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Course Content• Introduction to the Structural Eurocodes• Basis of geotechnical design • Spread foundations • Traditional design of spread foundations • Design of spread foundations to Eurocode 7 • Pile foundations • Traditional design of pile foundations • Design of pile foundations to Eurocode 7 • Retaining structures • Traditional design of retaining structures • Design of retaining structures to Eurocode Speaker/s• BRIAN SIMPSON, OBE, FREng, MA, PhD, FICE, Eur Ing, is a director of Ove Arup & Partners Ltd and a principal of Arup Geotechnics. He is a Visiting Professor at City University and Special Professor at the University of Nottingham. Brian has a particular interest in the decision-making process of design. and has been involved in the development of Eurocode 7 (Geotechnical Design), having been a member of its drafting panels and vice-chairman of the CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation) committee on Eurocode 7. He was lead author of a Commentary on Eurocode 7 published by EMAP, and has recently published papers on European comparisons of retaining wall designs. He is the current chairman of the BSI committee on geotechnical codes, B/526, in which the topic of pile design is much under debate for the National Annex of Eurocode 7.Book Now |
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