ABSTRACT
The article describes a method to decrease compressibility of collapsing soil under the bottom of a raft foundation in a multi-storied residential building through soil reinforcement with rigid elements represented by built-in-place concrete piles in rolled-out wells. The method is considered efficient as it allows eliminating collapsing soil properties and significantly increasing the deformation modulus, resulting in a decrease of the foundation settlement in a designed facility. A case of using the method for a multi-storied residential building and results of field plate load tests on consolidated soil are presented.
