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Richard Goettle, Inc. is a full service geotechnical contractor assisting in the construction process from feasibility-design and budgeting to construction of the final product. We perform these services for deep foundations, earth retention and marine […]

Richard Goettle, Inc. is a full service geotechnical contractor assisting in the construction process from feasibility-design and budgeting to construction of the final product. We perform these services for deep foundations, earth retention and marine […]

The Burj Dubai Tower has recently reached it’s final height of 818m (2,684-ft or almost exactly 1/2 a mile!). The foundation system for the Burj Dubai is comprised of 192 bored piles (drilled shafts in my practice) 1.5-m (approximately 5-ft) in diameter and approximately 50-m deep (164-ft). A 3.7-m (12-ft) thick raft foundation sits on top of the piles under the full footprint of the structure. (Image from BurjDubaiSkyscraper.com)

The geotechnical investigation for the Burj Dubai (now to be known as Burj Khalifa after the UAE President) is described in detail in a paper by the geotechnical engineer of record, Grahame Bunce of Hyder Consulting (UK) and the independent technical reviewer for the geotechnical design, Harry G. Poulos of Coffey Geotechnics. Click through for the link to the paper and more details. […]