Foundation Design

This course deals with all aspects of modern good practice in foundation design. These include: the importance of both the geological & geotechnical aspects of the ground conditions, current limit analysis methods for bearing capacity, factors of safety

Course Outline

After participating in the course, you will be able to:
€¢ Judge when shallow foundations should be considered
€¢ Recognize the failure modes of shallow foundations
€¢ Determine the bearing capacity of shallow foundations on soils and rocks
€¢ Calculate vertical stress distribution below a shallow foundation
€¢ Find the primary consolidation settlement of shallow foundations on cohesive and non-cohesive soils
€¢ Describe procedures for construction inspection and performance monitoring of shallow foundations
€¢ Use analytical techniques for shallow and deep foundation systems
€¢ Develop design skills from hands-on practical design examples as well as skills for foundation settlement analyses
€¢ Achieve confidence in the design of pile foundations

Description

This course deals with all aspects of modern good practice in foundation design. These include: the importance of both the geological and geotechnical aspects of the ground conditions, current limit analysis methods for bearing capacity, and definition of factors of safety. The various settlement analyses and their underlying assumptions and reliability are discussed. A thorough treatment of the design of deep foundations is provided to include: capacity of deep foundations, axial capacity calculation of driven piles, pile driving methods and testing, calculating the axial capacity of drilled shafts, construction methods for drilled shafts, pile/shaft response to lateral load, pile/shaft group behaviour, and designing a deep foundation system.

Objective

To provide participants with adequate knowledge so that they can select the suitable shallow or deep foundation as well as design it.

Who Should Attend

Structural, civil and geotechnical engineers, consulting engineers, technicians and technologists, public works and construction department employees of federal, provincial and municipal governments and engineers responsible for large industrial, commercial or institutional facilities who must deal with different types of foundations, and foundation construction contractors.

The course is of interest to a wide range of practicing civil engineers at different stages in their careers. Some familiarization with soil mechanics is desirable but the knowledge is not required at a specialist level.

You Receive
1. A copy of the text book: Principles of Foundation Engineering, 6th Edition, by B.M. Das.
2. A comprehensive set of notes which will provide valuable information back in the office for your future needs.

Special Features
The three-day course consists of a series of lectures and workshops. Worked examples with numerical reference reinforce the lecture content. Case studies which illustrate the full range of problems are a feature of the course. There are workshops conducted under instructor guidance on bearing capacity, shallow and deep foundation design, settlement analysis, and a workshop for design examples.

Program Outline

Faculty: M. Hesham El Naggar, Ph.D., P.Eng., University of Western Ontario

Day I

Registration and Coffee

Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Preview, Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Method
 
Geotechnical Properties of Soil
€¢ Introduction
€¢ Grain-size distribution
€¢ Atterberg limits
€¢ Effective stress concept
€¢ Shear strength of soils

Subsoil Exploration
€¢ Purpose of soil exploration
€¢ Subsurface exploration program
€¢ Geophysical exploration
€¢ Interpretation of soil parameters for foundation design
€¢ Shallow foundation types and foundation level selection

Shallow Foundations: Ultimate Bearing Capacity
€¢ Introduction
€¢ General concept
€¢ General bearing capacity equation
€¢ Shape, depth, and inclination factors
€¢ Effect of soil compressibility
€¢ Eccentrically loaded foundations
€¢ Worked examples

Special Bearing Capacity Cases
€¢ Bearing capacity of layered soils
€¢ Bearing capacity of foundations on top of a slope

Adjournment

Day II

Settlement Analysis for Shallow Foundation
€¢ Stress due to different loaded areas
€¢ Elastic settlement based on the theory of elasticity
€¢ Settlement of sandy soil: use of strain influence factor
€¢ Range of material parameters for computing elastic settlement
€¢ Primary consolidation settlement relationships
€¢ Consolidation settlement - case history
€¢ Settlement due to secondary consolidation
€¢ Allowable bearing pressure in sand based on settlement consideration
€¢ Presumptive bearing capacity
€¢ Tolerable settlement of buildings
€¢ Worked examples

Shallow Foundation Design Workshop

Deep Foundations
€¢ Types of deep foundations
€¢ Bearing capacity of single piles in sand
€¢ Bearing capacity of single piles in clay
€¢ Estimation of pile length
€¢ Stresses on underlying strata

Adjournment

Day III

Deep Foundations (Continued)
€¢ Settlements of pile groups
€¢ Pile caps
€¢ Pile driving formulas
€¢ Negative skin friction
€¢ Pile tests

Pile Design Workshop

Questions and Answers and Feedback to Participants on Achievement of Learning Outcomes

Concluding Remarks and Final Adjournment

Daily Schedule:
8:00   Registration and Coffee (Day I only)
8:30   Session begins
12:30 Lunch
4:30   Adjournment

There will be a one-hour lunch break at noon on each day as well as a refreshment and networking break during each morning and afternoon session

Faculty
Hesham El-Naggar
M. Hesham El Naggar, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.ASCE, M. CSCE is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Associate Dean of Engineering at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is Associate Editor of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal and Past Chair of Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division of the Canadian Geotechnical Society. Prof. El Naggar won the 2007 A.G. Stermac Award, the 2002 G.G. Meyerhof Award and the 2002 Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium Speaker. He has more than 25 years of experience in analysis and design of foundations and soil-structure interaction; and has published more than 180 technical papers in this field. He is the recipient of the Western Faculty Scholar Award and Faculty of Engineering Prize for Outstanding Teaching.   He accomplished research projects for the American National Cooperative Highway Research Program, The Canadian Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Ontario Centres of Excellence, etc. He also consulted on major projects worldwide. He has given about fifty short courses on "Design of Machine Foundations" and "Foundation Design" and they are very well received by practitioners.

Additional Details

Pre-Requisites

Certificates offered

1.8 CEU / 18 PDH

Cancellation Policy

To withdraw from a course, you must send a request, in writing, with the official receipt to our office. Fifteen or more business days in advance: full refund less $50.00 administration charge. Five to fifteen business days in advance: non-refundable credit of equal value for any future EPIC seminar within one year. Credits are transferable within your organization. In case of an unexpected event occurring after this time, you may send someone else to take your place without any additional cost.

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Would have liked more interactive problem solving.

Reviewed by Allen A. 2011