Section 512 Steel Sheet Piling

512.1 Description
(1) This section describes providing permanent and temporary steel sheet piling.
512.2 Materials
512.2.1 Permanent Steel Sheet Piling
(1) Furnish permanent sheet piling conforming to ASTM A328 and with the section modulus, the plans or
special provisions specify.
(2) Unless specified otherwise, do not furnish used material under the Piling Steel Sheet Permanent bid
items.
(3) Unless the engineer directs otherwise, the contractor shall submit before or at delivery of steel sheet
piling the certified report of test or analysis as specified for mill inspection and tests in 506.3.21.
512.2.2 Temporary Steel Sheet Piling
(1) Furnish temporary steel sheet piling with a section modulus equal to or greater than the plans show.
Extend one foot or higher above the retained grade unless the plans show a greater height. The
contractor may employ used steel sheet piling in good condition instead of new material. Remove and
dispose of temporary sheet piling when no longer needed.
512.3 Construction
512.3.1 Driving and Cutting Off
512.3.1.1 General
(1) Coordinate driving operations to prevent damage or displacement of concrete in substructure units or
damage to adjacent facilities due to vibrations.
(2) Drive sheeting with a variation of 1/4 inch or less per foot from the vertical or from the batter the plans
show. Ensure that the sheetpiles are within 6 inches of the plan position after driving. Do not damage
sheetpiles attempting to correct for misalignment.
(3) Remove and replace, or otherwise correct, sheetpiles the engineer deems unacceptable under 105.3.
Submit details of planned corrections to the engineer for review and approval before initiating any
corrective action.
(4) Drive sheetpiles to or beyond the required tip elevation the plans show.
512.3.1.2 Driving System
(1) Furnish a sheetpile driving system capable of driving the sheetpiles to the required minimum tip
elevation the plans show.
(2) The engineer may order the contractor to remove a pile driving system component from service if it
causes insufficient energy transfer or damages the sheetpiles. Do not return a component to service
until the engineer determines that it has been satisfactorily repaired or adjusted.
(3) Drive sheetpiles with diesel, air, steam, gravity, hydraulic, or vibratory hammers.
512.3.1.3 Cut-Offs
(1) Cut off sheetpiles at the elevations the plans show or as the engineer directs. Pile cut-offs become the
contractor's property. Dispose of cut-offs not incorporated into the work.
512.3.2 Wales
(1) Brace the steel sheet piling with waling strips as the plans show. Preferably, make the wales one
length between corners and bolt to the piles.
512.3.3 Painting
(1) Paint permanent steel sheet piling as specified for painting steel piling in 550.3.11.3.
512.4 Measurement
(1) The department will measure Piling Steel Sheet Permanent Delivered by the square foot acceptably
completed. The department will obtain the measured quantity by multiplying the length of the wall the
plans show by the length of sheeting required.
(2) The department will measure Piling Steel Sheet Permanent Driven by the square foot acceptably
completed. The department will measure the area of the wall from the sheet pile tip elevation to the top
cutoff. The department will make no allowance for overlap of the piles.
(3) The department will measure Piling Steel Sheet Temporary by the square foot acceptably completed.
The department will measure the area from the sheet pile tip elevation to one foot above the retained

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 grade unless the plans show a greater height. The department will make no allowance for overlap of
the piles.
512.5 Payment
(1) The department will pay for measured quantities at the contract unit price under the following bid
items:
ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION UNIT
512.0500 Piling Steel Sheet Permanent Delivered SF
512.0600 Piling Steel Sheet Permanent Driven SF
512.1000 Piling Steel Sheet Temporary SF
(2) Payment for Piling Steel Sheet Permanent Delivered is full compensation for providing and delivering
acceptable piling for this work.
(3) Payment for Piling Steel Sheet Permanent Driven is full compensation for driving, cutting off, disposing
of cutoffs, and painting.
(4) Payment for Piling Steel Sheet Temporary is full compensation for providing, driving, and removing.

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