This paper will review some of the challenges that face designers of foundations for very tall buildings, primarily from a geotechnical viewpoint.
In particular, geotechnical engineers involved in the design of foundations for super-tall buildings are leaving behind empirical methods and are employing state-of-the art methods increasingly. Many of the traditional design methods cannot be applied with any confidence since they require extrapolation well beyond the realms of prior experience, and accordingly, structural and geotechnical designers are being forced to utilise more sophisticated methods of analysis and design. Super-tall buildings in excess of 300 m in height are presenting new challenges to engineers, particularly in relation to structural and geotechnical design.
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