Ground improvement solutions for motorway widening schemes and new highway embankment construction over soft ground

Ground Improvement

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 219-228

  Serridge, C J ^a   Synac, O ^a  

^a Pennine Vibropiling Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embankments; Ground improvement; Site investigation; Soft ground

Indexed keywords

GROUND IMPROVEMENT; VERTICAL BAND DRAINS (VBD); VIBRO CONCRETE COLUMNS (VCC); VIBRO STONE COLUMNS;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); EMBANKMENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

COLUMN; CONCRETE; EMBANKMENT; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; MOTORWAY; QUALITY CONTROL; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SITE INVESTIGATION; SOFT SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36849015739     PISSN: 1365781X     EISSN: 17517621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/grim.2007.11.4.219     Document Type: Article

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