Foundation Engineering and Design

Increase your knowledge and learn the principles and practices for the investigation, design, contracting, and construction of shallow, intermediate, and deep foundations, including remediation of soft, wet, expansive, and frost-prone soils. 

After attending this course, you will have a firm grasp of the background and design specifics necessary to compete in this industry, including industry-leading information on the principles and practices of foundation design for buildings, transportation infrastructure, utilities, and industrial facilities. Understand practical emerging technologies including advanced design techniques for pressuremeter-supported foundation design; aggregate piers; auger cast, helical, and micro piles; and design for lateral loads, frost heave, and wet/dry cycles.

Who Should Attend?

• Civil and structural engineers and designers
• Engineers and contractors for military facilities
• Public works professionals
• Consultants
• Geological engineers and geoscientists
• Facility managers and physical plant engineers
• Contractors and estimators
• Developers and public/private land owners
• Utility engineers and managers
• Local, county, and state building commissioners and staff 

Day 1 – Shallow Foundations

Introduction and Course Goals

Geotechnics for Foundation Design and the Foundation Investigation

• Soil properties pertinent to foundation design
• Scoping the foundation investigation
• Foundation reporting
• Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) for foundations

Field Control and Quality Assurance for Foundation Construction

• Density and compaction control
  • Specifications for foundation projects
  • Foundation QA/QC for shallow foundations

Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations

• Failure modes and bearing capacity solutions
  • In situ determinations of bearing pressures, including use of the pressuremeter
  • Settlement-based solutions

Reinforced Concrete Design for Shallow Foundations

• ACI Code requirements
• Design examples for spread, combined, and strap footings
• Design examples for slabs

Group Project

Day 2 – High Capacity and Deep Foundations

Rammed Aggregate Pier Systems:  Design and Construction

• RAP design methodology
• RAP construction and results of construction

Pile Foundation Design

• Axial and lateral pile capacities
• Capacities and settlements of pile groups
• Static load testing
• Pile design economics

Drilled Shaft and Pier Foundation Design and Analysis

• Load transfer and evaluation of axial, lateral, and moment capacities
• Design examples
• Opportunities for co-installation of energy piles

Augured Cast-in-Place Piles (ACIP)

• Design of augered cast-in-place piles
• Specifications, case studies, and installation QA/QC

Design, Construction, and Testing of Micro-Piles

• Applications:  low headroom, limited access, vibration, seismic retrofit
• Load tests:  compression, tension, lateral

Day 3 – Special Topics and Advancing Technologies

Software Applications for Foundation Design:  LPile

• Lateral load-transfer curves
• Analysis of piles and drilled shafts under lateral load

Foundation Design for Light, Laterally Loaded Solar Panels, Signage, and Utility Poles

• Design loads:  wind, snow, seismic, freeze-thaw
• Ground-mount foundation solutions:  rammed posts, helicals or ground screws, ballast systems

Design of Mat Foundations

• Structural design of mat foundations
• Case histories and design example

Foundation Construction on Problem Soil

• Preloading and drainage (wick and sand drains)
• Foundations on expansive soil
• Chemical stabilization

Foundation Dynamics, Machine Foundations, Sensitive Foundations

• Introduction to soil dynamics and current methods for vibration analysis
• Foundation analysis and response predictions for rotating and reciprocating machinery, including wind turbines

Course Wrap-up and Special Topics

James Tinjum
Associate Professor PE, PhD

James M. Tinjum, PE, PhD, is an associate professor at Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prior to his engagement as a faculty member at UW–Madison in 2008, Dr. Tinjum worked for 13 years in private practice (consulting and industry) in Denver, Madison, Peoria, and Philadelphia. He has specialized technical knowledge in geotechnical and remedial investigation, slope stability analysis and design, and field engineering/construction management. In applied practice and research, Dr. Tinjum has specific, applied expertise in thermal geotechnics for energy facilities including buried cable design and geothermal exchange systems.

Teaching in courses starting: 01/30/2018

Sam Jorgensen
Senior Geotechnical Engineer PE

Sam Jorgensen, P.E., P.Eng., is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer at Westwood Professional Services with extensive experience in consulting and construction including various supervisory, business development, project management, estimating, and technical design roles within the renewable energy sector.

Teaching in courses starting: 01/30/2018

Dante Fratta
Assistant Professor PhD, PE

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Teaching in courses starting: 01/30/2018

Van Komurka
PE, D.GE, F ASCE

GRL Engineers, Inc., Cleveland, OH

Teaching in courses starting: 01/30/2018

Bill Wuellner
Senior Geotechnical Engineer PE

CGC, Inc., Madison, WI

Teaching in courses starting: 01/30/2018

Stephen Weyda
PE

Ground Improvement Engineering, Colgate, WI

Teaching in courses starting: 01/30/2018

Shane Farr
Division Manager PE, SE

Hayward Baker, Inc., Roselle, IL

Teaching in courses starting: 01/30/2018

Tracy Brettmann
Vice President PE, D.GE

A.H. Beck Foundation Co. Inc., Houston, TX

Teaching in courses starting: 01/30/2018

Brock Hedegaard
Assistant Professor

Teaching in courses starting: 01/30/2018

By participating in this course you will earn:

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