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Hand-dug Caissons where Bedrock was less than 12m Deep





                                                                                                                   • Caisson piles ranged in sizes from 1.6m to

                                                                                                                       3.3m in diameter – giant sized boreholes!


                                                                                                                   • Socketed into bedrock.


                                                                                                                   • Grade 35 concrete employed.





                                                                                                                     Side note:



                                                                                                                     Very large and deep hand-dug caissons are

                                                                                                                     supporting very tall buildings in Singapore.




                                                                                                                     1. The 52-storey DBS Building on Shenton Way

                                                                                                                           in Singapore supported on just 4 nos. of 7.3m
                                                                                                                           dia. caissons constructed to the depths

                                                                                                                           varying from 39.6m to 64m was amongst the

                                                                                                                           first of such.

                                                                                                                     2. The 62-storey OUB building is founded on 7

                                                                                                                           nos. of 5m to 6m dia. caissons constructed to

                                Photograph by Courtesy of Kong SY                                                          the depths of 80m to 100m.                           25
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