Design and execution of pile foundation

About Course

Infrastructure driven economy with urbanization and vertical expansions, construction of high-rise buildings accompanied by surge in transportation infrastructure development and industry 4.0 demands building of structures with varied functionalities. As the land availability is scarce, the need for these structures to come upon challenging soil conditions has increased, thereby increasing the use of deep foundations. The knowledge on design, equipment and methods to build deep foundations is important for an Engineer to be industry ready in the current world where “Building structures in challenging strata with speed and precision through technology” is the key.

This course has an abridged, systematic, and complete treatment to design and construction practices of pile foundations, corresponding load testing, quality control, Environment, health and safety and challenges in the execution of Pile foundations. The materials, workmanship, and construction procedures for different piles like Cast in-situ piles, Precast piles, under reamed piles and so on are dealt with and presented by field experts through case studies and Illustrations. It also covers the overview of the advancements in pile foundation such as CFA piles, Spun piles, and Helical piles and overview of analysis software for pile foundations.

Design and execution of pile foundation

Pre-requisites

Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, Structural Analysis

Course duration , assessment and expert session

20 hours of self-paced interactive learning, including summative assessment and expert live interactions

Key topics:

Construction, design & case studies of bored cast in-situ pile, driven cast in-situ pile, precast driven piles, precast concrete piles in pre-bored holes & under reamed piles
Methods of load testing
Overview of spun piles, helical piles, micro piles, CFA piles, steel piles
Quality Checks for Pile Foundation
Software analysis using PLAXIS 2D
Challenges faced during execution.