SHORING DESIGN 1

[voi]

Hi, could someone advice me on the best software to purchase on Shoring design. I have a project where we have to retain an overburden up to 10 m ( three basements). There are so many softwares in the market that I am a little confused,
Voi

 

[GeoPaveTraffic]

I do my designes by hand.

Too much judgement required in most designs.

Mike Lambert

 

[FixedEarth]

Three level basement excavation retention is too much for your first shoring design task. Often the shoring contractor has an inhouse engineer or a consultant that will design the way that contractor prefers to build it. Call their consultant and ask for books & references, then start reading them. Be careful about adopting their design calculations automatically until you have had a chance to learn from the books.

 

[voi]

Thanks for the advice. I do have experience ( have designed three basements before but the calculations are too tedious). I wanted to purchase a software that can make my work easier. Has anybody out there used a software that is reliable.How is the shoring suite from civiltechs?

 

[PEinc]

CivilTech's Shoring Suite is excellent. It designs like you would (or should) by hand calcs. It is not a sophisticated finite element program.

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