Abstract:
Pile load testing strategies for large infrastructure projects and multi-phase building developments
historically have justified cost and programme benefits for undertaking advance preliminary and
working pile load testing. However, more recently piling and pile load testing strategies have included
assessment of the embodied carbon and present the carbon savings that can also be achieved. This paper
gives an overview of the factors contributing to carbon and emissions in bored pile foundations and
presents the approach taken in assessing embodied carbon as part of the pile load testing strategy for a
case study of a multi-phased building development in London. Potential embodied carbon savings for
various bored pile types and load testing strategies are discussed to inform continual improvement for
future projects