Tall Building Foundation Design

Description

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the design of foundations for tall buildings.

After a general review of the characteristics of tall buildings, various foundation options are discussed followed by the general principles of foundation design as applied to tall buildings. Considerable attention is paid to the methods of assessment of the geotechnical design parameters, as this is a critical component of the design process. A detailed treatment is then given to foundation design for various conditions, including ultimate stability, serviceability, ground movements, dynamic loadings and seismic loadings. Basement wall design is also addressed. The last part of the book deals with pile load testing and foundation performance measurement, and finally, the description of a number of case histories.

A feature of the book is the emphasis it places on the various stages of foundation design: preliminary, detailed and final, and the presentation of a number of relevant methods of design associated with each stage.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Characteristics of Tall Buildings
3. Selection of Foundation Type
4. Foundation Design Process and Criteria
5. Building Loads
6. Assessment of Ground Conditions
7. Design for Ultimate Limit State Loadings
8. Design for Serviceability
9. Design for Ground Movements
10. Design for Dynamic Loadings
11. Design for Seismic Events. Design of Basement Walls and Excavations
12. Pile Load Testing
13. Performance Monitoring
14. Case Histories

Reviews

“This is a very valuable book, since it introduces a complex and not universally known problem and authoritatively suggests the proper approaches and methods of analysis to solve it.”

– Carlo Viggiani, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy

“This book is as comprehensive and thorough a book as I have seen on the subject of foundations for high-rise buildings. I think Dr. Poulos has largely achieved his goal of writing a book whose founding principles will stand the test of time.”

– Alan Poeppel and George Leventis, Langan International, USA

“It is a very well-written and instructive book. It is an extremely useful text for research and consulting structural and geotechnical engineers, and it can also be used as a reference book in graduate-level geotechnical engineering courses.”

– Braja M. Das, Dean Emiritus, California State University