SYNOPSIS

This evening talk lays out the considerations of design concepts and the construction techniques for the retaining wall of deep excavations. It covers both the gravity retaining walls and embedded walls.
o    For gravity walls, the design concepts and various types of construction techniques are described.
o    For the embedded wall, the design considerations such as soil-structure interactions (both vertical & horizontal planes), wall stability (redundancy), and earth pressure, drained or undrained conditions will be presented.

The construction techniques for embedded wall constructions are also explained. Also presented is a brief concept of the deep excavation system, as an introduction of this evening talk, to provide a perspective of the retaining wall techniques and concepts in the overall concept of deep excavation.

PROFILE OF SPEAKER

Ir. Dr Chin Yaw Ming is a geotechnical and foundation specialist with more than 22 years of comprehensive technical knowledge on geotechnical & foundation engineering, especially in deep excavation & heavy foundation, taking into consideration of equipment used.

He graduated from Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia with a Bachelor of Engineering, a Master of Engineering and a Doctor of Philosophy. He is currently a principal of a geotechnical consultancy firm, CYM Consult.