The 3rd Engineering-Oriented Foundation Engineering Technology Exchange Conference, which drew widespread industry attention and was attended by more than 300 industry elites, was grandly held on June 16, 2017 at the Xinjiang Hotel in Beijing. More than 10 topics from over 10 industry experts were exchanged at the conference. Xu Quanqing, Director of Fugro International Group China, actively attended the conference on behalf of the group and delivered a detailed and excellent report on the development of piezocone penetration test (CPTU) technology and its application and practice in foundation engineering.

   

       Fugro N.V. of the Netherlands was founded in 1962, listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange in the Netherlands in 1992, and was officially named Fugro N.V. in 1994. In 2004, Fugro wholly acquired Zhejiang Comprehensive Survey and Research Institute Co., Ltd. Fugro is a large multinational corporation with a concentration of high-end talent and strong technical capabilities. The company currently has 14,000 employees and more than 300 offices (subsidiaries) in over 50 countries and regions around the world. Fugro specializes in collecting and analyzing geological, geophysical, aerial survey, remote sensing, and engineering data to reduce risk and uncertainty in upstream and downstream oil and gas operations. From the search for new oil and gas fields to development and construction, production, and even final decommissioning and removal, Fugro can provide the data and related support services needed for economical and rapid decision-making. Whether these engineering projects, operational monitoring and maintenance, and transport infrastructure are located on land or water, nearshore or in deep sea, Fugro can provide services that meet the most demanding environmental safety standards.

 
 

Xu Quanqing, Director of Fugro International Group China

 

     Fugro has an outstanding track record in the global market. It has not only participated in many major engineering projects in China's infrastructure construction market and created numerous achievements, but is also renowned internationally. The vast majority of offshore wind power projects already built in the world are Fugro's work; even the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft and China's combustible ice drilling have involved Fugro, which has made indelible contributions to these major engineering projects.

       In recent years, the company has cooperated with the American company LOADTEST to introduce the OSTERBERG method for pile foundation testing, and has successively conducted bearing capacity tests on pile foundations (maximum diameter 2.8 m, pile length 128 m) in projects such as the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, Sutong Bridge, and Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau, with a maximum test load reaching 96,800 kN, pioneering pile foundation testing in China. The report delivered by Xu Quanqing, Director of Fugro International Group China, at the exchange conference on the development of piezocone penetration test technology and its application and practice in foundation engineering was unanimously praised by attending experts and peers, and further enhanced and expanded Fugro's influence in the industry.
                                       

 

       It is understood that the Engineering-Oriented Foundation Engineering Technology Exchange Conference is held once a year. This grand event was hosted by the Pile Foundation Academic Committee of the Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Branch of the China Civil Engineering Society, the Geotechnical Engineering Committee of the Beijing Civil and Architectural Society, the Building Structure Committee of the Beijing Civil and Architectural Society, China Construction Technology Group Co., Ltd., and Beijing Institute of Architectural Design Co., Ltd., and organized by the editorial office of Building Structure magazine and Asia-Pacific Construction Technology Information Research Institute Co., Ltd. It also received strong support and co-organization from the China Foundation Engineering Technology Innovation Intellectual Property Alliance, Jianyan Foundation Engineering Co., Ltd., and Jiangxi Jiye Technology Co., Ltd.

                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                             (Text/Wu Yue, Xintong/Selena)