Pile bearing capacity from SPT data
Compare allowable pile loads using Aoki-Velloso, Décourt-Quaresma and other SPT methods, with NBR 6122:2019 safety criteria and calculation reports.
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Allowable bearing pressure for footings from SPT data
Calculate allowable soil pressure for footings using Terzaghi, Hansen, Vesić and Meyerhof, with failure mode assessment and settlement estimates.
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Assess belled caisson capacity using Berberian and compare theoretical methods for centred and boundary cases, with soil and settlement warnings.
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Assess slope safety factors using Fellenius and simplified Bishop, with circular slip surface searches and NBR 11682:2009 safety criteria.
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Analyse soil-nailed slopes using Fellenius or Bishop, nail resistance and facing checks. References: NBR 16920-2:2021 and FHWA GEC-7.
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Calculate Rankine or Coulomb earth pressure and check overturning, sliding, eccentricity and base pressures, including groundwater and surcharge.
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Analyse geogrid-reinforced soil walls: external stability, tensile and pullout checks by layer, and bearing capacity, with explicit model limits.
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Visualise Boussinesq and Newmark soil stress bulbs, estimate settlement by layer and examine interaction between neighbouring foundations.
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Organise SPT blow counts, soil layers and groundwater levels, generate a soil profile and reuse the data in foundation analysis tools.
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Design pile longitudinal reinforcement and links, checking axial load with bending, minimum steel, buckling and cover using NBR 6118:2023.
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Design pile caps with strut-and-tie models, checking reinforcement, compressive stresses and strut geometry. Reference: NBR 6118:2023.
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Calculate isolated footing reinforcement and check bending, rigidity, punching shear, minimum steel and cover. Reference: NBR 6118:2023.
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Check belled caisson shafts and enlarged bases, including reinforcement, cover and base geometry. References: NBR 6118:2023 and NBR 6122:2019.
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Organise comparables, apply adjustment factors or regression, and review diagnostics, substantiation grades and reports. NBR 14653-1 and NBR 14653-2.
Explore the tool Open the toolConstruction cost estimates using official Brazilian databases
Build construction cost estimates with SINAPI, SICRO and ORSE unit cost analyses, calculation records, BDI, ABC analysis and progress and cost schedules.
Explore the tool Open the toolCPT report and penetration profile: CPTu scope
Organize mechanical cone readings, calculate qc, fs and Rf, and prepare a CPT log. Check the scope: CPTu pore pressure u2 and corrected qt are not processed.
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Combine SPT and CPT/CPTu reports, foundation calculations and quantities in one PDF. Select saved items, review the preview and choose the level of detail.
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Combine the project's geotechnical reports, select the items, add a contents list and preview the document before saving it as PDF.
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Combine concrete, formwork and steel quantities from calculated piles, pile caps, footings and caissons. Review bar schedules and export documents.
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