Since 2015, the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation and its partners have been supporting regional programs and bilateral collaborations to develop an open global earthquake risk model. These efforts led to the ...

The purpose of this study was to develop a spreadsheet for the design of deep foundations, which may help engineers in the project of pole foundations. The program was developed for Microsoft Excel and shows the efficiency ...

The present work was developed aiming to economically compare shallow foundation with slab foundation, for popular house construction, through a case study for three different soil resistances: a soil with elevated resistance, ...

With the development of society and the need for more and more complex constructions, we saw the urgency of considerations in the analyzes that cater to special uses such as off-shore structures, bridges, among others. ...

This paper aims to clarify the methods for executing foundations in “Baixada Santista”, where it has a low resistance soil and requires double attention by designers and execution engineers. The goal is to show conventional ...

The lack of normative references and methodologies to be followed when it comes to pathologies in building foundations, from the suspicion of the problem due to the existence of pathological manifestations, such as cracks, ...

The rehabilitation of the Lorvao Monastery in Penacova, Portugal, included the construction of a new steel structure to house a museum gallery. The implementation of an archaeological excavation prior to construction ...