Seattle, Washington – Gearing up for the Port of Seattle Terminal 5 Expansion pile load test program, AFT installed embedded strain gage instrumentation in piles at Concrete Technology Corporation’s first class casting yard in Tacoma, Washington. The pile load test program includes STATNAMIC™ testing of strain instrumented 24-inch octagonal piles with single piece lengths of 178 feet and 24-inch and 30-inch open end pipe piles with lengths over 170 feet. The open end pipe piles are being instrumented with AFT’s proprietary external strain gages and mounting system.