The Curricular Unit (UC) of Geotechnical Project aims to enable the student to monitor and develop projects in geotechnics. This UC will provide students with the following:
a) integrate the knowledge acquired in other UCs in the implementation of geotechnical projects;
b) understand the steps of a geotechnical project;
c) collect relevant geological-geotechnical information and define a survey program suitable for the geotechnical project;
d) carry out geotechnical characterization and define values for design parameters based on laboratory and field test results;
e) develop different project solutions, compare these solutions and select, justifying, the one considered most appropriate;
f) design geotechnical structures based on the principles of EC 7 and EC 8;
g) use software calculation programs to support the project;
h) develop a project instrumentation and observation plan.