This handbook was published in March 2006 by the Federation of Piling Specialists
(FPS) to provide guidance on the principles and practical issues that relate to load
testing of bearing piles, and thereby to assist informed decisions about testing
requirements on construction projects involving piled foundations.
The FPS anticipates that this handbook will be of particular interest to civil or structural
engineers with little or no experience of piling who find themselves in the position of
specifying load testing requirements on a project involving piled foundations. The target
audience for this publication also includes main contractors, management contractors
and young piling engineers.
The handbook was prepared for publication by a working group comprising the following
representatives of FPS member companies: -
