Book and pay before 3 September 2015 to save up to US$600! Foundations of the future: Discovering how to develop robust foundations through innovative and sustainable techniques 2-Day Conference: 16-17 November 2015 Pre and Post-Conference Workshops:15 & 18 November 2015 Dusit Thani, Dubai, UAE Hear from key speakers including: Paul Groves Rashid Al Mulla Reji John Dr. Ali A. Mahdi Salah Abdulatif Al Qaiser Hayat Head of Tunnels & Stakeholder Regional Director Associate Director, Dilim Geotechnical Design Ground Engineering, Manager NSCC international Bridges and Tunnels Rail Infrastructure Manager Middle East and India Etihad Rail WSP|Parsons Maintenance Manager CH2M Atkins Brinckerhoff RTA David Bulmer, Geotechnical Manager, Etihad Rail Noha Abdou, Head of Structural Division, APG Don’t miss your opportunity to: Bart Leclerq, Senior Technical Director, Building Structures, WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff Listen to industry experts from ATKINS, AECOM, ETIHAD Chris Magadia, Associate Principal Head of Structural RAIL, HYDER, CH2M, MOTT MACDONALD, WSP and many Department, Ted Jacob Engineering Group more allowing you to gain exclusive ideas about underground Prof. Hesham El Shazly, Geotechnical Manager, infrastructure strategies for upcoming mega projects Municipality of Abu Dhabi City Gain insights into the latest projects and case studies on Colin Crane, Managing Director, St. Johns Piling & tried and tested methods to better understand strategies Foundation that work Imraan Motara, Head of Ground Engineering, Discover the most innovative developments in piling WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff foundations and tunnelling techniques and technologies to Nidhal Al-Alusi, Principal Geotechnical Engineer, develop robust foundations Mott MacDonald Attend interactive workshops where you can gain thorough Mamdouh Hamouda, Engineering Director, ARKAN in-depth insight that walks you through the key steps to Architects Consultants executing winning underground infrastructure design and Mohamed AbouBakr (MIEAust), Senior Structural development strategies Engineer, Architectural Consulting Group Benoit Latapie, Technical Manager, Ground DON’T MISS OUR Engineering, Atkins WORKSHOPS ON: Dr. Bashar Saadi Taha, Manager, NOC & Service Accurate geotechnical A great opportunity to meet and Coordination Section, Rail ROW Department, RTA investigations – discuss issues with the Scott Stewart, Chief Market Manager, Ground stakeholders involved in the Challenges15 Nov of deep Engineering, COWI foundationsfoundations forfor high-risehigh rise major upcoming projects. Oliver Higgins, Senior Hydrogeologist, Hyder buildings within the UAE – Consulting Contracts Manager, Ammico Ioannis Saplamidis, Senior Project Engineer, 18 Nov Contracting Co BESIX Group Construction Intelligence Partner: Media Partners: Researched & Developed by: For more information or to register – +971 4 364 2975 [email protected] @iqpcmena www.undergrounduae.com Event Overview Dear Colleague, After the success of the Underground Infrastructure and Deep Foundations UAE conference in December 2014, we 2-Day Conference: 16-17 November 2015 are pleased to announce its return for November 2015! Pre and Post-Conference Workshops: 15 & 18 November 2015 With the UAE projected to spend US$329 billion on Dusit Thani, Dubai, UAE construction projects by 2030, it is critical to put in place the best piling and foundation structures to support these Who will you meet? projects, as well as have the most efficient methodologies to create robust underground infrastructure. Government and Project Owners Geotechnical Consultants This conference is the ideal learning opportunity to address Piling, Foundation and Tunnelling the challenging engineering and design issues relating to Contractors underground infrastructure and deep foundations within the Main Contractors UAE. Main Consultants Developers What can you expect from the 2015 event? Etihad Rail’s stage 3 Hajar Mountain case study on What our past delegates said: understanding the importance of geological engineering assessments The speakers are notably experts in Atkins’ historical case studies from the past decade of their field and this was evident in the tunnelling and lessons learnt since the construction of delivery of their papers during the the Dubai Metro conference WSP|Parsons Brinkerhoff’s exclusive case study on deep Senior Planning and Design Engineer, excavation from around the Middle East Qatar General Electricity and Water AECOM uncover dewatering solutions to manage high Corporation groundwater levels in construction With huge opportunities for infrastructure projects across One of the best conferences I have the UAE, this conference is the ideal place for existing attended in the Middle East. Well players and new market entrants to access critical project balanced material and good speakers intelligence. Deputy Director, Roads and Transport Authority I look forward to seeing you in November. Joanne Mount IQPC provides business executives around the Conference Director – 2nd Annual Underground world with tailored practical conferences, large Infrastructure and Deep Foundations UAE scale events, topical seminars and training IQPC Middle East programmes, keeping them up-to-date with industry trends, technological developments and the regulatory landscape. IQPC conferences are market leading “must attend” events for their respective industries. IQPC produces more than 1,700 events annually around the world, and continues to grow. Founded in 1973, IQPC now has offices in major cities including: Bengaluru, Berlin, Dubai, London, New York, Singapore, Sydney, Tampa, and Toronto. IQPC leverages a global research base of best practices to produce an unrivalled portfolio of conferences. For more information or to register – +971 4 364 2975 [email protected] @iqpcmena www.undergrounduae.com Conference Day One – Monday, 16 November 2015 08:00 Start of conference registration with welcome refreshments Discussing the impact of test limitations on ground 08:45 Opening remarks from IQPC and introduction to Chair improvement designs 08:50 Opening remarks from the conference Chair and start of Understanding the effective ways to enhance the gain conference from zone load tests Exclusive case study insights including the Fuel Storage Exploring the UAE landscape and its impact on Tank Farm in Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah, UAE underground infrastructure and deep foundations Nidhal Al-Alusi, Principal Geotechnical Engineer, Mott MacDonald 09.00 Managing geotechnical risks on underground infrastructure projects in the UAE 12:20 Discovering geotechnical challenges: The static earthquake Discussing typical geotechnical risks in the UAE and Discussing how settlement magnitude plays a crucial role highlighting the need to implement geotechnical risk in understanding road damage assessment and geotechnical certification processes on Effectively understanding what needs to be looked at when projects examining soil strata Recognising the importance of a detailed desk study Analysing the advantages and disadvantages of geo-grids followed by geotechnical investigations and how they need An insight into forensic study strategies to be carefully tailored to the nature of the project and the Prof. Hesham El Shazly, Geotechnical Manager, Municipality local UAE geology of Abu Dhabi City Understanding the importance of continued input by the geotechnical advisor during design and implementation 12.50 Lunch and networking stages of the project to mitigate risks and to reduce costs Case study insight Discovering effective water management and control Qaiser Hayat, Geotechnical Design Manager, CH2M 13.50 Assessing the efficient and sustainable control of ground 09.30 CASE STUDY: Etihad Rail Stage 3 - Hajar Mountain Crossing - water through dewatering geological engineering assessment Uncovering the challenges of dewatering and underground Understanding the geological challenges of the Hajar infrastructure Mountain corridor through preliminary studies and Establishing suitable dewatering systems to manage the geological field mapping high groundwater level in construction Exploring the evaluation of tunnel and alignment specific Acknowledging dewatering subsidence and how to geological conditions through specialist hard rock ground eliminate it effectively investigations Exclusive case study insights including: ADNOC Car Park An integrated geological engineering assessment and Project, Abu Dhabi and the Al Hadeel Project, Abu Dhabi interpretation Karim Roshdy, Resident Engineer, AECOM David Bulmer, Geotechnical Manager, Etihad Rail Rashid Al Mulla, Stakeholder Manager, Etihad Rail 14:20 Managing the effective disposal of groundwater Discovering the variation of water level tables across the Uncovering problematic soil areas and their impact UAE and the challenges this has on underground on underground infrastructure within the UAE infrastructure Understanding how to effectively manage the impact of 10.00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Tackling the role of cavity management rising water tables and mitigate risk in the development of underground infrastructure Evaluating environment friendly ways to dispose of Discussing how undetected cavities can result in cracks discharge water and unwanted ground settlement which are detrimental Oliver Higgins, Senior Hydrogeologist, Hyder Consulting to the structure Recognising the importance of soil investigation in order to Discovering how to effectively manage underground detect and monitor cavities infrastructure