Some Geotechnical Challenges
Dr Peter W. Mitchell
This presentation will discuss a number of challenging geotechnical issues relating to footing design that the speaker has observed over the course of his career.
These issues include:
- collapsing soils;
- residential type footing designs in arid areas;
- the special geotechnical considerations associated with jacked piling leading to the incorporation of several aspects of jacked piling into AS 2159-2009 “Piling- Design and installation” code; and
- the difficulties of Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) in saturated sand.
About the speaker
Dr Peter W. Mitchell Ground Engineering Technical Leader – Asia Pacific, Aurecon; Adjunct Professor School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide
Dr Peter W. Mitchell is a Ground Engineering Technical Leader Asia Pacific with Aurecon and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering at the University of Adelaide. He holds Honours, Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Adelaide and has been involved in major geotechnical projects throughout Australia, South-East Asia and the South Pacific.
Dr Mitchell has contributed over 100 papers, publications and presentations in the field of Geomechanics, including many presentations given to state chapters of the Australian Geomechanics Society.
Dr Mitchell was awarded the honour of being named the current Geotechnical Practitioner of the Year, given by the Australian Geomechanics Society recognising “contributions of the highest order over an extended period.”
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