09:00 Opening Remarks From The Chair

09:10 Deep Foundation Design For High-Rise Structures In Seismic Zones

• Understanding the structural loads of high-rise buildings
• Evaluating the soil-structure interaction parameters to effectively design deep foundations
• Assessing rocking and translation needs for high-rise buildings’ foundations
• Modelling structural data for foundations

Dr. Hossein Rezai
Managing Director
WEB STRUCTURES

09:50 Challenges In Design Of The Pile Foundations For Penang Bridge Widening – Presentation 1

• Road widening techniques like press-in piling
• Systems employed in road banks and slopes: What are the options?
• Employing piling techniques for faster construction eg. Steel Tubular Cast Piles
• Utilising existing and new geotechnical data in Penang Bridge widening

Roger Buckby
Consultant
HALCROW

11:00 Challenges In Construction Of The Pile Foundations For Penang Bridge Widening – Presentation 2

• Addressing soil removal and concrete placement issues
• Detailing latest techniques in confined area piling including barrettes
• Presenting alternative materials for confined area piling
• Discussing new developments in excavation support

Preamakanthan D Kanapathy
Project Director
UEM BUILDERS

11.40 Overcoming Soft Soil Problems Using Piles And Deep Foundations

• Discussing typical geotechnical challenges with construction on soft soils
• Presenting various piling and deep foundation techniques for the treatment of soft soils
• Analytical and modeling methods for the design of piles and deep ground improvement methods in soft soils
• Presenting case studies using different treatment methods

Kim Chan
Senior Principal
COFFEY GEOTECHNICAL

13:20 Practical Helical Steel Pile Foundation Systems

• Designing helical steel pile foundation systems for deeper applications
• Minimising noise pollution through efficient use of helical steel piles
• Optimising construction resources through advanced helical steel piles
• Retrofitting and marine applications of modern helical steel piles

Robert A Bennett
Managing Director
RABCO CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS

14:00 Environmentally Friendly Piling And Deep Foundations: Challenges And Opportunities

• Addressing the noise and vibratory pollution during piling and deep foundations
• Preparing the site with recycled material
• Implementing methods such as press-in piling for sustainable piling
• Controlling various risks in piling and deep foundation: What are the risks?

Arup Choudhury
VP – Foundation Engineering
SIMPLEX PROJECTS

15.10 Challenges In Design And Construction Of The Pile Foundations For Penang Bridge Widening

• Road widening techniques like press-in piling
• Systems employed in road banks and slopes: What are the options?
• Employing piling techniques for faster construction eg. Steel Tubular Cast Piles
• Utilising existing and new geotechnical data in Penang Bridge widening

Roger Buckby
Consultant
HALCROW

15:50 Panel Discussion: Efficient Coordination Between Geotechnics And Foundation Engineering – The Road Ahead

• Strategies to ensure efficient geotechnical data generation and transfer
• Geotechnical updates to pile and foundation designers: What will be available?
• Coordinate under various project conditions
• Benefits for stakeholders with improved coordination in projects

16:30 Chair’s Summary With Q&A. End Of Day 1 Presentations