FOCUS: Sustainability by design – rethinking foundations

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  • Best practices in foundation design as we move towards a more sustainable approach in the design and construction of foundations
  • Significant efficiencies can be achieved through a combination of techniques including
    - design optimisation by reducing materials
    - optimisation through material technology by reducing the embodied carbon associated with the end product
    - foundation re-use, where possible
  • Summary of the recent work that was carried out by the Federation of Piling Specialists on the principles of Sustainability by Design, through the application of performance-based methods on hybrid foundations

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Speakers
Dimitrios Selemetas
chair, sustainability by design working group
Federation of Piling Specialists
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Stuart Norman
chair, environmental sustainability
Federation of Piling Specialists
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