IStructE Western Counties Technical Talk - Piling Techniques and Solutions
Event Information
About this Event
Date: Thursday 16th January 2020
Time: 6.30pm (tea & coffee available from 6pm Pugsley Lecture Theatre Foyer)
Location: Room 1.18, Queens Building , University of Bristol, BS8 1TR
A light buffet is available following the presentation
A talk by John Peterson - Foundation Piling
This talk will cover most of the commonly used techniques available in the UK to provide an insight to the foundation options available to an engineer based on the theme that we should never believe the sales pitch, as there is always more than one solution to a problem and rarely are any perfect.
There will also be a brief introduction to some new technologies and even wackier ideas, such as bendy piles, non-metallic UFO radial bomb detectors and of course in our new BIM orientated world, integrated 3D models for SLS verification using AI.
About the speaker
John Peterson is the Technical Director of Foundation Piling and has 40 years of experience in the piling industry.
He is a past part time lecturer at the University of Wales, contributes to the MSc Geotechnical Engineering Course at Birmingham University and keeps appearing in the back catalogue of Grand Designs.
