ABSTRACT
High rise buildings are usually founded on some form of piled foundation which is subjected to a combination of vertical, lateral and overturning forces. Conventional methods of assessing foundation stability may not be adequate when designing such foundations because they tend to focus primarily on foundation resistance under vertical loading. This paper sets out the principles of using computer programs for pile group response to design a pile foundation system according to an ultimate limit state approach. The approach is illustrated via its application to two high-rise buildings, one in the Middle East and one in Korea.
Keywords: Design, Foundations, Highrise, Korea, Limit state, Middle East, Piled raft, Piles, Settlement, Stability.
