Webinars
Date: Tuesday November 5, 2024
Time: 15.00 CET, 9.00 (EST)
Speakers:
Jessica Oudhof (ARUP)
Natalia Rucinska (Menard)
In this webinar, Jessica Oudhof from ARUP presented the idea of reusing existing foundations under key bridges in the Netherlands when they are replaced to meet current demands.
Additionally, Natalia Rucinska from Menard discussed how to navigate stakeholder concerns regarding foundation decarbonization and reuse.
Recording webinar November 5th
Date: Tuesday January 7, 2025
Time: 15.00 CET, 9.00 (EST).
Speakers:
Tony Sangiuliano (Ministry of Transportation of Ontario Canada)
Andrew Boeckmann (Dan Brown and Associates)
In this webinar, Tony Sangiuliano presented the Reuse of existing steel pile foundation study-hallecks RD and HWY 401 bridge, Brockville, Ontario, Canada. The Ministry of Transportation Ontario is exploring the reuse of existing piles to enhance traffic mobility, economic efficiency, sustainability, and environmental benefits.
Additionally, Andrew Boeckmann (Dan Brown and Associates) gave a presentation about Foundation Reuse in the U.S.: Impediments and Opportunities. Foundation reuse is gaining attention in the United States as aging infrastructure and physical constraints drive the need for innovative solutions.
Date: Tuesday June 24, 2025
Time: 15.00 CET, 9.00 (EST).
Speakers:
Christopher Nelsen (Delve Underground)
Thomas Zwaenepoel (CloudPiling)
The next edition of the International Conference on Foundation Decarbonization and Reuse, which will be organized in March 2026, will feature a new event: a workshop on software tools to help the user to minimize the carbon footprint of foundations and to assess the options to reuse existing foundations. The next webinar will focus on the requirements to make software a useful tool in that endeavor.
To assist with decarbonization, the key requirement is straightforward: the software should be able to define the foundation with the smallest carbon footprint. For reuse, however, defining the requirements is not as simple. Obviously, it should recalculate the bearing capacity of the foundation as designed. But should it also generate options to supplement those existing foundations if that bearing capacity is inadequate? Or should it merely detail user-defined options? During the next webinar which Gerald Verbeek will explore these issues with Thomas Zwaenepoel en Christopher Nelsen.
Registration link will follow soon.