JRC Technical report: Implementation of design during execution and service life

With the adoption of the 2nd Generation of Eurocode 7 'Geotechnical design', Member States will need to implement new procedures in many different topics, not considered in the first generation, such as (1) the assessment of Representative values, (2) the Ground Model, (3) the use of Reliability methods, and (4) the implementation of design in the execution phase. CEN Technical Committee 250/Sub-Committee 7 (TC 250/SC 7) therefore decided to produce a suite of four guidelines, one for each of the most relevant new aspects.
These guidelines were prepared by four task groups within SC 7 and other outstanding experts in European geotechnical engineering, and are being published as a series of JRC Technical Reports. The aim of this series is to clarify the new concepts and methods in the transition from the first to the second Generation of Eurocode 7, and provide geotechnical engineers with didactic background material that could not be presented in the Eurocode. SC 7 officially presented the guidelines at the seminar 'Development of second generation of Eurocode 7' (Paris, 21-22 October 2024). 

Guideline 4 - JRC Technical Report: Implementation of design during execution and service life

The second generation of EN 1997 "Eurocode 7 - Geotechnical design" places a requirement on the designer to specifically address the implementation of their design as a part of the overall design process. The code lays out a series of plans which are to be produced by the designer to be used alongside the requirements of the execution standards.
The guideline "Implementation of design during execution and service life" aims to provide geotechnical 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.
EN 1997 requires that the designer considers how the structure is to be checked during the service life and maintenance stage after actual construction is complete. The examples in this guide also cover how these requirements can be built into the plans that are specified as design output.