CSA S472 : 2004

Technical Committee on General Requirements (S471),
Foundations (S472), and Sea Operations (S475)
Working Group on Foundations
Preface
0 Introduction
1 Scope
   1.1 General
   1.2 Qualifications
   1.3 Mandatory language
2 Reference publications
3 Definitions
4 Site investigation
   4.1 General
   4.2 Scope of investigations
        4.2.1 General
        4.2.2 Far field considerations
        4.2.3 Near field considerations
   4.3 Positioning for site investigations
        4.3.1 Referencing
        4.3.2 Control
   4.4 Investigative methods
        4.4.1 General
        4.4.2 Bathymetry surveys
        4.4.3 Geophysical surveys
        4.4.4 Geotechnical investigations
5 General engineering principles
   5.1 General
   5.2 Design process
        5.2.1 Loads and load effects
        5.2.2 Acceptability of design
        5.2.3 Stability analyses (ultimate limit states)
        5.2.4 Deformations (serviceability limit states)
        5.2.5 Geotechnical parameters
        5.2.6 Innovative procedures
   5.3 Other design considerations
        5.3.1 Adjacent features
        5.3.2 Changes in freeboard
        5.3.3 Geological constraints
   5.4 Construction and installation
        5.4.1 Construction and installation procedures
        5.4.2 Inspection and documentation
6 Foundations for gravity-base structures
   6.1 Design
        6.1.1 General
        6.1.2 Stability
        6.1.3 Deformations
   6.2 Other design considerations
        6.2.1 Skirt and dowel penetration
        6.2.2 Contact stresses
        6.2.3 Scour
   6.3 Construction and installation
7 Fill structures
   7.1 Design
        7.1.1 General
        7.1.2 Stability
        7.1.3 Deformations
   7.2 Other design considerations
        7.2.1 Freeboard
        7.2.2 Erosion and slope protection
   7.3 Construction and inspection
        7.3.1 General
        7.3.2 Fill source
        7.3.3 Fill placement
        7.3.4 Inspection, quality assurance, and documentation
8 Fill-retention structures
   8.1 Design
        8.1.1 General
        8.1.2 Stability
        8.1.3 Deformations
   8.2 Other design considerations
        8.2.1 Fill retention
        8.2.2 Soil reactions on fill-retention structures
   8.3 Installation
9 Pile foundations
   9.1 Design
        9.1.1 General
        9.1.2 Pile capacity
        9.1.3 Group effects
        9.1.4 Deformations
   9.2 Other design considerations
        9.2.1 Pile wall thickness
        9.2.2 Pile driveability
        9.2.3 Grouted pile jacket connections
        9.2.4 Length of pile add-on sections
        9.2.5 Scour
   9.3 Pile installation
        9.3.1 General
        9.3.2 Procedures
        9.3.3 Pile hammers
        9.3.4 Maximum blow count
        9.3.5 Pile heave
        9.3.6 Installation records
10 Inspection and performance monitoring
   10.1 General
   10.2 Program scope
11 Decommissioning

Specifies the geotechnical engineering aspects of (a) gravity-base structures; (b) fill structures; (c) fill-retention structures; and (d) pile-supported structures.