GEOTECHNICS FOR BUILDING PROFESSIONALS
1 INTRODUCTION FOUNDATIONS AND GEOTECHNICS BUILDING PROFESSIONALS AND GEOTECHNICAL SPECIALISTS SCOPE OF THE BOOK 2 REGULATIONS FOR FOUNDATIONS AND GEOTECHNICS INTRODUCTION PLANNING CONSTRAINTS BUILDING REGULATIONS CONTAMINATED LAND CODES AND STANDARDS INSURANCE AND LITIGATION 3 TYPES OF GROUND SOIL FORMATION SOIL COMPOSITION – SOLID PARTICLES SOIL COMPOSITION – PHASE RELATIONSHIPS COARSE SOIL FINE SOIL ORGANIC SOIL ROCK FILL 3 10 GROUNDWATER 4 SOIL BEHAVIOUR STRESS AND STRAIN EFFECTIVE STRESS AND PORE WATER PRESSURE GROUNDWATER FLOW DEFORMATION AND COMPRESSIBILITY SHEAR STRENGTH PARTIALLY SATURATED SOIL SHRINKAGE AND SWELLING OF CLAY COLLAPSE COMPRESSION ON WETTING 4 10 COMPACTION OF PARTIALLY SATURATED FINE SOIL 5 GROUND ASSESSMENT GROUND INVESTIGATION DESK STUDY WALK-OVER SURVEY DIRECT INVESTIGATION LABORATORY MEASUREMENT OF GROUND PROPERTIES IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF GROUND PROPERTIES GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENT OF GROUND PROPERTIES 6 FOUNDATION DESIGN TYPES OF FOUNDATION ACCEPTABLE GROUND MOVEMENTS BASIC FEATURES OF DESIGN BEARING RESISTANCE OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS BEARING RESISTANCE OF DEEP FOUNDATIONS USE OF ELASTIC THEORY IN SETTLEMENT CALCULATIONS SETTLEMENT OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS IN RESPONSE TO LOADING SETTLEMENT OF DEEP FOUNDATIONS IN RESPONSE TO LOADING 6 10 FOUNDATIONS FOR LOW-RISE BUILDING EXTENSIONS 6 11 GROUND CHEMISTRY 7 FOUNDATIONS ON DIFFICULT GROUND SOFT NATURAL GROUND LOOSE NATURAL GROUND SHRINKABLE CLAY AND THE EFFECT OF TREES UNSTABLE SLOPES UNDERGROUND MINES AND CAVITIES 8 BROWNFIELD LAND TYPES OF BROWNFIELD SITE SYSTEMS AT RISK GROUND-RELATED HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION OF CONTAMINATION STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING ON BROWNFIELD SITES FOUNDATIONS AND SERVICES 9 GROUND TREATMENT VIBRATED STONE COLUMNS IMPACT COMPACTION PRELOADING EXCAVATION AND REFILLING DRAINAGE SOIL MIXING GROUTING REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED LAND 9 10 SPECIFICATION AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT 10 FOUNDATION MOVEMENT AND DAMAGE 10 1 INTRODUCTION 10 2 CAUSES OF BUILDING DAMAGE 10 3 TYPES OF FOUNDATION MOVEMENT 10 4 CAUSES OF FOUNDATION MOVEMENT 10 5 INVESTIGATING DAMAGE 10 6 DIAGNOSIS 10 7 USES OF MONITORING 10 8 STRUCTURAL MONITORING 10 9 FOUNDATION AND GROUND MOVEMENT MONITORING 11 REMEDIAL TREATMENT AND UNDERPINNING 11 1 INTRODUCTION 11 2 MITIGATING THE CAUSE OF GROUND MOVEMENT 11 3 SOIL STABILISATION 11 4 REPAIRING OR STRENGTHENING THE SUPERSTRUCTURE 11 5 REMEDIAL UNDERPINNING 11 6 MASS CONCRETE UNDERPINNING 11 7 PIER-AND-BEAM UNDERPINNING 11 8 PILE-AND-BEAM AND PILED-RAFT UNDERPINNING 11 9 MINI-PILING UNDERPINNING 11 10 DESIGN OF UNDERPINNING 11 11 PARTIAL UNDERPINNING 12 ANCILLARY WORKS 12 1 HARDCORE 12 2 SOAKAWAYS 12 3 DRAINS AND SEWERS 12 4 SMALL EMBANKMENTS 12 5 SMALL RETAINING WALLS 12 6 FREESTANDING WALLS