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International Conference on Recent Developments and Innovations
in Geotechnics & High-Rise Structures
16th,17th,18th May 2017 - Marriott Hotel Al Jaddaf, Dubai |
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recent years have seen tremendous advances in Structural and Geotechnical
Engineering disciplines, especially in the Middle East. Structures such as the
Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Metro and Kingdom Tower
(Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) have pushed the envelope like never before. As such, it
becomes imperative for practicing engineers and academia to be up to speed with
all the latest developments in the engineering fields. This conference will focus on new advances & innovation Design in Structural and Geotechical Engineering principles and practices |
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| Date |
Tuesday 16th May 2017 |
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08:00am to 06:00pm |
| Venue |
Marriott Hotel Al Jaddaf, Dubai |
| Cost |
Free (Working lunch to be
served) |
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Identification of Soil and Rock Parameters by scientific Interpretation of Field Measurements
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach
Professor Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach is the Director of the Institute and laboratory of Geotechnics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.
He is also member of the chamber of engineers and Publicly Certified Expert of Geotechnics and Independent Checking Engineer. |
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Challenges for Tall Building Foundation Design
Prof. Harry Poulos
Professor Harry Poulos is the Senior Consultant at Coffey International Limited Sydney. He has undertaken research into the analysis and design of pile foundations for onshore and offshore applications, and in recent years, for high-rise buildings. He has been involved in a large number of major projects in Australia and overseas including the Egnatia Odos highway project in Greece, the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, the Dubai tower in Doha, Qatar, and the Crown Tower in Sydney.
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Tailored Ground Improvement Methods for Safe Foundation of Heavily Loaded Structures
Prof. Michal Topolnicki
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Michal Topolnicki is the Senior Technical Adviser, Keller Holding GmbH, Poland. He is professional engineer since 1989 and taught at various university across Germany. He has Co-authored 3 books and author/co-author of about 170 scientific papers.
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Tall Buildings-The Art of Structural Design
Dr. Khaled Ismail
Dr. Khaled is a Chartered Engineer with over twenty years of experience in structural engineering. He has worked on a wide range of projects, ranging from high-rise building to long span structures, in Dubai and Middle East. He is a principal engineer at e.construct/fnp- Dubai company.
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Numerical simulation of (mono) Pile Installation
Dr. Ahmed EL Kadi
Dr. Ahmed Elkadi is a Chartered, CEng, civil (geotechnical) engineer and researcher with 25 years of experience. His academic qualifications include Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from Egypt, 1991, and Master and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from Delft University of Technology (TUD), Netherlands. His experience covers both industrial assignments as a consultant in many parts of the world and as a researcher in applied geotechnical engineering with Deltares and TNO knowledge institutes in the Netherlands.
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Post tensioned slabs in high rise buildings: issues in design
Prof. Ayman Hussein Hosny Khalil
Prof. Khalil is the founder and director of Arabia for Design and Engineering Consulting (ADEC), and is also Professor of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Ain Shams University. He has undertaken research into the analysis and design of punching of flat slabs and seismic analysis of concrete buildings. Further, he is currently involved in the design of several buildings in the new Cairo Capital utilizing post tensioning for large span floors.
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Using of Smart Memory Alloys in multi-story structures
Dr. Hisham Nada
Dr Hisham has 27 years of experience working in the fields of consultancy, management, supervision, research and teaching. I hold a Ph.D. in the field of structural engineering with emphasis in bridge design and earthquake engineering. He has designed and lead teams for different projects sizes including small to mega projects with different types; bridges, underpasses, high rise, infrastructure, commercial, industrial and residential. Currently he is heading the structural department team for ECG branch in Qatar.
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Design soil and rock pressures behind Retaining Walls
Dr. Andrew Smith
Dr Andrew Smith is Senior Principal for Coffey in the UK with over thirty years of experience in geotechnical engineering. He has worked on a wide range of projects, ranging from highway works through deep piled foundations for both offshore and onshore structures to deep excavations.
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2D & 3D Modelling and Seepage Analysis in Deep Excavations and Design of Deep Foundation Piles - A Case Study
Mr Turgut Kaya
Mr Turgut Kaya has 12 years of experience in Civil/ Geotechnical engineering in design, consultancy and construction on a lot of accomplished and ongoing projects across Turkey, Middle East, Africa and Caspian Sea countries. Currently he is working as Technical Coordinator at Zetas Foundation Technology, UAE.
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| Day 2 | Workshop ( Design of Combined Pile Raft Foundation ) |
| Date |
Wednesday 17th May 2017 |
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09:00am to 04:00pm |
| Venue |
Marriott Hotel Al Jaddaf, Dubai |
| Cost |
300 AED (Working lunch to be served) |
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Prof. Harry Poulos |
Prof. Rolf Katzenbach |
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Dr. Andrew Smith |
Benoit Latapie |
Merie Mohamad |
Workshop Agenda
The aim of the workshop is to work towards adoption of a methodology that will allow the effects of the base of the structure (essentially a very large pile cap) to be included in the assessment of the foundation design. This would allow more economical foundations to be designed.
The workshop will begin with a presentation from Professor Harry Poulos, describing the basic principles of the design of piles and pile groups, and in particular considering the interaction between the piles in a group. He will then extend this to consider the interaction between a pile group and a foundation raft. He will discuss the concepts involved and in particular the relationship between SLS design and ULS design.
Professor Katzenbach will present and discuss the existing ISSMGE guidelines to CPRF, Principle of design and optimizations, case studies related to CPRF, CPRF step by step design |
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Site Visit |
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Thursday 18th May 2017 |
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09:00am to 01:00pm |
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Site Visit |
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Free |
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Dr. Andrew Smith |
Andrew Lipshut |
Mustapha Karim |
Scott Orwin |
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The ICD Brookfield development will comprise a 290m tall tower with a 7-level basement (the deepest basement in Dubai). A 5-level basement was previously constructed on the sitealong with all the foundation piles. The basement was later backfilled when construction ceased in 2009.
Challenges of this development included the deepening of the basement, the construction of new deeper temporary retaining walls, pile re-use and construction in close proximity to adjacent structures. In addition, this is the first construction in Dubai where removable anchors have been used. |
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