Research purposes: The pier 5 of Tongling Yangtze River Bridge is located in the toe area of the Yangtze River levee. During construction of the pile cap,the excavation work of the large foundation pit would no doubt cause big damage to the Yangtze River levee. Therefore,the reliable support way for the foundation pit had to be adopted,and the construction of the pile cap and the refilling of the foundation pit had to be fulfilled as soon as possible in order to restore the original function of the levee after construction of the pile cap.
Research conclusions: After making the comparative analysis of various programs for pile foundation pit,the cofferdam bracing way with steel sheet pile in the single layer was adopted and with it the supporting structure facilitated the easy construction and mechanical excavation of borrow pit with feature that the construction could be conducted easily and rapidly to ensure the levee safety during construction period and the levee recoverability after construction. The concrete would be poured to the pile cap as a whole for one time. According to the simulation analysis result of the temperature field of hydration heat during the mass concrete construction period of the pile cap,the temperature reducing system with buried cooling water pipelines and the temperature monitoring system with electronic components were used to guarantee the concrete construction quality of the pile cap.