OVERSEAS AST Co.

, LLC

TRADE TRAINING PRESENTATION

CAPPING BEAM
INSTALLATION

Quality Awareness Training

CAPPING BEAM INSTALLATION :

1. Sheet piles head preparation
2. Continuity Test
3. Date of casting
4. Quality of capping block
5. Lifting of precast capping block
6. During placing of precast capping block
7. Welding to fixed & final position
8. Placed capping block monitoring
9. Releasing the unit

Sheet piles head preparation - cleaning

Good Practices

Bad Practices

No cleaning
done

CLEANING OF SHEET PILES BY SAND BLASTING

Sheet piles head preparation - welding

Good Practices

Bad Practices

100MM LONG FILLET WELD AT THE CLUTCHES (SHEET PILE TO SHEET PILE) AT THE TOP OF
SHEET PILE

Continuity Test
Good Practices

Bad Practices

ENSURE THAT THE CONTINUITY TEST IS COMPLETED BEFORE THE CAPPING BEAM
INSTALL AT REGULAR INTERVALS

Date of casting of pre-cast capping block

Good Practices

Bad Practices

Casting Date
& Type

PRECAST CAPPING BLOCKS SHALL NOT BE IN CONTACT WITH SEAWATER FOR THE FIRST 14
DAYS FROM THE DATE OF CASTING Check Specification

Quality of pre-cast capping blocks before

installation
Good Practices

Good Practices

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ENSURE THE QUALITY OF BLOCKS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION BEFORE INSTALLATION

Lifting of pre-cast capping blocks

Good Practices

Bad Practices

ENSURE THAT ALL PRECAST CAPPING BLOCKS SHOULD BE LIFTED VERTICALLY FOR EASY
PLACEMENT / ALIGNMENT

Placing of pre-cast capping beam

Good Practices

Bad Practices

VERTICALITY CHECKING BY SPIRIT LEVEL DURING INSTALLATION

Placing of pre-cast capping beam

Good Practices

Bad Practices

VERTICALITY CHECKING BY SPIRIT LEVEL DURING INSTALLATION

Placing of pre-cast capping beam

Good Practices

Bad Practices

Level
checking

TOP LEVEL OF CAPPING BEAM CHECKING BY AUTO LEVEL INSTRUMENT

Placing of pre-cast capping beam

Good Practices

Bad Practices

ALIGNMENT AND LINE OF CAPPING BEAM CHECKING BY TOTAL STATION

Welding to Fixed and Final Position

Good Practices

Bad Practices

ENSURE ALL THE FIXINGS SHALL BE PLACED / WELDED PROPERLY DURING INSTALLATION

Placed capping blocks Monitoring

Good Practices

Bad Practices

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ENSURE THE PLACED CAPPING BLOCKS SHALL BE SUPPORTED AND MONITORED

CONSTANTLY BEFORE RELEASING THE UNIT

Test Questions
1. How would you clean sheet piles?
a. with a brush
b. with a cloth
c. sand blasting
2.How long should the weld be a the top of the sheet pile?
b. 10mm
b. 50mm
c. 100mm
3.When must the continuity test be carried out?
c. After installing capping beam b. before installing capping
beam
4.The capping beam must not contact sea water until when?
d. It is installed b. after 7 days of curing c. after 14 day of
curing
5. Before installing a capping you must check for what?
e. A test report b. the precast mold c. it is not damaged
6.When installed what must you check?
f. It looks good b. with the supervisor
c. it is level and
aligned
7. The fixings of the capping beam will be what?
a. Glued
b. tired
c. welded