Heathrow Terminal 5, UK
Heathrow Airport, London was the site of the first Osterberg Cell® (O-cell®) test in the United Kingdom. Heathrow’s Terminal 5 Project is scheduled for completion in 2007 and will increase passenger capacity by 30 million to 85 million per year. Bachy Soletanche, Ltd. constructed two 1050 mm diameter dedicated test piles to a depth of 47.99 and 43.84 meters respectively.
The primary purpose of the tests was to assess end bearing characteristics, a task well-suited to the O-cell method.
LOADTEST conducted the test with Mr Hugh Unwin and Mr. David Newby, Project Manager for Bachy Soletanche Ltd. and Mr. Robert Jessep of Mott-McDonald observing.
The 540 mm O-cell tests on these two piles indicated end bearing values of 3.4 MN and 3.2 MN
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