WP 2 Recommendations for the convergence of the Eurocode 7 approach & NAs within Europe

The WP will review all information about EC7 Part 1 – Design and particularly the three alternative Design Approaches (DAs) and the National Annexes (NAs) that each Member State will produce to indicate how the Eurocode is implemented in that State.  A collection of design case studies will prepared to illustrate the different results that the three DAs produce.  It is hoped that these will assist the eventual elimination of the alternatives and any other differences in national approach indicated in NAs that are not essential because of local climatic or other unique natural phenomena; recommendations will be made for any RTD that may help this. The work will be done using WP2 members, others involved in EC7 and contacts in the Geotechnical Societies of the nations not directly engaged in EC7 development activities, including the Easter European countries that are candidates to join the EU.  WP2 will also seek to encourage geotechnical engineers in Europe to apply EC7-Part 1 in their designs of foundations and other geotechnical structures and to stimulate local training programmes through National Societies of ISSMGE, universities and other relevant organisations.   

The WP will produce a final report with recommendations for the harmonised application of  Eurocode 7, for publication on the GeoTechNet website.