Basement Seminar for ISE Scotland

11 Jul 2019

Timings

Date: Tuesday, 22nd October 2019
Time: TBC
Venue: The University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, FK9 4LA

Overview

Basements have lots of engineering challenges and this seminar hopes to offer a the full spectrum of advice covering:

Construction

Sam Wong of P.J. Carey Construction Ltd will be giving an hour presentation on construction techniques and how to build basements.

Working round tunnels, sewers and adjacent buildings can keep lawyers busy if things do not go to plan. This part of the seminar will cover how to excavate and keep the surrounding ground stable using economical methods of construction. Plant and equipment will be covered along with examples of construction.

Design

Jenny Burridge, of The Concrete Centre will talk about watertight concrete design, waterproofing, resisting water pressure and drained cavities. Design methods and control of basement environments through design. Crack widths and concrete mix design and quality for varying ground conditions will also be presented. One hour presentation.

Geotechnical Considerations

The geotechnical engineer, tba will cover earth and water pressures basements have to be designed to resist. Type of basement wall construction and its behaviour covering: diaphragm walls, secant pile walls and contiguous pile walls will be reviewed along with open cut and traditional stem retaining walls. Planning the Site Investigation and preparing tender information will be reviewed.