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Economic design of foundations: ICE MOGE 2nd ed. updates

Event organised by ICE

Date
14 May 2024
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Overview

Shallow foundations are often simple and easy to construct and offer a more economic and sustainable solution than deep foundations when site conditions are appropriate. Unfortunately, current design practice often leads to shallow foundations being considered inappropriate. The authors will debate their pros and cons, drawing on the recent edition of ICE Manual of Geotechnical Engineering to highlight potential opportunities and pitfalls. Some of the changes in the Foundation Design section of MOGE will also be illustrated:

  • Overview of risk management, getting the concept right early and approaches to achieve economic low carbon foundations.
  • New methods of shallow foundation design – bearing capacity under combined loading and settlement assessment.
  • The opportunity for economy with Piled Rafts.
  • Further guidance on driven pules. Benefits and some common risks.
  • Design of pile rock sockets.
  • Calculation of moment restraint in small pile groups.
  • A simple method for partially rigid large pile groups.
  • Global ground movements and their impact on piles.

Speakers

Tony O’Brien

Tony O’Brien

Mott Macdonald

global practice leader, geotechnics

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Tony O’Brien

Tony O’Brien is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and was awarded the British Geotechnical  Association’s Skempton Gold Medal for his contributions to Geotechnics practice.

He is the global practice leader for Geotechnics at Mott MacDonald and a visiting professor at the University of Southampton.

He has provided technical leadership on several major projects across Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region and worked as an expert witness during litigation/dispute resolution.

Tony has published widely and authored/co-authored best practice guidance, including CIRIA guide (C791) on advanced numerical modelling and recently published a book on “The Observational Method in Civil Engineering” and has contributed to several international ISSMGE committees, including TC206 (for The Observational Method).  

Tony is also a co-author of an upcoming new CIRIA guide on the Observational Method and gave the invited lecture on the Observational Method at the recent I.C.S.M.G.E. conference in Vienna (Terzaghi Centenary conference).

For more information please contact:

Joanne Topping

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