In the eurocode series of European standards (EN) related to construction, Eurocode 7: Geotechnical design (abbreviated EN 1997 or, informally, EC 7) describes how to design geotechnical structures, using the limit state design philosophy. It is published in two parts; "General rules" and "Ground investigation and testing". It was approved by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) on 12 June 2006. Like other Eurocodes, it became mandatory in member states in March 2010.
Contents
- Part 1 General rules
- Part 2 Ground investigation and testing
- Part 3 Design assisted by field testing
- References
Eurocode 7 is intended to:
Eurocode 7 is composed of the following parts
Part 1: General rules
EN 1997-1 is intended to be used as a general basis for the geotechnical aspects of the design of buildings and civil engineering works.
Contents
EN 1997-1 is accompanied by Annexes A to J, which provide:
Part 2: Ground investigation and testing
EN 1997-2 is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 1997-1 and provides rules supplementary to EN 1997-1 related to, planning and reporting of ground investigations, general requirements for a number of commonly used laboratory and field tests, interpretation and evaluation of test results and derivation of values of geotechnical parameters and coefficients.
Part 3: Design assisted by field testing
There is no Part 3. It was amalgamated into EN 1997-2