Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- PART 1: Introduction to Pile Selection -- Chapter 1 Site Investigation and Soil Conditions -- 1.1 Literature Survey -- 1.2 Site Visit -- 1.3 Subsurface Investigation -- 1.4 Soil Types -- 1.5 Design Parameters -- 1.6 Selection of Foundation Type -- Chapter 2 Pile Types -- 2.1 Timber Piles -- 2.2 Steel H-Piles -- 2.3 Pipe Piles -- 2.4 Precast Concrete Piles -- 2.5 Casing Removal Type -- 2.6 Precast Piles with Grouted Base -- 2.7 Mandrel-Driven Piles -- 2.8 Composite Piles -- 2.9 Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Piles (FRP Piles) -- Chapter 3 Selection of Pile Type -- CASE 1 -- CASE 2 -- CASE 3 -- PART 2: Design of Pile Foundations -- Chapter 4 Pile Design in Sandy Soils -- 4.1 Equations for End Bearing Capacity in Sandy Soils -- 4.2 Equations for Skin Friction in Sandy Soils -- 4.3 Pile Design Using the Meyerhof Equation (Correlation with SPT (N) -- 4.4 Modified Meyerhof Equation -- 4.5 Parameters that Affect the End Bearing Capacity -- 4.6 Critical Depth for Skin Friction (Sandy Soils) -- 4.7 Critical Depth for End Bearing Capacity (Sandy Soils) -- Chapter 5 Pile Design in Clay Soils -- 5.1 Shear Strength (Clays) -- 5.2 Cohesion in Clay Soils -- 5.3 End Bearing Capacity in Clay Soils (Different Methods) -- 5.4 Skin Friction in Clay Soils (Different Methods) -- 5.5 Bored Piles in Clay Soils -- 5.6 Case Study: Foundation Design Options -- 5.7 Maximum Allowable Pile Loads -- Chapter 6 Pile Design: Special Situations -- 6.1 Timber Pile Design -- 6.2 Case Study-Bridge Pile Design (Timber Piles) -- 6.3 Auger Cast Pile Design (Empirical Method) -- 6.4 Capacity of Grouted Base Piles -- 6.5 Case Study: Comparison between Bored Piles and Driven Piles -- 6.6 Case Study: Friction Piles -- 6.7 Open-End Pipe Pile Design-Semi-empirical Approach -- 6.8 Design of Pin Piles-Semi-empirical Approach -- 6.9 Recommended Guidelines for Pile Design -- 6.10 ASTM Standards for Pile Design -- 6.11 Case Study: Prestressed Concrete Piles -- 6.12 Driving Stresses -- 6.13 Maximum Allowable Driving Stresses -- 6.14 Uplift Forces -- 6.15 Load Distribution-Skin Friction and End Bearing -- Chapter 7 Design of Caissons -- 7.1 Design of Caissons -- 7.2 Construction Methodology of Caissons (Dry Method) -- 7.3 Caisson Inspection in Soil -- 7.4 Meyerhof Equation for Caissons -- 7.5 Caisson Design for Uplift Forces -- 7.6 Caisson Design in Sandy Soils -- 7.7 Belled Caisson Design -- 7.8 Settlement of Caissons -- Chapter 8 Design of Pile Groups -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Eccentric Loading on a Pile Group -- 8.3 Double Eccentricity -- 8.4 Pile Groups in Clay Soils -- Chapter 9 Pile Settlement -- 9.1 Pile Settlement Measurement -- 9.2 Stiffness of Single Piles -- 9.3 Settlement of Single Piles (Semi-empirical Approach) -- 9.4 Pile Settlement Comparison (End Bearing vs. Floating) -- 9.5 Critical Depth for Settlement -- 9.6.