Negative skin friction (NSF) is an important phenomenon in geotechnical engineering, referring to the additional axial drag imposed on piles as a result of differential soil movement relative to the ...

Piling milestone equates to 20 kilometres of drilling25th April 2007, Kingdom of Bahrain: Piling work began this week on the foundation of Bahrain's iconic Marina West development. This phase of ...

The falling oil prices may have caused delays and snags across the construction industry in the GCC, but nothing is going to detract from project development in the region, and stricter deadlines for ...

DUBAI, EAU, 26 October 2009/PRNewswire/ Huge Increase in Saudi Infrastructure Investment is Driving Growth in Construction Sector. Despite the unfavourable economic climate witnessed in most countries ...

There is a natural equilibrium for efficient and economic foundation design: if you keep the pile diameters small, and the length around four metres, you get a very efficient pile. Then if you assume ...