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John Richmond is an associate at WSP and has been involved with the Shard since the start of the project. He has extensive knowledge of the substructure issues associated with the development and the instrumentation and monitoring required to deliver the project.

Stephen West is a leading engineer within Ramboll Geotechnics with extensive experience in the design of foundations, deep basements, and the assessment of heritage structures in London and overseas. He is also a former Chairman of the Southern Geotechnical Group.

David Beadman is a Director of Byrne Looby Partners, Geotechnical Consultants and is responsible for their London Area office.  He has overseen the design of many deep basements in the UK and overseas, including basements in London and for stations on the Jubilee Line Extension and the Copenhagen Metro.

Date 10 APRIL 2013
Time 18:00 - 20:00
Event Type Associated Society

The Shard of Glass is a prominent new addition to the London Skyline which is notable for the high quality of engineering design employed for the foundations and sub-structure as well as the unusual superstructure.

The construction of Western Europe’s tallest new building posed many challenges for the design team at WSP and the contractor's specialist designers such as Byrne Looby Partners. However, the impact of the building on the views across London was not the only issue that needed to be overcome before construction work could proceed.

The land adjoining the Shard site is owned by Network Rail and is occupied by London Bridge Station which is one of the oldest and busiest train stations in London, if not the world. The designers of the Shard worked with Network Rail and their advisors (Ramboll and Tony Gee & Partners) to enable work to proceed in a manner that was sensitive to the need to maintain the integrity of the station, the running train lines and extensive vault structures.

The first part of the talk introduces the site and the ground conditions, and the approach for the design of the foundations and sub-structure adopted by the team at WSP.  This is followed by an outline of the extensive survey, review and assessment of the construction plans for the Shard carried out by Ramboll (formerly Gifford) in partnership with Tony Gee & Partners for Network Rail to provide confirmation that this vital transport interchange would not be damaged by the construction.  Finally the 30MN preliminary pile test carried out on site is presented.  The pile was instrumented in detail to record settlements and strains at various levels, enabling the mobilisation of shaft friction with settlement to be determined through the various strata.

Contact the BGA Co-ordinator at shelagh.fleming@ice.org.uk or 020 7665 2007 for further information.

This is a free event and advance registration is not required.

Disclaimer: Any views or opinions expressed on any matters by the presenters or participants during or in connection with this presentation are solely the views of the authors of the respective comments and/or opinions and must not be taken to be the views of ICE or any other organisation. ICE makes no representations, warranties or assurances concerning any information provided in these presentations and accepts no responsibility for the content and/or accuracy.

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Institution of Civil Engineers
Thomas Telford Theatre
One Great George Street
Westminster
London
UK
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