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    Soil Investigation and Foundation Design
    Soil Investigation and Foundation Design
    Soil Investigation and Foundation Design
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    Soil Investigation and Foundation Design

    By Dr. Mohamed A. El-Reedy

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    Site investigation is considered the first essential operation to be performed in the analysis, design, and choice of a foundation. Such investigation provide the necessary information about geological, physical, and geotechnical properties of soil which is prerequisites to a save and economical construction of all civil engineering works.
    Insufficient or in adequate information which respect to the character and bearing capacity of the underlying soil beneath and engineering structure may result in serious damage or collapse of the structure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDr. Mohamed A. El-Reedy
    Release dateJan 28, 2014
    ISBN9781310076794
    Soil Investigation and Foundation Design
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    Dr. Mohamed A. El-Reedy

    Mohamed A. El-Reedy's background in structural engineering. His main area of researches is reliability of concrete and steel structure. He has provided consulting to different engineering companies and oil and gas industries in Egypt and to international companies as the International Egyptian Oil Company (IEOC) and British Petroleum (BP). Moreover, he provides different concrete and steel structure design package for residential buildings, warehouses and telecommunication towers and electrical projects with WorleyParsons Egypt. He has participated in Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) projects with international engineering firms. Curently, Dr. El-Reedy is responsible for reliability, Inspection and maintenance strategy for onshore concrete structures and offshore steel structure platforms. He has performed these tasks for hundred structures in Gulf of Suez in the red sea.Dr. El-Reedy has consulted with and trained executives at many organizations, including the Arabian American Oil Compnay (ARAMCO), bp, Apachi, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA), the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and King Saudi's Interior ministry, Qatar Telecom, EGPC , (SAPIC) , the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, and Qatar petrochemical Company (QAPCO). He has taught technical courses about repair and maintenance for reinforced concrete structures and the advanced materials in concrete industry worldwide , especially in the Middle East, malaysia and singapore.Dr. El-Reedy has written numerous publications and presented many papers at local and international conferences sponsored by the ASCE, CSCE, ACI, API and in technical committe for OMAE conference sponsor by ASME.He has published many research papers in international technical journals and has authored four books about total quality management, quality management and quality assurance, economic management for engineering projects, and repair and protection of reinforced concrete structures. He received his bachelor's degree from Cairo University in 1990, his master's degree in 1995, and his Ph.D from Cairo University in 2000.

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      Book preview

      Soil Investigation and Foundation Design - Dr. Mohamed A. El-Reedy

      Soil Investigation and Foundations Design

      Prepared By:

      Dr. Mohamed A. El-Reedy

      Content:

      Introduction

      Soil exploration method

      Soil investigation planning program

      Soil boring

      Boring spacing and depth

      SPT

      CPT

      Vane test

      Cross hole test

      Shallow foundation

      Deep foundation

      The Author

      Mohamed A. El-Reedy’s background is in structural engineering. His main area of research is the reliability of concrete and steel structures. He has provided consulting to different engineering companies and oil and gas industries in Egypt and to international companies such as the International Egyptian Oil Company (IEOC) and British Petroleum (BP). Moreover, he provides different concrete and steel structure design packages for residential buildings, warehouses, and telecommunication towers and electrical projects with WorleyParsons Egypt. He has participated in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) projects with international engineering firms. Currently, Dr. El-Reedy is responsible for reliability, inspection, and maintenance strategy for onshore concrete structures and offshore steel structure platforms. He has performed these tasks for hundreds of structures in the Gulf of Suez in the Red Ssea.

      Dr. El-Reedy has consulted with and trained executives at many organizations, including the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO), bp, Apachi, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA), the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, and King Saudi’s Interior ministry, Qatar Telecom, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corporation (SAPIC), the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, and Qatar Ppetrochemical Company (QAPCO). He has taught technical courses about repair and maintenance for reinforced concrete structures and the advanced materials in concrete industry worldwide, especially in the Middle East.

      Dr. El-Reedy has written numerous publications and has presented many papers at local and international conferences sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Concrete

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