Load Tests on Large Diameter Belled Piles for Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton

Mahmoud Soliman, Curtis R. Treen, Vincent Huang, Paul R. Lach

In the proceedings of: GeoEdmonton 2018: 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference; 13th joint with IAH-CNC

Session: Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Deep Foundations I)

ABSTRACT: Rogers Place, recently completed in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, is one of the most modern arenas in the National Hockey League (NHL) with over 1.1 million square feet of space. The building is supported by 700 belled piles, with the largest bell diameter being 5.4 m, installed within the glacial till deposits underlying the site. Three pile load tests were completed at a range of depths in the till deposit prior to construction to confirm soil conditions, constructability, capacities, and load-displacement characteristics for design. Static top-down test loads up to 14,000 kN were applied, the largest completed in western Canada at the time. This paper describes the pile load test set-up, instrumentation, testing procedure, and interpretation of the results. The results of the load tests confirmed design parameters and enabled an optimized foundation design; the results are compared to the results from other pile load tests from the Edmonton area.

RÉSUMÉ: avec plus de 1,1 million de pieds carrés d'espace. Le bâtiment est soutenu par 700 pieu a base élargie, avec des pieux En raison des lourdes charges de fondation et d'un terrain congestionner, des tests de charge ont été essentiels pour optimiser la conception et configurer la disposition des pieux. Pour confirmer les conditions du sol, la constructibilité et les capacités de conception, trois essais de charge de pieux ont été effectués. Les essais ont fourni des informations anadien avec une charges appliquées jusqu'à 14 000 KN. Ce document décrit l'installation, l'instrumentation, la procédure de test et l'interprétation des résultats de l'essai de charge sur les pieux. Les résultats des tests ont permis une conception optimisée des fondations ; les résultats se sont comparés à d'autres essais de charge effectuer de la région d'Edmonton.

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Mahmoud Soliman; Curtis R. Treen; Vincent Huang; Paul R. Lach (2018) Load Tests on Large Diameter Belled Piles for Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton in GEO2018. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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