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Communicating and Managing Risk in Geotechnical Engineering Practice
The practice of geotechnical engineering is said to be as much art as science. Dealing with uncertainty, and communicating uncertainty and risk to clients is fundamental to the business of a geotechnical engineering consultant, and is emphatically not a science. Yet, a consistent framework for dealing successfully with geotechnical risk can be identified. This paper will examine six areas of geotechnical risk commonly encountered in the Southeastern United States. The six areas include: (1) sites with uncontrolled fill, (2) sites with highly plastic soils, (3) the occurrence of rock, (4) sinkhole occurrence, (5) deep foundations, and (6) mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining walls. Geotechnical risk occurs in all portions of a project life-cycle (e.g., design, construction, and operation) and is not limited to the spatial variation of engineering properties. The paper briefly discusses each of the six topics to show a consistent framework for handling geotechnical risk.
Communicating and Managing Risk in Geotechnical Engineering Practice
The practice of geotechnical engineering is said to be as much art as science. Dealing with uncertainty, and communicating uncertainty and risk to clients is fundamental to the business of a geotechnical engineering consultant, and is emphatically not a science. Yet, a consistent framework for dealing successfully with geotechnical risk can be identified. This paper will examine six areas of geotechnical risk commonly encountered in the Southeastern United States. The six areas include: (1) sites with uncontrolled fill, (2) sites with highly plastic soils, (3) the occurrence of rock, (4) sinkhole occurrence, (5) deep foundations, and (6) mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining walls. Geotechnical risk occurs in all portions of a project life-cycle (e.g., design, construction, and operation) and is not limited to the spatial variation of engineering properties. The paper briefly discusses each of the six topics to show a consistent framework for handling geotechnical risk.
Communicating and Managing Risk in Geotechnical Engineering Practice
Scarborough, Jessee A. (author)
Georisk 2011 ; 2011 ; Atlanta, Georgia, United States
GeoRisk 2011 ; 560-567
2011-06-21
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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