4.2.3.8.Steel Piles

(1) Where steel piles are used in deep foundations and act as permanent load-carrying members, the steel shall conform with one of the following standards: (a) ASTM A252, “Standard Specification for Welded and Seamless Steel Pipe Piles,” (b) ASTM A283/A283M, “Standard Specification for Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon Steel Plates,” (c) ASTM A1008/A1008M, “Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet, Cold-Rolled, Carbon, Structural, High-Strength Low-Alloy, High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability, Solution Hardened, and Bake Hardenable,” (d) ASTM A1011/A1011M, “Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Hot-Rolled, Carbon, Structural, High- Strength Low-Alloy, High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability, and Ultra-High Strength,” or (e) CSA G40.21, “Structural quality steel.”