cranes, piling
equipment and marine plant.
We are committed to safe work places, employee
health and protection of the environment.
We are certified to the ISO 9001 quality standard.

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Alternatives and Innovation
Our experienced and professional staff are
always on the lookout for a better or smarter
way of doing things.
We are regularly approached at the feasibility
or design stages of a project to assist with
technical solutions and innovative methods for
demanding foundation applications
Unrivalled Experience
Brian Perry Civil has been a significant player in
the NZ piling market since 1973, with experience
evolving from temporary shoring of deep
pipeline excavations.
Piling applications include foundations and
retention works for high rise buildings, heavy
industrial plant, bridging and marine structures,
pump stations and pipelines.
We have encountered a wide range of ground
conditions ranging from deep alluvial gravels
and silts to the complex geology of Aucklands
volcanic region.
We have worked throughout New Zealand
and the South Pacific.
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Innovation
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Strategic Alliance and Joint Venture
If we dont have the experience in house, we
team up with those who do.
Some of our most successful projects have
been joint ventures with specialist overseas
experts where we provide the local knowledge
and resources.
Performance
Track Record
Our track record in the construction industry
for innovation, performance and certainty of
delivery is unrivalled.
This has been recognised with the company
receiving multiple New Zealand Contractors
Federation awards over the years.
Certainty of Delivery
Our design / build piling and foundation service, We work successfully in any contractual
including ground investigation, is offered in arrangement, be it competitively bid, main
conjunction with specialist geotechnical and contract, subcontract, negotiated, alliancing,
structural consultants. design / build, guaranteed maximum price,
fast track or turnkey.
We operate in a team environment, either as a
team leader or team member. Our success in competitive tendering
demonstrates our cost effectiveness.
Ownership
Ownership by The Fletcher Construction Company
Ltd provides additional certainty to performance
through strength in resources, financial backing
and management.
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Driven Piles
Application

Driven piles take many forms. Selection is Piling Hammers

determined by location and type of structure,
Our extensive piling hammer range includes:
column loads, ground conditions, environmental
considerations and material durability.
Impact hammers
Brian Perry Civil has experience in all Used to fully drive or finish displacement piles
types including: in a range of conditions and to drive sheet
piles in hard ground.
Displacement Piles
We offer accelerated hydraulic hammers with
Timber piles their advantages of high capacity, production
and efficiency plus a range of traditional
Steel H piles
drop hammers.
Precast concrete piles
Vibro hammers
Steel tubes top and bottom driven
Used to advance displacement piles (steel tubes
Raked or vertical and H sections) in good ground and to drive and
withdraw steel casings and sheet piles.
Driven cast-in-place piles
We offer modern hydraulic and electric units
Vibroset piles with variable frequency to minimise noise and
vibration in built-up areas.
Sheet Piles
For marine and land-based
retaining structures

1200mm diameter casings driven 40m

Tainui Bridge, Huntly

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Hammer Selection
Amplitude
For the pile to penetrate the ground, the vibro
hammer must create sufficient amplitude to
exceed the elastic range of the soil.
The more cohesive the soil the greater the
amplitude required.
Frequency
The higher the frequency the lower the vibration
effects on the surrounding structures but the
lower the productive capacity of the hammer.
1600 rpm is considered to be a good
compromise. Variable frequency units allow the
frequency to be adjusted to minimise noise and
vibration in built-up areas.
Power
The available power places limits on what
eccentric moment can be driven at the
desired frequency.
If the power is too low the vibro hammer
will not be able to overcome the skin friction
between the soil and the pile and the pile will
no longer move.

A granular soil is easier to drive than a clay and

a highly plastic clay will be easier than a
35.0
damp clay.
ICE 216

30.0 ICE 14RF

Amplitude is a function of the eccentric moment GHK
of the hammer divided by the suspended mass 25.0 ICE 416L
(hammer plus pile) PTC 30
Amplitute (mm)
20.0 PTC 50

PTC 60

As a rule of thumb use: 15.0

4mm - minimum for non-cohesive soils 10.0

6mm - for average soils

5.0
8-10mm - for highly cohesive soils
0.0
O 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000
Pile Mass (kg)

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Middleton Road, Wellington- Stabilization using Sheet Piles Rewa Bridge, Fiji- Bottom driven steel tubes up to 50m long

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Furgusson Wharf, Auckland- Raking H Piles

Huntly Power Station Cooling Tower, Huntly- Pre Drilled H Piles

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Bottom-driven steel tubes

For use when noise and vibration are concerns.

Thinner section casing can be used because of lower driving stresses than for top-driven tubes.

Pitch steel tube and Drive tube with Perform Pile Set / PDA Place reinforcement Pour concrete
form driving plug with Internal Drop Hammer to confirm pile cage inside casing
drop hammer (maintaining plug) capacity is achieved

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Vibro-set Piles

A vibro set pile is a closed-off casing that is vibrated into the ground displacing and densifying all the material in its path. The casing is then filled with
reinforcement and concrete, and then extracted. The base can be enlarged for greater capacity. For use as an alternative to precast piles or bored piles in
soft grounds, especially when vibrating a tube is faster than drilling and casing, or when vertical tie downs are necessary.

Pitch steel tube with Vibrate tube to depth Place reinforcement Pour Concrete Remove casing
sacrificial shoe (displacing soil) cage inside casing with Vibro

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Bored Piles
Application
Bored piles are non-displacement piles
commonly used in high capacity applications.
Mainly used where large vertical loads, seismic B
loads or bending moments must be carried by a
single unit and / or when extremely tough (rock)
and abrasive ground is prevalent.
The large diameters available combined with
heavy steel reinforcing cages provide high
structural strength. Larger capacity bored piles
founded in rock can minimise settlement and
often provide an economical solution over
other pile types.
Bored piles can be installed with little or no
vibration and with much lower noise levels than
driven piles.
Bored pile types offered by Brian Perry Civil
include:
Concrete shafts
Caissons
Contiguous piles
Secant piles
Continuous flight auger piles (CFA)
Screwed piles courtesy of Piletech
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Shaft Support
Shaft support methods depend on ground
conditions, the ground water regime and site
environmental constraints, and include:
Vibrated temporary casing
Drilled or screwed temporary casing
Permanent casing
Bentonite or Polymer fluids
Belling
Belling techniques in suitable ground can prove
economical to take advantage of high end
bearing resistance.
Brian Perry Civil have formed bells up to
3600mm in diameter with their mechanical
belling tools.
Grooving
Additional skin friction resistance in bored piles
can be achieved by spiral grooving the socket
length using a reaming tool.
Drill Rigs
Brian Perry Civils fleet includes:
Hydraulic rotary drill rigs of differing
sizes offering high production rates
in the toughest of conditions.
Including low headroom, high torque units.
Crane mount drill rigs allowing the
crane to be used in both piling and
handling modes.
Tools and Attachments
Purpose-designed tooling for removing soil and
rock, adapted for the toughest NZ conditions:
Drill buckets
Soil and rock augers
Core barrels
Down-hole hammer drills
Rock chisels
Standard Diameters Graph
Waihi Shafts, Waihi- 2 x 2.5m diameter x 85m deep shafts

Central Motorway Junction, Auckland - Installing retaining wall piles under viaduct

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Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) Piles

Set up on a pile position Drill to pre-determined Pressurise concrete Concrete pile to Clean pile head and
and commence drilling pile of founding level system and blow bung ground level / piling plunge reinforcement
to commence concreting platform cage into fluid concrete

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Piles excavated using Benonite / Polymer

Set up on a pile position Excavate the pile bore to Clean or exchange the Place the high slump Remove the temporary
and install a short founding mainting the support fluid and install concrete using casing
temporary casing support fluid level the reinforcement cage tremie methods

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Bentonite Equipment

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Bored Pile Construction Methodology Options

Short collar Guided

Stable - dry Auger
casing Freefall
Stable - wet Auger/bucket Short collar Tremie Pumping from the pile bore
casing Pipe can result in stability and concrete integrity problems
Unstable Auger/bucket/ Permanent Tremie Installation of long casings can be problematic to install &
- wet or dry wet auger casing Pipe remove (capability, noise, vibration).
Temporary Tremie Cost of permanent casing is high but the integrity ensured.
casing Pipe Care required removing long casings in difficult ground.
Polymers Tremie
Pipe Bentonite widely used in all ground conditions where a
positive head is maintained above ground water.
Bentonite Tremie Polymers can be highly effective in some soil types
Pipe and requires smaller site establishment

CFA Auger Spoil on the Hollow Cost effective option. Good control and monitoring of the
Piling auger string stem auger process is required.
Cage insertion into the concrete can restrict depth achievable

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Pile Testing
Application
Pile testing is an important technique to
provide assurance of pile capacity and integrity.
It is especially important for cases when:
Loads are large or critical
Ground conditions are marginal
or difficult to assess
Structural codes now provide an economic
incentive to prove the capacity of piles by
allowing a lower design safety factor.
Pile testing offered by Brian Perry Civil include:
Pile Load Testing
Calculations using the Hiley formula
PDA (Pile Driving Analyser), a proprietary
dynamic testing system, including
Grlweap wave analysis software
Traditional static load testing
using kentledge or reaction anchors
Osterberg cell
Pile Integrity Testing
Cross Hole Sonic Logging (CSL)
Pile Echo tester (PET)
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Hiley Formula
The Hiley formula assumes the energy of
the falling hammer during pile driving is
proportional to the energy resisted by the pile.
It was intended to be applied to cohesionless,
well drained soils or rock.
The method is widely considered to be one of
the better formulae of its type.
Comparisons indicate significant differences are
possible from the results of a static load test. Tauranga Harbour Link- 11mn static load test
Its key advantages are low cost and ease of Load (KN)
application but it must be used with high 0
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000
factors of safety ie. 2.5 to 3.0 and preferably in
conjunction with calculations of load capacity
based on investigation data. 5
PDA (Pile Driving Analyser) 10
Displacement (mm)
The PDA method is becoming increasingly
popular due to its low cost and rapid results.
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It derives pile resistance from hammer energy
but takes better account of elastic compression
effects, shaft friction and associated damping. 20
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Cycle 3
Comparisons with static load tests indicate Cycle 4
significant improvement in accuracy compared 25
to the Hiley Formula.
GBC Project Eastport- CFA Pile Static load test result
Static Load Testing
Static load testing involves the direct
measurement of pile head displacement in
response to a physically applied test load.
It remains the most accurate method of
determining long term load capacity of a pile
It allows the most complete assessment of load
versus settlement characteristics, in particular
time-related effects.
Testing may be carried out for the following load
configurations:
compression
lateral
tension (uplift)
The load is most commonly applied via a
jack acting against a dead weight
(kentledge) or a reaction beam restrained
by an anchorage system.
Osterberg Cell
The Osterberg Cell is a hydraulically-driven, high
capacity, sacrificial loading device installed in
the pile during construction.
This negates the need for overhead structural
beams and tie-down piles required for a static
load test.
The cell works in 2 directions, upward against
side shear and downward against end bearing
thus allowing these parameters to be accurately
and separately determined.
Cross-hole Sonic Logging (CSL)
This determines the quality of the concrete
of deep foundations. PVC or steel tubes are
installed within the pile during construction.
During the test a transmitter is lowered down
one of the tubes and sends a high frequency
signal to a receiver inserted in another tube.
Avalon Drive, Hamilton- PDA texting 710 dia tubes
Transmitter and receiver move down each pair
of tubes scanning the entire length of shaft.
Software analyses the results to produce an
image of the shaft showing imperfections.
Pile Echo Tester (PET)
The top of the pile is tapped with a lightweight
plastic hammer and the reflected sonic wave
is recorded by a computer to determine both
length and continuity of the pile. The method
has limitations and must be used carefully.
Pile Integrity Testing
There are a number of systems available to
test and evaluate the soundness of the
Avalon Drive, Hamilton- 710 diameter tubes
constructed shaft.
PDA testing, results and analysis
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Ground Improvement
Application

Brian Perry Civils ground improvement Dynamic Compaction Cohesionless Soils

techniques allow a variety of structures to
be supported without the use of traditional
pile foundations.
These techniques can be used to:
Control settlement
Reduce lateral earth pressures
Increase ground bearing capacity
Avoid liquefaction
Accelerate consolidation
Improve slope stability
Brian Perry Civil has experience in techniques
including:
Vibrocompaction (wet or dry)
This method of ground improvement uses a The engineering properties of a granular soil;
heavy weight (5 to 20 tonne) repeatedly dropped compressibility, shear strength, and permeability.
in free fall from 2 to 30m on to the ground to
be compacted. This is all dependent on the state of compaction
or relative density of the soil.
The shock waves and high ground stresses
produced by impact result in: High relative density leads to increased bearing
pressures, low total and differential
settlements, and high resistance to liquefaction
compression of air voids in the soil in seismic regions.
partial liquefaction and creation of
Vibrocompaction uses the action of a special
drainage paths vibrator (usually accompanied by water jetting),
to densify cohesionless soil particles.
generation of excess water pressures
which cause consolidation of
fine grained soils
The method is well suited to compaction of near Silt Sand Gravel
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surface soils with large air voids such as refuse 90
dumps or poorly filled ground. 80
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Passing by Weight (%)

Vibroreplacement
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Vibroreplacement
50 Vibrocompaction
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Dynamic compaction
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20
Vertical wick drains
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Lime cement columns 0.002 0.006 0.02 0.06 0.2 0.6 2.0 6.0 20 60 100
Particle Size (mm)
Grouting

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Vibrocompaction Process
Vibration and air / water
jets directed downwards
at the tip facilitate probe
penetration. Jets turned
off as required depth of
compaction is reached.
Side and upper jets are The probe is raised in
switched on to promote 0.5m increments over
the flow of material the full depth to be
towards the probe and treated. The compaction
commence compaction. causes localised craters
The probe is lifted once so the working platform
thepredetermined needs re-levelling. Pegasus Town, Christchurch
criterionis achieved.
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Cohesive Soils
Dewatering using Wick Drains
Wick drains are used to improve the rate of
consolidation of low permeability soils by
reducing the length of drainage paths within
the soil.
Prefabricated wicks are inserted vertically into
the ground by a purpose-built rig. Pattern and
depth are determined by the consolidation
properties of the soil and the desired time for
consolidation to occur.
Soil Mixing
Soft clays and silts can be stabilised by mixing
the clay with unslaked lime or other cement
materials. The resulting stabilised soil has the
consistency of stiff to hard clay with lower
compressibility and higher permeability than the
unstabilised soil.
The net effect is a reduction in total and
differential settlements under structural loads
and an increase in the rate of this settlement
because the increased permeability allows the
columns to act as drains and dissipate pore
water pressures.
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Cohesive to Cohesionless Soils
Vibroreplacement / Stone Columns
(wet or dry)
In this process soil improvement of sensitive soft
clays, sands and silts is achieved by reinforcing
weak soils with densely compacted granular
columns.
A vibrator is used to penetrate and displace the
soil and to compact a dense column of clean,
inert stone.
This is introduced in stages during the Northern Busway, Auckland-
compaction process. Deep wick drains for embankment construction
Jetting water is often used to assist the
penetration of the vibro head.
The surrounding soil confines the granular
columns and allows the columns to develop a
higher bearing pressure, this is relative to the
surrounding ground.
The stone columns and the surrounding
soils form an integrated system with low
compressibility and improved bearing capacity.
Otahuhu, Auckland- Dynamic Compaction
Vibroreplacement Process

By adding succesive charges of stone

and compacting each one, a column of
very compact stone is built up to
The vibrator is reintroduced into the ground level. The reinforcing and
Vibrator penetrates weak soils under action After being held at depth for a short
hole, the stone is compacted forced compation action of the stone columns
of vibrations and compressed air jetting time, the vibrator is withdrawn and
out and tighly interlocked with the serves to significantly improve the load
mediums and forms a hole to design a charge of stone is placed into
surrounding ground. bearing and settlement characteristics
depth usually a competent bearing stratum. the hole.
of the ground
Centreport, Wellington
Stone columns for lateral spreading

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Mokai Geothermal Power, Taihape Kings Wharf, Fiji- Delivered in conjunction with Northern Busway, Auckland
Stone Column foundations Fletchers South Pacific Division. Wick drains for embankment construction

Pegasus Town, Christchurch- Vibrocompaction

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Waiwere Drive, Hamilton- Wick drains for gully infill

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Pressure Grouting
Application

Pressure grouting is a widely used technique to: Tube Manchette Grouting Grout then pumped down
tubes to effect seal at interface
Rock Face
Seal cavities in retaining and cut-off walls This technique has been used by Brian Perry Civil
to arrest settlement of sinking piles and heavy
Increase ground resistance in anchor and foundations in situations where ground has
Sheet piling driven Tunnel
tie-back systems behaved unexpectedly. through boulders
and rock after
concentrated blasting
Improve pile performance It has been used successfully in a number of
bridge applications where settlement was Grout Seal
becoming critical. Sheet Piles
Ground Anchors Grouting
The capacity of ground anchorage systems is The technique involves enchancing ground at Drilled holes with grout
tubes installed,
determined by the size of tendon, surrounding various points immediatly adjacent to the pile by Up to 1 ton cement them
Rock Face
pumped into each tube
ground conditions and grouting technique. controlled grouting using the tube manchettes.

Grouting techniques include: This can be applied to existing piles to improve

performance or during the design of piles to
Grout Sealing at Manapouri sheet pile cut off wall
Tremmie grouting in rock and stiff ground optimise performance.
resistance to withdrawal is dependent on
side shear at the ground / grout interface Design of the tube and grout pressures are
critical. The procedure requires repeated
Injection grouting in coarse, granular application over many days to continually
materials or fissured rock. This system improve the ground conditions to their
increases the effective diameter of the bore optimum parameters.
hole by injecting grout into the pores or
natural fractures of the ground

Post-grouting in non-cohesive or
cohesionless soil. The application of grout
via grout tube in the bond anchor length
compacts the surrounding soil and enhances
the insitu length, thereby increasing
anchorage capacity. Instrumented Grouting Plant

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Tauranga Harbour Link- Bored pile base grouted using Tube manchettes

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Marine and Bridge Foundations
Application

Brian Perry Civil is an experienced and capable Drilled and socketed precast piles for: Marine Plant
marine contractor with a history of
wharf construction Brian Perry Civil has an up-to-date fleet
performance on a multitude of challenging and
of marine equipment including a range of
high risk projects. bridge abutments pontoons, barges and work boats
Our capability includes:
Sheet Piles for: Jack-up barge: Tuapapa

Driven and bored piles for: permanent works Size: 24m x 18m
bridges coffer dams Operating Weight: 419 tonnes
wharves and jetties temporary staging
Maximum crane capacity: 100 tonnes
berths ground retention
Maximum working water depth: 18m
marinas
Reclamation and dredging using:
navigational structures Allows work to continue unrestricted by tide
reclaimed fill levels and sea conditions.
ground retention and reclamation
mudcrete Jack up Barge: Kaupapa
navigational structures
rock bund retaining walls
Size: 25 x 9.5
ground retention and reclamation

temporary and permanent staging Operating Weight: 314 tonnes

ocean outfall staging

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Rewa Bridge, Fiji- Delivered in conjunction with Fletchers South Pacific Division.

Kauri Point Wharf, Auckland Upper Harbour Bridge, Auckland

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Ground Retention
Application

Brian Perry Civil offers a selection of retaining

walls for a wide range of applications.

The wall type selected depends on the ground

conditions, the standard of finish and the level
of water tightness required.

Retaining wall methods include:

Soldier piles in timber, steel or

precast concrete

Contiguous bored pile wall with

shotcrete arch

Secant pile walls

Sheet pile walls

Permanent or temporary ground anchors

Diaphragm walls

Gravity walls
crib / gabion / reinforced earth

Slurry walls

Soho Square, Auckland

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 Permanent or Temporary Ground Anchors

Shotcrete
Soil Nails

GF
Platform Level
Embedded
structured wall
Top of Slurry Wall

B1
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ho
nc An economical tie back system utilising steel bar or strand
il A drilled into the ground, post-grouted and tensioned
So B2
against a waler system. Passive Anchors and Soil Nails can
also be used.
or B3
ch
An

B4
ck
Ro

Bedrock
Excavation level

Grout Curtain

Ground Retention

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 Soldier Pile Wall Contiguous Bored Pile Wall Soilmix / Slurry Wall

Constructed using timber, steel Series of bored piles installed Ground supported with stiffness
or pre cast concrete piles with timber relatively close together, dependant on steel section.
or precast concrete infill panels. supporting shotcrete arches. Precast panels can increase stiffness.
.Ground supported with stiffness
Wall Movement Ground unsupported allowing relaxation Ground unsupported allowing relaxation
prior placement of panels and backfilling. prior to concrete. Finish product stiff. dependant on steel section.
Stiffness depends on steel section Permeable until shotcrete place with no Precast panels can increase stiffness.
and backfill compaction. groundwater control below excavation.
Watertightness Permeable with no groundwater control Seepages long term. Good temporary performance due to
Product

below excavation. Seepages long term.
Connections Numerous connection options
dependant on materials used
Durability Conventional concrete in the ground
design or sacrificial steel thickness given
long term seepage potential.
Load Capacity Capacity can be enhanced by increasing
the length of some piles.
replacement with CB slurry but some seepages.
Drilled and grouted bars in to piles, shear Welded to steel sections, shear & bending
and bending capacity possible. capacity possible.
Conventional concrete in ground design Sacrificial thickness of steel and internal
lining wall for long-term ground water seepage
Capacity can be enhanced by increasing Capacity limited by penetration of steel beams
the length of some piles.

50T crane + grab / CSM, handling crane,grout

Establishment 50-60T self erecting hydraulic drilling rigs 50-60T self erecting hydraulic drilling rigs,
plant w/ screw feed silos, high pressure pumps.
and handling crane. handling crane and concrete pumps.
Construction

Materials to site Concrete, reinforcement cages, steel Concrete, reinforcement cages Cement, bentonite,
or precast concrete panels steel or precast concrete panels
Work face access Plant & Materials delivery Plant & Materials delivery Plant, materials and pipeline delivery of slurry
Noise Yes, if driven sections Machine only Machine only
Vibration Yes, if driven sections No No
Spoil Dependand on installation method 100% nett volume 30%-80% Nett volume

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 Sheet Pile Wall Secant Pile Wall Diaphragm Wall

Clutched sheet piles driven A series of piles installed so that they A series of interlocking reinforced
into position. overlap to form a wall. concrete panels.

Wall Movement Flexible In-situ wall with ground supported Ground supported throughout excavation.
throughout construction. Very stiff. Stiffest option given wall thickness.
Seepages long term.

Watertightness Good with joint treatment Ground water control over pile length and Excellent over full depth of the wall with waterbar across p
Product

satisfactory performance with some seepages joints welded to steel sections, shear & bending capacity.
Connections Welded below capping beam level Drilled & grouted bars in to piles, Full moment & shear connection via box-out
shear & bending capacity possible and pull-out bars
Durability Internal painting and sacrificial thickness Conventional concrete in the ground design Conventional concrete in the ground design.
of steel Internal lining for long-term seepage No internal lining necessary

Load Capacity Low end bearing capacity Capacity can be enhanced by increasing Wall has a large bearing area and individual
the length of some piles panels can be extended
Establishment Cranes, vibros and hammers and / or pile 50-60T self erecting hydraulic drilling rigs 50T crane + grab, handling crane,
jacking plant (Giken). and handling crane. mud conditioning plant, mud storage
Materials to site Sheet Piles Concrete, reinforcement cages Bentonite, reinforcement cages or precast concrete panels
Construction

Work face access Plant & Materials delivery Plant & Materials delivery Plant, materials and pipelines for bentonite mud circulatio
Noise Yes, if jacked in Machine only Machine Only
Vibration Yes, if jacked in No No
Spoil No 100% nett volume 100% nett volume

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Cut off Walls
Application

Brian Perry Civil offers a range of cut-off walls to Soil Bentonite

suit particular civil engineering applications.
Where ground water control is important but
with higher permeabilities are allowed, soil
These applications include:
bentonite slurry can be utilised
Impervious walls for dams

Cut-off walls for landfills and hazardous Geomembrane Walls

waste containments For prevention of gas migration, particularly
above the ground water table, a secondary
Water control barriers
barrier is sometimes placed in the slurry wall.

Slurry Cut off Walls
Bentonite Cement
These are formed by using a specially formulated
mix of cementitious and bentonite based
materials together with proprietary additives to
provide a plastic structure that offers extremely
low permeability with a degree of flexibility
which is important in areas prone to earthquake.
This typically comprises a HDPE liner, which for
shallow walls is lowered horizontally into the
liquid slurry trench as either a continuous sheet
or roll, or vertically with interlocking panels for
deeper walls.
To complete the composite wall, the
self hardening bentonite / cement slurry
encapsulates the flexible liner.

Arapuni Dam, Waikato

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Arapuni Dam, Waikato- Overlapping piles to 85mm depths

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Plant and Equipment
Application

Brian Perry Civil owns a wide range of modern
plant appropriate to NZ conditions.
Plant is maintained in our own well-equipped
workshops and we are always looking to
upgrade or re-invest in new plant to keep
abreast of the latest technologies.
Piling Cranes
We have an extensive range of modern, heavy
duty, high line pull, tracked cranes from 30 to
250 tonnes capacity with a spread of leaders
and attachments.
Operators undergo comprehensive and
continuing training on new and existing cranes
Drill Rigs Boring Tools and Attachments
We operate a range of sophisticated hydraulic
drill rigs, well proven in NZs toughest conditions Drill buckets
and offering superior production rates in a
Soil and rock augers
multitude of applications and conditions.
Core barrels
Rig weight ranges from 30 to 70 tonnes with
drilling diameters up to 3m and depths to 80m. Down-hole hammer drills
Low headroom rigs are available capable for Rock chisels
drilling 1.2m diameter to 24m depth.
Benoto buckets
Crane mount rotary rigs with drilling diameters
Diaphragm wall buckets
up to 2.5m and depths to 58m deliver
reliable production and provide the flexibility to
allow the crane fleet to be used in both piling
Bentonite Equipment
and handling modes.

Piling Hammers Mixers

Our modern piling hammer range includes Sanders
hydraulic impact hammers and variable
frequency hydraulic and electric Pumps
vibro hammers.
Test equipment

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Cut off Walls
Application

Brian Perry Civil offers a range of cut-off walls to Soil Bentonite

suit particular civil engineering applications.
Where ground water control is important but
with higher permeabilities are allowed, soil
These applications include:
bentonite slurry can be utilised
Impervious walls for dams

Cut-off walls for landfills and hazardous Geomembrane Walls

waste containments For prevention of gas migration, particularly
above the ground water table, a secondary
Water control barriers
barrier is sometimes placed in the slurry wall.

Slurry Cut off Walls
Bentonite Cement
These are formed by using a specially formulated
mix of cementitious and bentonite based
materials together with proprietary additives to
provide a plastic structure that offers extremely
low permeability with a degree of flexibility
which is important in areas prone to earthquake.
This typically comprises a HDPE liner, which for
shallow walls is lowered horizontally into the
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liquid slurry trench as either a continuous sheet
or roll, or vertically with interlocking panels for
deeper walls.
To complete the composite wall, the
self hardening bentonite / cement slurry
encapsulates the flexible liner.

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