Report on Discussion Session 2: Pile Testing Developments

This report traces a path through some of the aspects treated by the 15 papers presented to the Session 2 of the BAPV – 08 Conference, which convey the main reasons to perform pile testing, i.e.: (i) verification of the adequacy of the construction technologies, (ii) ensuring the pile structural integrity, (iii) verification of the design previsions (iv) validation of design approaches. The report points out the test conditions and procedures described in the papers and emphasise some of the main results gathered to inspire the curiosity of the reader and to stimulate the discussion.