EN 1997 Eurocode 7 shall be applied to the geotechnical aspects OF the design of buildings and other civil engineering works and shall be used in conjunction with EN 1990:2002 that establishes the principles and requirements for safety and serviceability, describes the basis of design and verification and gives guidelines for related aspects of structural reliability
Parts
| EN 1997-1:2004 | Eurocode 7: Geotechnical design - Part 1: General rules |
| EN 1997-2:2007 | Eurocode 7: Geotechnical design - Part 2: Ground investigation and testing |
Numerical values of actions on buildings and other civil engineering works to be taken into account in design are provided in EN 1991 for the various types of construction, whereas actions imposed by the ground, such as earth pressures and by ground water, shall be calculated according to the rules of EN 1997.
Separate European Standards shall be used to treat matters of execution and workmanship. In EN 1997 execution is covered to the extent that is necessary to comply with the assumptions of the design rules. EN 1997 does not cover the special requirements of seismic design. EN 1998 provides additional rules for geotechnical seismic design, which complete or adapt the rules of this Standard.
News
JRC Technical report: Implementation of design during execution and service life
This guideline provides designers with advice on the content to consider for design implementation plans, with examples for different geotechnical structures; it indicates methods to align the design code requirements with the practical considerations of the execution phase of the project.
New training materials available on second generation Eurocode 7
The presentations from the seminar 'Decoding Second Generation Eurocode 7 - Basis of Geotechnical Design' (Paris, 21-22 October 2024) are available for free download, on the dedicated page of the website of NEN
Reliability-based verification of limit states for geotechnical structures
This JRC TR provides the Eurocode users with a guideline to reliability-based verification of limit states coherently with the safety concepts of the Eurocodes, as well as information for code developers to perform reliability calibration of partial factors in the preparation of National Annexes.
Publications
Reliability-based verification of limit states for geotechnical structures
The present document serves as a guideline for reliability-based verification of limit states in design and assessment of geotechnical structures within the safety and reliability concepts of EN 1990-1 and EN 1997-1.
NEN webinars on the second generation Eurocodes
For further dissemination of information about the most important changes and planning of the second generation Eurocodes, NEN has set up a webpage with links to recordings and presentations of its previous training events and webinars. Watching and downloading is free.
Foundation design with EC7: Basis of geotechnical design
Abstract only available in original language
Workshops
BUILDING CAPACITIES FOR ELABORATION OF NDPs AND NAs OF THE EUROCODES IN THE BALKAN REGION
The workshop is aimed to further adoption and implementation of the Eurocodes in the non-EU countries in the Balkan region. In
Bridge design with Eurocodes
The main objective of the seminar is to promote the adoption of the Eurocodes for bridge design in Russia and facilitate further
Adoption of the Eurocodes in the Balkan Region
The considerable interest in implementation and adoption of the Eurocodes in the Balkan region is based on the opportunity to
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