Decoding the Eurocodes

Eurocodes: where they are and where they're going

This evening I will be delivering a lecture entitled 'Eurocodes: where they are and where they're going' on behalf of the South Branch - Geotechnical Group of ICE South East England. The venue is Room 1101 (L/T), Building 29, University of Southampton and the lecture starts at 18:00 hours (refreshments from 17:30 h).

The lecture will be a repeat of the 3rd ISSMGE webinar entitled 'Eurocode 7 - past, present, and future' that I delivered in December to an international audience of over 70 attendees.

Notes of the lecture/webinar can be downloaded from here.

Information about the book 'Decoding Eurocode 7' by Bond and Harris (2008), which provides a lot more detail about the 'present' of Eurocode 7, can be obtained from the book's dedicated website.

And if you are looking for training courses on the subject (online or classroom-based), please visit the training pages on the Geocentrix website (the next online 'Decoding Eurocode 7' course starts 9th February - here is a link to the booking form).

If you attended the lecture and would like to comment, please click the 'Comments' link below and tell me what you think. Feedback will be gratefully received!

Bridge Design to Eurocodes: UK Implementation

The Institution of Civil Engineers has now published the proceedings of the one-day conference held in November 2010 on 'Bridge Design to Eurocodes: UK Implementation'. These proceedings may shortly be purchased for £95 from all good booksellers.

The papers themselves are available for free download in PDF format from the ICE website.

Evening lecture on Eurocode 7 in Salisbury

ICE South West is hosting a talk on 'The Effect of Eurocode 7 on Geotechnical Design' on Thursday 10 March 2011, at Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury. The talk will be given by Brian Simpson. Here is the brief synopsis of Brian's talk from the flyer:

"Eurocode 7 (EC7 or officially BS EN 1997) has two parts: 1. Geotechnical Design – General Rules; and 2. Geotechnical Design – Ground Investigation and Testing. These were published in 2004 and 2007 respectively and are increasingly being used for design of projects. The main parallel British codes, BS8002 and BS8004, are no longer current British Standards.

"This talk will provide a brief overview of Eurocodes and EC7, including the UK choice of 'Design Approach 1', then discuss the design of foundations, particularly the requirements for pile design developed in the UK National Annex to EC7. Application of the code to design of retaining structures for deep basements will also be considered, noting options for the use of numerical analysis."

More details are availabe from the ICE website.

Evening talk on Eurocode 7 in Swindon

Dr Brian Simpsom (Arup Geotechnics) is giving an evening talk on Eurocode 7 to ICE South West on Wednesday 10th November, 6-8 pm, at the Menzies Hotel, Fleming Way, Swindon.

The talk will provide a brief overview of Eurocodes and EC7, including the UK choice of “Design Approach 1”, then concentrate on design of foundations, particularly the requirements for pile design developed in the UK National Annex to EC7. Finally, an overview will be given of the British and European documents which provide standards for design and construction to be used with the Eurocodes.

More details are available from the ICE's website.

Slides from evening talk on Eurocodes 2 and 7

As promised, I have (finally) found time to upload the slides from my recent talks on Decoding Eurocodes 2 and 7, held at Norwich and Chelmsford.

Click here to download the slides.

Evening talks on Eurocodes 2 and 7

I will be giving a talk on two consecutive evenings entitled:

'Decoding Eurocodes 2+7: geotechnical and structural design of foundations'

The lecture will look at the key features of Eurocode 2 ‘Design of concrete structures’ and Eurocode 7 ‘Geotechnical design’ in so far as they affect the design of concrete foundations. Areas of ambiguity will be highlighted and simple solutions to common problems proposed.

The first talk takes place on Monday 11th October on behalf of the East Anglian Branch of IStructE, at the Park Farm Hotel, Hethersett, Norfolk, NR9 3DL. This is a joint meeting of IStructE and ICE regional branches.

The second talk takes place on Tuesday 12th October on behalf of the Essex Branch of ICE, at the Michael Ashcroft Building,  Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford.

Evening talks to ICE/IStructE on Eurocodes 2 and 7

I have just agreed to give a one-hour talk on Eurocodes 2 and 7 for foundation design to both the Norfolk branch of IStructE and to the Essex branch of ICE. Dates are as follows:

• Monday 11th October 2010 to joint IStructE/ICE meeting in Norwich
• Tuesday 12th October 2010 to ICE meeting in Chelmsford

I'll post further details of where the talks will be held and start time in due course.

The title of my talks will be:

'Decoding Eurocodes 2+7 for foundation design'

April 2010: the death of British Standards

The Eurocodes and their National Annexes will replace existing British Standards in March 2010. Their use will be mandatory for all public buildings and recommended for private buildings from this date. This talk looks at what happens in April 2010; discusses what we lose and what we gain; describes technical differences between British and European standards; and summarizes the help available to you for this transition.

The talk is being delivered twice over the next two weeks:

Institution of Structural Engineers Peterborough Section

Date: Thursday 15th October 2009, 6pm for 6.30pm
Venue: Orton Hall Hotel and Conference Centre, Orton Longueville, Peterborough, PE2 7DN

ICE Northern Geotechnical Group

Date: Tuesday 20 October 2009, 5.45pm tfor 6.15pm
Venue: Central Square Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3PL

Download April 2010 - the death of British Standards

Eurocode Courses at Napier University

Napier University is running two parallel courses on Eurocodes 2 and 7, 1 evening per week (3 hrs) for 6 weeks, starting on 16th April. This is a new initiative between ICE (Scotland) and Napier Univestiy. There is a limit of 25 people on each course. More details can be found on the ICE's website.

UK seminar on using Eurocodes for highway structures

ICE and IStructE have just announced a free seminar on using Eurocodes for highway structures, to be held on Monday 13th November 2006. Further details are provided on the IStructE website.