The Plate Load Test is an excellent insitu site investigation field test used to determine the ultimate bearing capacity of the ground and the likely settlement under a given load. It is designing for measuring static loads on spread footings (e.g. to determine...
Reliability in the Testing & Assessing of Piling Work Platforms Cranes & Piling Rigs Technical Paper by Balfour Beatty – Ground Engineering Magazine – November 2012 Use of the Plate Load Test and Light Weight Deflectometer for assessing the...