Transition to the Geotechnical European Standards
Sammanfattning: On January first 2011, the National Board of Housing, Building and Planning - Boverket, are adopting the European design rules of geotechnics. This will make the overall Swedish transition more definite. Geotechnical engineers and field-/laboratory technicians will have to conform their reporting routines to the new legal framework that the Eurocode suggests. The new standard will lead towards a better quality of the performed work, the reason being higher demands on the reports content and availability. It will also foster the free market, both nationally as well as internationally. The report system currently used will be replaced by a new system consisting of five different document types. The document types are: 1. Field Report 2. Test Report 3. Ground Investigation Report 4. Design Report 5. Tender Request Documentation Comparing the present system with the new, there is a certain extent of conformance in content. However, in terms of documentation, the new reporting model places higher demands on the geotechnical engineers and technicians. The reporting model will provoke a more elaborate and comprehensive communication between field-, laboratory- and desk units. The responsibilities of laboratory- and field technicians will increase in terms of quality and documentation in field investigation. Not only will the increased requirements in reporting affect the routines of field- and laboratory staff. In order to receive sufficiently exhaustive material that meets the requirements of the Eurocode, geotechnical engineers will have to be more precise in their informational inquiry. They have to support the technicians in distinguishing the additional information that has to be accounted for in the new document types. The Eurocode transition need not increase the turnaround times, and the design cost of geotechnical projects dramatically. But in order to maintain the current design costs, entrepreneurs in the industry have to adapt to the new game rules of European geotechnics.
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