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TABLES Table 1. Geotechnical engineering study tour team members .............................. 2 Table 2. Host representatives ............................................................................... 3 Table 3. Proposed partial factors in Eurocode 7 ultimate limit states in persistent and transient situations ..................................................... 18 Table 4. Factors of safety for different load types, from the German National Standards .................................................... 28 Table 5. Partial safety factors for actions, from the German National Applications Document ................................ 29 Table 6. Partial safety factors for soil resistance, from the German National Applications Document ................................ 29 Table 7. Load and resistance factors proposed by French geotechnical engineers ........................................................ 39 FIGURES Figure 1. Many sessions were roundtable discussions ......................................... 3 Figure 2. Inside the casting facility at the Øresund Link Project .......................... 15 Figure 3. Tunnel element being pushed out of the casting area ......................... 15 Figure 4. Staging area for floating tunnel elements and towing out to position.... 16 Figure 5. The U.S. team visits the BASt.............................................................. 27 Figure 6. Full-Scale test pit at BASt .................................................................... 35 Figure 7. Compaction equipment for full-scale studies at BASt .......................... 35 Figure 8. Calibration test at CERMES ................................................................ 43 Figure 9. Large-scale calibration room at CERMES ........................................... 44 Figure 10. Interesting foundation approaches were also observed ..................... 52 vii
viii ABBREVIATIONS AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI American Concrete Institute ASD Allowable Strength Design BASt German Federal Highway Research Institute BAW Federal Research Institute of Germany BMW German Ministry of Transportation CATQEST Contract Administration Techniques for Quality Enhancement Study Tour CEN European Standard Organization CERMES Teaching and Research Center in Soil Mechanics CPT Cone Penetrating Testing Rig DIN German Industry Standards Group EN European Norm ENPC École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées ENV European Norms Proposal EU European Union FHWA Federal Highway Administration LCPC Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées LRFD Load Resistance Design Factor LSD Limit State Design (Canadian designation for LRFD) MOSES Method of Obtaining by Emptying Storebælt MSE Mechanically stabilized earth MTO Ministry of Transport, Ontario PDA Pile dynamic analysis RMC Royal Canadian Military College SETRA Service d’Études Techniques des Routes et Autoroutes TPM Total Project Management (MTO) ULS Ultimate Limit State
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