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LOAD TEST HOLDING 1320 kips March 31, 2010

HIGH CAPACITY TUBEX PILES
 
Project: UCSF Building, 19A
Location: University of California San Francisco
16th Street & Owens Street
Contractor: Clark Construction
 
Construction of a new research facility at the cutting edge UCSF campus in Mission Bay required the use of quiet piles at depths as long as 130’. Our 16X22 Tubex pile provided the most cost effective solution with a 1,320 kip ultimate capacity pile founded in bedrock.
 
Project: Neuroscience Laboratory and Clinical Research Building 19A
Location: UCSF Mission Bay Campus block 19A
Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Geotechnical Engineering Consultant: Treadwell and Rollo
Pile: Tubex 16.375 pipe, 22” tip, 6,000 psi concrete
Soil Profile: 10’ fill, 60’ Bay Mud, 10’ Colma, 20’ Old Bay Clay, 
 
Ultimate Pile Capacity: 1,320 kips
 
 
 


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