• Types of shallow foundations: principles, applications & limitations. Common causes for building foundation defects and failures. Investigation & remediation methods, etc.
• Design checklist. Practical design methods for shallow foundation design.
• Construction checklist. Common defective construction mitigations, etc.
• Practical case histories/studies/examples of shallow foundation design for various types of site & subsoil conditions including useful measures of design validation, mitigations against WCGW, etc.

Ir. Neoh Cheng Aik Qualification : • Bachelor Engineering (Hon) from University of Malaya. • He was Vice President of IEM. (2004-2006) Strength : • Geotechnical design for foundations, walls and slopes and as an independent geotechnical design checker. • Published more than 50 technical papers on geotechnical and road engineering in various journals & bulletins. Current job : • Director of E-Geo Consultant Sdn. Bhd. Biodata : Ir. Neoh is Vice Precident of IEM (2004-2006), Chairman of Technical Committee for Geotechnics (TC5), Road Engineering Association Malaysia, (1997-2006) and also Chairman of IEM/CIDB/JPN organising committee. He joined PWD Malaysia (74'-98') for 25 Years after graduated from UM (1974). He is currently (2000-2007) the Director of E-Geo Consultant Sdn. Bhd. who mainly involved in geotechnical design for foundations, walls and slopes and as an independent geotechnical design checker. He has published more than 50 technical papers on geotechnical and road engineering in various journals & bulletins. He also presented in many local seminars and conferences.

Session	Scope	Speaker
Session 1 Day 1 0830-0900	Registration
Session 2 Day 1 0900-1030	SECTION 1: • Overview different types of shallow foundation, methods to avoid defective design in construction and methods to determine geotechnical design parameters required for bearing capacity and settlement estimation, SI Interpretation.	Ir. Neoh Cheng Aik
Session 3 Day 1 1030-1100	Refreshment
Session 4 Day 1 1100-1300	SECTION 2: • Design case histories for building foundations in cut ground, filled ground, soft ground and difficult or peculiar site conditions. Foundation type selection based on SI result, loading and site environment. Technical justifications, design validation scheme, etc.	Ir. Neoh Cheng Aik
Session 5 Day 1 1300-1400	Lunch Break
Session 6 Day 1 1400-1530	SECTION 3: • Scope & purpose of construction supervision for shallow foundation works, design validations and checklist for shallow foundation construction. Common site construction problems and necessary mitigations and precautions against WCGW, QC & design validation: planning, scope, etc.	Ir. Neoh Cheng Aik
Session 7 Day 1 1530-1545	Refreshment
Session 8 Day 1 1545-1700	SECTION 4: • Case histories of underpinning design for distressed building foundations. Desk study to assess information required to determine causes and hypothesis of distress. Scope of SI and analysis required to verify the hypothesis. Recommendations proposals of remediations including micropile design with necessary justifications and design validation, etc.	Ir. Neoh Cheng Aik
Session 9 Day 1 1700-1715	Question & Answer
Session 10 Day 1 1715-1730	Distribution of Certificate

Date and time	:	10-04-2010 (Saturday) 0900 - 1730
Venue	:	Seminar Hall,First Floor, Wisma Wawasan, No.19-1, Jalan PJS8/12, Dataran Mentari, Bandar Sunway, 46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Location map	:	See location map
Fee	:	Normal Price RM 650.00 (If 2 or more RM 500.00 per person Only)

Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers, Structural Engineers, Building & Piling Contractors, Consultants, Project Managers, RE, Lecturers & Academics.

• Certificate of CPD Point with full attendance
• 2 tea breaks & 1 lunch provided
• Handout notes