Wet soil mixing
Technique
Wet soil mixing Wet soil mixing, also known as the deep mixing method, improves the characteristics of weak soils by mechanically mixing them with cementitious binder slurry. wet soil illustration…
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Mass mixing
Technique
Mass mixing Mass Soil Mixing (MSM), or mass stabilisation, is a ground improvement technique that improves soft or loose soils, by mechanically mixing them with either wet grout or dry cementitious…
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Permeation grouting
Technique
Permeation grouting Permeation grouting, also known as cement grouting or pressure grouting, fills cracks or voids in soil and rock and permeates coarse, granular soils with flowable particulate…
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Vibro compaction
Technique
Vibro compaction Vibro compaction is a ground improvement technique that densifies clean, cohesionless granular soils with a downhole vibrator. It’s a technique first developed by Keller in the 1930s…
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Vibro stone columns
Technique
Vibro stone columns This technique involves construction of loadbearing columns made from gravel or crushed stones with a vibrator to reinforce all soils in the treatment zone and densify surrounding…
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Dry soil mixing
Technique
Dry soil mixing Dry soil mixing is a ground improvement technique that improves soft, high moisture clays, peats, and other weak soils, by mechanically mixing them with dry cementitious binder. Dry…
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Dynamic compaction
Technique
Dynamic compaction Dynamic compaction involves the controlled impact of a crane hoisted weight, of around 10-30 tonnes, falling in a pre-determined grid pattern to improve loose, granular soils and…
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Rapid impact compaction (RIC)
Technique
Rapid impact compaction (RIC) Rapid impact compaction densifies shallow, granular soils, using a hydraulic hammer, which repeatedly strikes an impact plate on the ground surface. Rapid impact…
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Rock / fissure grouting
Technique
Rock / fissure grouting Rock grouting is normally done in fissured rock to reduce the flow of water along the joints and discontinuities in the rock. Rock/fissure grouting illustration Common uses…
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Compaction grouting
Technique
Compaction grouting Low mobility (compaction) grouting involves the injection of a low slump, mortar grout to densify loose, granular soils and stabilise subsurface voids or sinkholes. Compaction…
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Cavity grouting
Technique
Cavity grouting Bulk filling generally uses a cement/pulverised fuel ash (PFA) mix to suit site conditions with compressive strengths in the order of 1.0 N/mm2. The mixes may include Sand and…
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Micropiles
Technique
Micropiles Micropiles, also known as minipiles, pin piles, needle piles, and root piles, are a deep foundation element constructed using high-strength, small-diameter steel casing and/or threaded…
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Bored piles
Technique
Bored piles Bored piles are a very effective, state-of-the-art construction element with many applications in foundation and civil engineering. Bored piles illustration Common uses As heavy…
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Vibro concrete columns
Technique
Vibro concrete columns This technique involves construction of concrete columns with a bottom-feed, down-hole vibratory probe to transfer loads through weak strata to a firm underlying stratum. Vibro…
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Dynamic replacement
Technique
Dynamic replacement Dynamic replacement is a variation on dynamic compaction and uses the energy of a falling weight to drive large diameter granular columns into cohesionless soils and fills.…
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Wet soil mixing
Technique
Wet soil mixing Wet soil mixing, also known as the deep mixing method, improves the characteristics of weak soils by mechanically mixing them with cementitious binder slurry. wet soil illustration…
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Jet grouting
Technique
Jet grouting Jet Grouting uses high velocity fluid jets to construct cemented soil of varying geometries in the ground. Jet grouting illustration Common uses Often the preferred solution in any…
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Anchors
Technique
Anchors Ground anchors transfer tensile loads and consist of an anchor head, a free length and a bond length. The free length enables the anchor to be, a big advantage for excavation pits with very…
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