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STATS is delighted with the success of its latest afternoon
seminar, held on 29th April at Hertfordshire University’s
Fielder Centre, entitled ‘Recycling Foundations’.
Professor John Atkinson, formerly of City University, chaired
the event. Prof Atkinson said: “The ground is full up
with old foundations. A key design issue is what to do about
these – use them again, ignore them or dig them out.”
The seminar looked at ways that this should be approached.
Among the topics discussed were how to tackle old foundations,
a talk by Edwin Bergbaum, Director of the Waterman Group;
and ‘Key decisions, design process and management of
risk’ by Arup Director Tim Chapman.
Further lectures included ‘Assessing concrete and steel
deterioration’ by Dr Ian Sims, Director at STATS; and
fellow Director Dr Shon Williams focused on how to investigate
piled foundations for integrity and load capacity.
The event was well attended by civil, structural and geotechnical
engineers, developers and project managers, as well as many
other interested parties.
STATS Chairman Adrian Marsh, added: “This is a very
important issue in today’s construction industry and
I trust that delegates found the lectures and discussions
extremely valuable.”
Delegate copies of the presentations and literature are available
on request by emailing rosemary.stace@stats.co.uk.
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