ABSTRACT
If none of these avoiding strategies are technically or economically realistic, then the prevailing ground conditions must be addressed. A common potential solution is to adopt a system such as piling, in order to bypass the difcult ground and found in suitable material. However, this can be expensive and time consuming and may actually be difcult to achieve in
CONTENTS
1.1 Purpose of ground improvement processes ....................................... 1 1.2 What the book covers ....................................................................... 2 1.3 Historical development ..................................................................... 4 1.4 Health, safety, and environmental considerations ............................ 6
1.4.1 Site mobilization and demobilization ..................................... 7 1.4.2 Hazardous materials .............................................................. 8
1.5 Greenhouse gas emissions ................................................................. 8 1.6 Compaction by blasting .................................................................. 10 1.7 Ground freezing .............................................................................. 12 References ............................................................................................... 14
very deep ground. In addition, for some classes of geotechnical problem such as tunnelling, piling may be unsuitable. For such reasons improving the ground to achieve an appropriate engineering performance is an increasingly successful approach worldwide when faced with problem ground conditions, partially evidenced by the two earlier editions of the present book.
