The Christian Veder Colloquium of TU Graz is dedicated to deep excavations and shaft structures. A particularly spectacular item in the programme includes the shafts for Africa’s biggest suspension bridge.
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Particularly deep and large excavations, as seen here at a construction site in Doha, Qatar, pose some geotechnical challenges. Keller Holding GmbH
You couldn’t get much lower: more than 400 specialists discuss problems resulting from deep excavations and shafts at the 33rd Christian Veder Colloquium: deformation-critical neighbouring buildings in the urban environment and environmental aspects. The programme contributions of the geotechnics conference range from deep excavations in Salzburg’s inner city and six-storey construction cavities beside railway lines to excavations in a mineral spa protection zone. A particularly spectacular item in the programme deals with the foundation for Africa’s biggest suspension bridge to span Maputo Bay in south Mozambique, thus necessitating shafts more than 35 metres deep and 50 metres wide. Other topics at this year’s conference are digitalisation in geotechnics and Building Information Modeling (BIM).
Information
Deep excavations and shafts in the ground
Time: 5. und 6. April 2018
Place: TU Graz, Petersgasse 16, Hörsaal P1
Further information and programme: www.cvk.tugraz.at
Contact
Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. M.Sc. tit.Univ.-Prof.
TU Graz | Institute of Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering and Computational Geotechnics
Rechbauerstraße 12, 8010 Graz
Tel.: +43 (0) 316 873 6234
helmut.schweiger@tugraz.at
