Home The Society Documents and publications From the President The ISSMGE Foundation Conferences Conference Reports Search conference database International Seminars YGEC Conferences Technical Committees 2010 - 2013 ISSMGE Bulletins, Newsletters, La Lettre ISSMGE Knowledge Network Regions Regional Activities Related Websites Corporate Associates Search News Calendar Contact Login In English En français En español TC18 - Deep Foundations Co-Chairman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach (Germany) katzenbach@geotechnik.tu-darmstadt.de Co-Chairman: Prof. Dr. Alain Holeyman (Belgium) holeyman@gce.ucl.ac.be Secretary: Ir. Maurice Bottiau (Belgium) m.bottiau@socofonda.be Core Members Dr. Mohamed El Naggar, (Canada) Mr Gavin Byrne, (South Africa) Dr. Fiona Chow, (Australia) Dr. A. Ponomaryov, (Russia) Dr. Damon Lee, (Hong Kong) Prof. Sagseom Jeong, (Korea) Jaime Alberto dos Santos (Portugal) Ing. Roland Jörger (Germany) Terms of Reference: - To promote co-operation and exchange of information     - on design principles of piles, pile groups and Combined Pile Raft Foundations (CPRFs) and     - on fundamental soil mechanical understanding of installation methods of piles. - To finalise and disseminate the International Guideline for Combined Pile-Raft Foundations (CPRFs), published by ISSMGE.  - To compile and disseminate case studies of static and dynamic tests on instrumented piles to get insights about the influence of the pile installation process in terms of soil-equipment-material interactions and its resulting influene on the load-bearing behaviour of piles and to use the tests for a benchmark for design methodologies. Printer friendly page Copyright ©1999-2003 ISSMGE. All rights reserved.

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