ABSTRACT
Ground improvement by treating soil with various types of binders is an attractive alternative and often economical compared to other ground improvement methods. Generally, typical Finnish clay in its natural water content with liquidity index more than unity is soft, structured, and sensitive and provides low strength. Addition of binder alters the engineering properties of the existing soil to create a new site material which is capable to meet certain material requirements instead of rejection, excavation and dumping as a waste. Deep stabilization or mass stabilization for various kinds of transport infrastructures is used throughout the world. The engineering characteristics of treated soil as well as the development in the machinery for homogenous mixing are extremely important to optimize the effect of stabilization. This study focuses on the characteristics of cement stabilized soft clay.
