Eurocode 7: Geotechnical design

<h2 id="part-1-general-rules">Part 1: General rules</h2>
<p>EN 1997-1 is intended to be used as a general basis for the geotechnical aspects of the design of buildings and civil engineering works.
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<h3>Contents</h3>
<ul><li>General</li>
<li>Basis of design</li>
<li>Geotechnical data</li>
<li>Supervision of construction, monitoring and maintenance</li>
<li>Fill, <a href="/facts/Dewatering/sz9KnAGv">dewatering</a>, ground improvement and reinforcement</li>
<li>Spread foundations</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Deep_foundation/nKuDq0EN">Deep foundation</a> (pile foundations)</li>
<li>Anchorages</li>
<li>Retaining structures</li>
<li>Hydraulic failure</li>
<li>Overall stability</li>
<li>Embankments</li></ul>
<p>EN 1997-1 is accompanied by Annexes A to J, which provide:
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<ul><li>Annex A Recommended partial safety factor values; different values of the partial factors may be set by the National annex.</li>
<li>Annexes B to J Supplementary informative guidance such as internationally applied calculation methods.</li></ul>
<h2 id="part-2-ground-investigation-and-testing">Part 2: Ground investigation and testing</h2>
<p>EN 1997-2 is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 1997-1 and provides rules supplementary to EN 1997-1 related to planning and reporting of ground investigations, general requirements for a range of commonly used laboratory and field tests, interpretation and evaluation of test results and derivation of values of geotechnical parameters and coefficients.
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<h2 id="part-3-design-assisted-by-field-testing">Part 3: Design assisted by field testing</h2>
<p>There is no longer a Part 3. It was amalgamated into EN 1997-2
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://eurocodes.jrc.ec.europa.eu">Eurocodes: Building the Future</a> The European Commission Website on the EN Eurocodes</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101206121554/http://www.eurocodes.co.uk/EurocodeDetail.aspx?Eurocode=7">Eurocodes Expert</a> UK construction industry website with comprehensive information and support resources for implementation of the BS EN Eurocodes.</li>
<li><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919132719/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/153986.pdf">A Designers' Simple Guide to BS EN 1997</a> UK design guide with several worked examples using EN 1997.</li>
<li><a href="http://eurocodes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/showpage.php?id=137">EN 1997: Geotechnical design</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eurocodes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/showpage.php?id=332#EN1997">EN 1997: Geotechnical design - "Eurocodes: Background and applications" workshop</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120414171531/http://eurocodes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/showpage.php?id=332#EN1997">Archived</a> 2012-04-14 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul>

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