Managing Risk with Innovative Deep Foundation Testing Solutions
Publication: IFCEE 2021
ABSTRACT
All construction projects have certain risk components associated with them. Effectively identifying and managing the various risks in any project are critical to a successful outcome. Deep foundations can represent a significant portion of the total project risk. The risk factors associated with deep foundations include safety, quality, foundation performance, cost, and schedule. There are many innovative foundation testing methods available that can help to mitigate these risks. This paper will discuss how foundation testing solutions can help lower the risks by accelerating the construction schedule, assessing the quality and capacity of the foundation, and thus eliminating some of the unknowns and reducing the overall cost to the project. These solutions will be discussed in detail along with selected case histories showing how innovative testing methods are used to reduce project risk.
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IFCEE 2021
Pages: 397 - 404
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Published online: May 6, 2021
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