A Course and Seminar on

Piled Foundations – Analysis, Testing and Design

Presented by

Bengt H. Fellenius and Mohamad Hussein

January 10 and 11, 2013

at the
DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld
10100 International Drive
Orlando, Florida 32821
Ph: (407)-352-1100
Fax: (407)-352-2632
Seminar Intent
The primary intent of the course is to demonstrate the Unified Method for deep foundations design for
capacity, drag load, settlement, and downdrag for single piles, pile groups, and piled foundations illustrated
with case histories of testing and design analysis. The course aims to show what data one must pull
together and presents processes of analysis and calculations necessary for a design of a specific project.
Static and dynamic testing methods are detailed. Aspects of negative skin friction and associated drag
load and downdrag are emphasized. Settlement analysis is of vital importance to the design of piled
foundations, and the course addresses principles of settlement analysis and provides some of the
mechanics of calculating settlement. Pertinent aspects are included of construction procedures and Load
and Resistance Factor Design, LRFD, is discussed.

Thursday January 10, 2013 8:00am-5:00pm

8:00 Registration

8:30 Brief Background to Basic Principles Applicable to Piled Foundations — Fellenius

Settlement analysis, Site exploration methods (with emphasis on the CPT). Interaction between
adjacent foundations.

9:30 Coffee Break

9:50 Deep Foundation Types and Installation Equipment and Methods — Hussein
Driven piles (timber, concrete, and steel), auger-cast piles, and drilled shafts uses and good
practice; principles and operations of installation equipment (pile driving hammer: air/steam, diesel,
hydraulic; augers, drilling rigs, etc.); method and accessories

11:00 Analysis of Axial Load Transfer, Capacity, and Response to Load — Fellenius
Bearing capacity and load-transfer by beta, alpha, and lambda methods; Set-up and relaxation;
Residual load.

12.00 LUNCH

1:00 Wave Equation Analysis of Pile Driving — Hussein

Introduction to pile driving dynamics; application of stress wave theory to pile analysis; modeling of
hammer system; pile and soil in wave equation analysis; demonstration of wave equation analysis
options (bearing graph, inspector's chart, and drivability analyses) utilizing the GRLWEAP program

2:20 Coffee Break

2:40 Examples of Analysis of Load Transfer, Capacity; Residual Load —Fellenius

Examples on bearing capacity and load-transfer analysis Set-up and relaxation; Residual load

3:30 The Static Loading Test: Performance, Analysis, and Instrumentation —Fellenius
Methods of testing and basic interpretation of the results. Analysis of results from strain-gage
instrumented piles and determining pile elastic modulus. Load distribution along the pile shaft and
pile toe response. Effect of residual load and how to determine its magnitude and distribution.
Principles of the bi-directional test (the O‑cell test) and how to analyze the results of an O-cell test.
Case histories of analyses on results of O-cell tests on driven and bored piles. Rapid Load
Testing.

5:00 Questions and Discussions; End of Day

Friday January 11, 2013 8:00am-5:00pm
8:00 Dynamic Testing of Driven Piles — Hussein
Background, principles, and applications of dynamic pile testing of driven piles for assessments of
hammer system performance, dynamic pile driving stresses, pile structural integrity, soil resistance,
and static axial capacity. Pile Driving Analyzer® (PDA) data and CAPWAP® analyses from actual
projects will be used to illustrate aspects of dynamic pile testing and demonstrate its practical
applicability for a cost efficient foundation.

9:20 Coffee Break

10:00 Dynamic Testing of Auger-cast Piles and Drilled Shafts — Hussein

Principles, applications, and limitations of low-strain integrity testing, high-strain bearing capacity
assessment, Cross-hole Sonic Logging® (CSL) integrity testing, and Thermal Integrity Profiling.
Interesting data from real projects will be used.

11:00 Precast Prestressed Concrete Piling —Fellenius

Ordinary precast and prestressed piles; cylinder piles; spun piles; splicing of piles; pile shoes and
rock shoes.

11:30 Steel Piling —Hussein

Pipes, and H-piles including new section sizes, applications, and use.

12.00 LUNCH

1:00 Piles and Pile Groups. Long-Term Behavior and How We Know What We Know —Fellenius
Important case histories presenting studies that demonstrated the actual long-term response of
piles to load and observed settlement of piles and pile groups

2:30 Coffee Break

2:50 The Unified Method for Design of Single piles, and Small and Large Pile Groups —Fellenius
Codes and standards for piled foundation design for axial loading; The Unified Method for
Capacity, Drag Load, Settlement, and Downdrag for single piles, pile groups, and piled
foundations. Case histories of testing and design analysis.

1. Capacity (choice of factor of safety, and rules of LRFD and Limit States Design) and design for
structural strength (including drag load)

2. Settlement of single piles and pile groups due to load directly on the piles and due to influence
from adjacent activity (downdrag)

3. How to combine the various aspects for the design of an actual piled foundation case with
emphasis on settlement illustrated with examples

4:20 Contract Specifications and Avoiding Disputed Claims and Litigation —Fellenius
Views on the lighter side

4:40 Questions and Discussions

5:00 End of Day and End of Course
Seminar Lecturers: Bengt H. Fellenius and Mohamad Hussein

Dr. Bengt H. Fellenius, formerly Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa, is an
internationally recognized foundation engineering consultant and the author of more than 300 technical
papers. His professional experience comes from a wide variety of assignments that encompass foundation
design for industrial plants, water and sewage treatment facilities, bridges and highway projects, marine
structures, and urban area development, as well as participation in special investigations, instrumented
field tests, etc. Dr. Fellenius has given lectures and courses to several universities and international
conferences throughout the Americas, Europe, and South-East Asia. He currently lives in Sidney, BC,
Canada.

Mohamad Hussein, P.E. He is Vice President of GRL Engineers, Inc., and a Partner in Pile Dynamics,
Inc. His experience covers thousands of projects in 30 States in the USA and 15 countries. He is the past
Chairman of the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) Geo-Institute's Deep Foundations
Committee, and is currently a member of several technical committees on deep foundations in ASTM,
PDCA, DFI, and others. He has over 80 technical publications on various aspects of deep foundations and
has lectured on the topic at numerous specialty short courses, universities and conferences. He is the
co-editor of seven ASCE Geotechnical Special Publications. Mr. Hussein holds the internationally
recognized Expert Level Certifications for dynamic pile testing and analysis.

Venue
DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld
10100 International Drive
Orlando, Florida 32821
Telephone: 407-352-1100; Fax: 407-352-2632

Professional Development Credits: Each Attendee Earns 14 PDH.

Course Fee: The course fee is $750.00, reducing by $50 for each additional person from the same
company, i.e., for second, third, fourth, etc. registrants the fee is $700, $650, $600, etc.
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