Abstract:
The status quo of deep foundation technology in China is preliminarily summarized, and policies for its future development are prospected. It mainly contains 8 parts: (1) China's super-large scale economic advances promote rapid development of deep foundation works; (2) Major technical measures for deep foundation engineering to deal with serious and massive challenges; (3) Load tests on large-capacity piles; (4) Special techniques related to deep foundation engineering; (5) More frequent technical exchanges through symposiums and conferences as well as magazines and journals; (6) Academic books and publications; (7) Construction safety and quality; (8) Perspectives and suggestions.