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Foundation Features: Tall Buildings and Braced Excavations in Houston
Examples of braced excavation and foundation systems of tall buildings in the Houston Area are presented through a case study of the recently completed B G Group Place, Houston’s tallest building to start the 21st millennium. The building is considered one of the tallest soil-supported buildings in the world at 48 stories from basement to top when compared to the 75 story Chase Tower. The presentation is expanded by performance information from other local braced excavation projects in the Texas Gulf Coast to capture the broad character of excavation behavior. Properly designed and built Houston Area excavations enjoy behavior characteristics unique to those reported in other locations.
Foundation Features: Tall Buildings and Braced Excavations in Houston
Examples of braced excavation and foundation systems of tall buildings in the Houston Area are presented through a case study of the recently completed B G Group Place, Houston’s tallest building to start the 21st millennium. The building is considered one of the tallest soil-supported buildings in the world at 48 stories from basement to top when compared to the 75 story Chase Tower. The presentation is expanded by performance information from other local braced excavation projects in the Texas Gulf Coast to capture the broad character of excavation behavior. Properly designed and built Houston Area excavations enjoy behavior characteristics unique to those reported in other locations.
Foundation Features: Tall Buildings and Braced Excavations in Houston
Ulrich, Edward J. (author)
IFCEE 2015 ; 2015 ; San Antonio, Texas
IFCEE 2015 ; 1560-1574
2015-03-17
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
FOUNDATION FEATURES TALL BUILDINGS AND BRACED EXCAVATIONS IN HOUSTON
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