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
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| 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.
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This guideline is an essential tool for designers to understand how to determine representative values for the design and verification of geotechnical structures, in accordance with the procedures outlined in the second generation of Eurocode 7.
This guideline addresses the process of assembling the Ground Model, highlighting the importance of progressively upgrading it with an increase in knowledge of the ground within the zone of influence of the specific structure.
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.
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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.
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