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-CNCSession: 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.
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Soliman, Mahmoud, Treen, Curtis R, Huang, Vincent, Lach, Paul R (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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author = {{Soliman, Mahmoud}, {Treen, Curtis R}, {Huang, Vincent}, {Lach, Paul R}}
title = {Load Tests on Large Diameter Belled Piles for Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton }
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference; 13th joint with IAH-CNC }
year = {2018}
organization = {The Canadian Geotechnical Society},
address = {Ottawa, Canada} }
title = {Load Tests on Large Diameter Belled Piles for Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton }
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference; 13th joint with IAH-CNC }
year = {2018}
organization = {The Canadian Geotechnical Society},
address = {Ottawa, Canada} }