13.30 Chairperson’s Introduction
Rudolph P. Frizzi
Senior Principal
LANGAN ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES and
President, DEEP FOUNDATIONS INSTITUTUTE (DFI)
13.40 Settlement Reducing Piled-Rafts For Tall Buildings
- Using fully piled-rafts and rafts where piles are used for the reduction of settlements
- Considering settlement-reducing piles as soil improvement elements rather than structural members
- Applying this new design concept to actual projects
Prof. I. H. Wong
Principal Consultant
MITIC ASSOCIATES
14.10 CASE STUDY: Foundation Engineering For Taipei 101, Taiwan
- Interpretation of pile trial installation and comprehensive, instrumented load test programme
- Performance design employing pile load test results and considering interaction of structure-pile-soil system
- Measures for improving sediments caused during pile construction and increasing end-bearing capacities
John C. H. Yu
Chairman
SINO GEOTECHNOLOGY, INC., TAIWAN
14.40 Best Practice Foundation Engineering For High-Rise Buildings
- Efficient specification, testing and analysis to guarantee a swift construction phase
- The importance of a competent site investigation to avoid delays and escalating construction costs
- Combined piled raft techniques to optimise design
Final Speaker TBC, STS | AECOM
15.10 Networking Break And Exhibition
15.40 Panel Discussion: Ensuring The Sustainability Of Piles When Drilling Under The Ground Water Table
- Overview of standard ODEX drilling beneath the ground water table
- Understanding how high pore water pressure and the migration of soil into the pile casing can compromise the pile
- Analysing benefits vs. cost of solutions – sourcing new equipment, different drilling techniques, symmetrical drill heads, steel casing
Panelists:
Prof. Richard Jardine
Head of Geotechnics, Professor of Geomechanics
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
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Prof. I. H. Wong
Principal Consultant
MITIC ASSOCIATES
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John C. H. Yu
Chairman
SINO GEOTECHNOLOGY, INC., TAIWAN
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16.20 Assessing Performance Of High Capacity Long Driven-H Piles Founded On Weathered Soils
- Analysing the load-transfer mechanism with varying magnitude of applied load and pile Length
- Evaluating the dependency of creep settlements on pile length
- Examining how piles deformed linearly with increased load and might have buckled under large loads
Prof. Charles NG
Associate Dean of Engineering
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Arthur So
PhD Candidate & Senior Project Manager
CHUN WO FOUNDATIONS
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16.50 Preventing Settlement Damage To Structures Adjacent To A Site That Uses Socketed H-Piles In Hong Kong
- Why down-the-hole hammers with the Odex technique can cause unexpected settlement
- Investigating the loss of soil from the ground and the resultant reduction in stiffness from the surrounding soil strata
- Controlling soil loss and the reduction of soil stiffness for socketed H-piles
Dr. James Lau
Managing Director
JAMES LAU & ASSOCIATES
17.20 Chairperson’s Closing Remarks And End Of Day One
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13.30 Chairperson’s Introduction
Prof. Richard Jardine
Head of Geotechnics, Professor of Geomechanics
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
13.40 Avoiding Piling Failure Due To Poor Implementation Of The Pile Design Process
- Overview of the pile design process from initial inception to completion of construction including examples of where the process has broken down
- Defining the responsibilities of the designer and contractor throughout the process
- Emphasising deep weathering profiles and deep soft marine and alluvial sequences frequently encountered in Southeast Asia
Andy Pickles
Director
GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTING GROUP (ASIA) LTD.
14.10 CASE STUDY: Foundation Design For The Stonecutters Bridge, Hong Kong
- Temporary works to address problems caused by late handover due to reclamation projects
- Ensuring structural safety through ship collision simulations and wind tunnel testing
- Design considerations when implementing foundations through faultlines
Peter Thompson
Associate Director
ARUP
14.40Novel Applications of Bored Piling Techniques to Remove a Buried Seawall in Singapore
- Identifying the challenges in removing of a 60m wide by 480m long tract of breakwater
- Utilising the weight and hyrostatic pressure of water to provide stability during excavation
- Analysing the deep embedded retaining wall, comprising tubular steel pipes around the excavation perimeter
Ian Askew
Deputy Head of Engineering
GAMMON
15.10 Networking Break And Exhibition
15.40 Panel Discussion: Reusing Existing Foundations
- Examining the benefits of using existing foundations as permanent structures in terms of time, cost and space
- What level of testing is required to guarantee HSE standards are met?
- Who is responsible for the structural integrity and load-bearing of existing foundations for a new project?
Panelists:
Kjell Karlsrud
Technical Director
NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE (NGI)
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Ian Askew
Deputy Head of Engineering
GAMMON
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Andy Pickles
Director
GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTING GROUP (ASIA) LTD.
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16.20 Jet Grouting and its Applications
- Mechanisms, functions and types of jet grouting and how they can be applied in Asia
- Examining practical applications including stabilization of different soils and underground support beneath braced excavation
- Implementing in-situ prototype tests under to verify the effectiveness of compaction piles
Dr. Valipuram Ganeshan
Technical Director
MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS PTE LTD., SINGAPORE
16.40 Construction Of Deep Hand-Dug Caissons In Karst Limestone Formations
Ir. Hj. Azmi Jamaludin
Director
KHAIRI CONSULT
17.20 Chairperson’s Closing Remarks And End Of Day One
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