Our speciality

Pile Load Tests

Static vertical load tests up to 5000 t, bi-directional up to 12000 t, lateral, cyclic, pull-out and plate load tests.

Overview

Pile Load Tests at SRGPL

Load testing is where SRGPL earned the name Load Test Titans. We have tested piles for metros, bridges, freight corridors, expressways and nuclear facilities, including the 3500 t prototype pile on the Zuari Bridge in Goa.

Our crews mobilise reaction systems, hydraulic jacks, calibrated load cells and data loggers for onshore and offshore piles, and report load-settlement behaviour against the design requirements.

Static vertical pile load test set-up with kentledge and hydraulic jacks

5000 tStatic vertical and cyclic load test

12000 tBi-directional load test

2000 tHigh strain dynamic load test, own HSDLT set-up

500 tLateral and pull-out test

We offer the following tests

15 items

01Static Vertical Pile Load Test by Reaction Anchors up to 5000 tons (onshore & offshore piles)
02Lateral Load Test up to 500 tons
03Bi-directional Static Pile Load Tests up to 12000 tons
04Cyclic Pile Load Test up to 5000 tons
05Pile Pull-out Test up to 500 tons
06High Strain Dynamic Load Test, test loads up to 2000 tons
07Lateral Dynamic Pile Load Test
08Plate Load Test on Soil & Rock
09Stone Column Load Test
10Footing Load Test
11Bridge / Slab Load Test
12Modulus of Subgrade Reaction (k-value) Test
13In-situ Shear Test on Rock
14Cyclic Lateral Load Test on Rock up to 500 tons
15Rock Anchor Pull-out Test

Record4500 t

Highest test load on a test pile

Vertical static load test, Zuari Bridge, Goa

Record3240 t

Highest test load on a routine pile

Mumbai–Pune Expressway Missing Link, for Afcons

How we run a load test

Our own reaction systems

In-house pile load test set-ups and our own crown girder for tests up to 3000 tons, so mobilisation does not wait on hired kentledge.

Calibrated jacks and load cells

Hydraulic jacks and load cells are checked for efficiency and deviation before they go to site.

Static, dynamic or bi-directional

We match the method to the pile, the site and the programme, from routine piles to prototype test piles.

Clear reporting

Load–settlement curves and interpretation against the design load, issued under our NABL accreditation (Certificate No. TC-12577) for tests within our scope of accreditation.