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file to BiTech who transferred it to
MSWord for printing.
With regard to “limit states design”, as
stated in Chapter 1 “Introduction”:
“The introduction of limit states
design is intended to make the design
of foundations consistent with the
design of superstructures, as regulated
in the National Building Code of
Canada and related Canadian Stan-
dards Association (CSA) standards.”
The
1985 Second Edition
followed
Europe’s and Ontario’s (first) ultimate
limit state and serviceability limit
state (ULS-SLS) Bridge Code, in that
it applied the partial factor of safety
method.
The wording in the preface to the
1985
Second Edition
was also changed from
earlier versions to:
“The Manual contains:
1. Acceptable design guidelines for
the solution of routine foundation
engineering problem, as based on
sound engineering practice.
2. An outline of the limitations of
certain methods of analysis.
3. Information on properties of soil
and rock, including certain condi-
tions encountered in Canada.
4. Comments on construction prob-
lems, where these govern the
design or the quality of the founda-
tion.
The material in the Manual is pre-
sented as a series of suggested rather
than mandatory procedures.”
The above content description has
remained essentially unchanged up to
the current
2006 Fourth Edition.
A second printing of the
1985 Sec-
ond Edition
was carried out in 1987.
This second printing corrected a few
minor errors in the previous printing
and added two new sections: “Section
4.9 Background Information for Site
Investigation” and a “Subject Index”
at the end of the document. The CGS
Engineering Geology Division was
recognized as contributing the new
Section 4.9.
Approximately 1,800 copies of the
1985 Second Edition
were printed and
they sold for $65, for CGS members,
$90 for non-members and $50 for
students.
To be continued….
Part 3, the next part of this history,
will cover the ‘1989 French Edition’,
the ‘1992 Third English Edition’, and
the ‘1994 Second French Edition’.
Acknowledgements
Many individuals assisted the author
in locating the older editions of the
manual, providing valuable additional
information, and providing excellent
review comments on numerous drafts
of the history. They will be appro-
priately acknowledged in Part 4. The
author, however, accepts responsibility
for any errors or misinterpretations of
facts. If readers have additional infor-
mation, or comments, on the history of
the development of the CFEM and the
MCIF, please send them to
vandine@
islandnet.com.
References for Part 2
Canadian Geotechnical Society
(CGS), 1978, Canadian Founda-
tion Engineering Manual, Parts
1 to 4, published by the CGS,
Montreal, QC.
Canadian Geotechnical Society
(CGS), 1985, Canadian Founda-
tion Engineering Manual, 2nd
Edition, published by the CGS c/o
BiTech Publishers Ltd., Vancou-
ver, BC, 465 p.
National Research Council (NRC),
1975, Canadian Manual on Foun-
dation Engineering, published by
the NRC Associate Committee
on the National Building Code,
Ottawa, ON, 318 p.
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