GEOVision offers a full range of high-quality geophysical data acquisition, analysis, and imaging services. GEOVision specializes in non-invasive methods of investigtion for engineering, environmental, groundwater, mining, and archaeological applications.
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Foundations and Geotechnical Engineering for the Burj Dubai – World’s Tallest Building
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. […]
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Anchor Shoring Group of Companies
Founded in 1968 The Anchor Group offers over 40 years of construction experience in the design and installation of soil retention and engineered foundation systems. Visit Anchor Shoring Group of Companies Related
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Ohio DOT Office of Geotechnical Engineering
ODOT seems to be one of the more technically savvy geotech organizations out there. They have a state of the art database for managing nearly every aspect of their operations and data and they have […]