This study addresses preliminary design and construction specification for micropiles. Especially several design methods for micropiles in sands, clays or mixed soil layers are described. The bearing capacity of micropiles are mainly depended upon the shaft resistance. Therefore, the pressure of grouting is one of the most important design parameters for the bearing capacity evaluation of micropile. There is no theoretical way to evaluate the shaft resistance of micropile up to now because grouting method is another key parameter for micropile design approach. Because of above reasons, the present design approaches of the micropile are based on the collected field data The bearing capacities of designed micropiles should be verified by static load tests before and after construction at the planned site.

Pile driving formula, wave equation analysis of pile driving(WEAP) and dynamic pile loading test have been known to useful tools to appraise the behaviour of pile driving. This paper reviews basic theories of three methods and gives some suggestions to apply them to practice. And also some cases on application of the methods to the sites are discussed in this paper. It appears that it is inevitable for engineers to be experienced well so that the methods can be regarded as useful tools.

Settlement in the Shallow Foundation are presented. Various practical methods to calculate immediate settlement, consolidation settlement, and secondary compression of the compressive soils under the shallow foundation are summerized. Especially the critical depth for settlement calculation, the contact pressure, the allowable settlement of the shallow foundation are recommended.

A summary of the various techniques available to calculate negative skin frictions on piles is presented. In light of all these existing techniques, a simple method is recommended to calculate the negative friction based on strength of pile material, bearing capacity and pile settlement. An example is worked out and the results of a numerical analysis are highlighted.

The general design practice for piled footings is based on the assumption that the piles are free-standing, and that all the external loads are carried by the piles, with any contribution of the footing being ignored. This approach is not reasonable, because the footing itself is actually in direct contact with the soil, and thus carries a significant fraction of the loads. In the case of not considering the bearing capacity of footing, the bearing capacity of group piles can be evaluated conservatively in the designing the group piles. There are a number of reasons why the idea of piled raft design with considering the capacity of footing has not become widely used. One of the reasons is the lack of reliable calculation methods for estimating the behavior of piled raft. In this study the bearing capacity, settlement, load distribution, etc. of piled raft footing are studied.

A drilled shaft is a deep foundation that is constructed by placing fluid concrete in a drilled hole. Reinforcing steel can be installed in the excavation, if desired, prior to placing the concrete. Drilled shafts provide excellent foundation systems for civil structures. In order to utilize them effectively, it is essential that designers have a clear understanding for how drilled shafts are constructed and also understand the basis for design methods. This paper describes standard design methods for drilled shafts.

Scour is the physical or chemical attack of flowing water which excavates and carries away material from stream beds and banks. Especially, hydraulic structures such as bridge piers and abutments placed in the channel causes the changes of the flow pattern like acceleration, the formation of vortices, and scour around the structures. Channel scour, especially bridge pier scour is the leading cause of bridge failures. It is very important to apply appropriate methods for both of scour analysis and protection. In this paper, several methods world-widely used for bridge scour analysis and protection are introduced and compared.

Ultimate pile capacity - Point resistance - Frictional resistance - Determination of point and frictional resistances from field tests - Summary of recommendations from design Group effects Settlement analysis.