Foundation Design and Construction Hong Kong (KENM0006)

Foundation Design and Construction Hong Kong

Contents:

Introduction

1.1 purpose and scope

1.2 general guidance

2. Site investigation, geological models and selection of design parameters

2.1 general

2.2 desk studies

2.2.1 site history

2.2.2 details of adjacent structures and existing foundations

2.2.3 geological studies

2.2.4 groundwater

2.3 execution of ground investigation

2.4 extent of ground investigation

2.4.1 general sites

2.4.2 sites underlain by marble

2.5 soil and rock sampling

2.6 detection of aggressive ground

2.7 insitu and laboratory testing

2.8 establishing a geological model

2.9 selection of design parameters

3. Shallow foundations

3.1 general

3.2 design of shallow foundations on soils

3.3 design of shallow foundations on rock

3.4 plate loading test

3.5 raft foundations

4. Types of pile

4.1 classification of piles

4.2 large-displacement piles

4.3 small-displacement piles

4.4 replacement piles

4.5 special pile types

5. Choice of pile type and design responsibility

5.1 general

5.2 factors to be considered in choice of pile type

5.3 reuse of existing piles

5.4 design responsibility

6. Design of single piles and deformation of piles

6.1 general

6.2 pile design in relation to geology

6.3 design philosophies

6.4 axially loaded piles in soil

6.5 axially loaded piles in rock

6.6 uplift capacity of piles

6.7 lateral load capacity of piles

6.8 negative skin friction

6.9 torsion

6.10 preliminary piles for design evaluation

6.11 pile design in karst marble

6.12 structural design of piles

6.13 deformation of single piles

6.14 corrosion of piles

7. Group effects

7.1 general

7.2 minimum spacing of piles

7.3 ultimate capacity of pile groups

7.4 negative skin friction on pile groups

7.5 deformation of pile groups

7.6 design considerations in soil-structure interaction problems

8. Pile installation and construction control

8.1 general

8.2 installation of displacement piles

8.3 installation of machine-dug piles

8.4 installation of hand-dug caissons

8.5 Integrity tests of piles

9. Pile loading tests

9.1 general

9.2 timing of pile tests

9.3 static pile loading tests

9.4 dynamic loading tests

Foundation Design and Construction