How can you measure the success of foundation design?

Realize uma investigação geotécnica abrangente para compreender as características do solo e as condições geológicas do local, garantindo uma base sólida para o projeto de fundação.

The success of a foundation design can be evaluated using tools like CSI SAFE or STAAD foundation advanced, There are multiple elements to be factored in like the Soil bearing capacity, the punching shear of the footing and the quality of the materials.

The geotechnical investigation is the baseline to design the foundation. The initial data will help to assess the ground and design the foundation based on it.

S'assurer que la G2Pro est bien faite est nécessaire avant d'envisager toute réponse à un appel d'offres. Le succès des fondations en dépend.

Geotehnical investigation is the esence of sucesfull foundation design. Good and quality geotehnical investigation will provide you usefull informations about situation below your foundation. It can save a lot of money spended on reparation, and can save you a lot of headache discovering what went wrong.

A successful Geotechnical investigation shall include: understand the proposed structure, planning with as built, implementation and emergency plan, inspection and qa/qc check.

O Projeto de Fundação trata da concepção, dimensionamento e representação da fundação, estrutura que serve de base para a edificação e é responsável por transmitir as cargas da superestrutura para o solo. Um projeto de fundação bem-sucedido deve priorizar a segurança, isso envolve analisar o solo, considerar riscos e garantir que a estrutura seja estável e resistente. O planejamento adequado economiza recursos e evita patologias construtivas. O Projeto de Fundação permite estimar a quantidade exata de materiais necessários, prever gastos com mão de obra e evitar superdimensionamento. Economia eficiente é um sinal de sucesso.

The geotechnical investigation report is the main information for the foundation design concept as will give the bearing capacity and water level in the site.

Assegure-se de que o projeto de fundação atenda aos padrões técnicos e regulamentares estabelecidos, garantindo a segurança e a estabilidade da estrutura construída.

It is crucial to follow the standards to design the foundation. This will allow us to meet the requirements for safety, quality and performance.

Foundation design standards provide to engineer enough informations about what to do and how to do. Experts in geotehcnioal field can drift a little bit from standard requirements, because they know what does it mean, and what they can or can not do. If you are not expert in geotehnical field, and you are just user of standard to finish your design, just stay in course, follow the ruels and requirements of standard and it will provide to you nice, safe enough design of required foundations.

Standard is minimum and required. The cost effective foundation may be designed based on investigation results and standards.

Realize testes e inspeções rigorosas durante e após a construção da fundação para verificar a conformidade com os requisitos de projeto e identificar quaisquer deficiências que possam comprometer sua integridade.

Es importante que durante la construcción se realice vigilancia de todo el proceso constructivo, excavaciones, especificaciones tecnicas de los concretos, metodo de vaciado o hincado segun corresponda, entre otros, luego de esto siempre es valido verificar la integridad de los elementos, ya sea de forma visual en cimentaciones superficiales o mediante equipos especiales para pilotes, las pruebas PIT son una muestra de ello.

Testing and inspection are the most important aspects to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the foundation’s design.

Testing program shall be planned by structure requirements and determine if we need in situ testing or only laboratory testing. The structure importance will determine what kind of testing we need.

Some on site monitoring is required such as excavation. Design vs. construction is a good way for some projects due to soil complexity.

Continuous monitoring of the foundation's performance throughout the service life of the structure is crucial. Environmental changes, load variations, seismic events, and deterioration can all impact the foundation over time. By conducting periodic inspections, measurements, observations, and evaluations of the foundation's behavior and condition, you can detect any signs of distress, damage, or failure early on. This allows for the implementation of preventive or remedial measures as needed, ultimately contributing to the foundation's durability and resilience, which are key indicators of the success of foundation design.

Any structural design should achieve the following 1- safety and workability 2- efficiency 3- constructability Some structural designers focus on the first requirement and forget about the others

The same foundation may pass in one scenario and fail in another, that's why it's very important to always do a perfect analysis of the design basing your assumptions and considerations with the reality that surrounds the context in which you have chosen to use the designed foundation. Not for getting that, always going for the option with the most advantages compared with others is what validates true success and good measure.

Lessons learned and case study are one factor for successful projects. Some similar cases may help your project since soil conditions are often varied. Human always forgot what we have done ten years ago, therefore past cases may avoid errors in past.