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Typical Geotechnical Project
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Shallow Foundations
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Deep Foundations
~ for transferring building loads to underlying ground
~ mostly for weak soils or heavy loads
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weak soil
bed rock
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Deep Foundations
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Pier Foundations for Bridges
A pile group
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Pile Load Test
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Retaining Walls
~ for retaining soils from spreading laterally
retaining
wall
Road
Train
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Earth Dams
~ for impounding water
reservoir
clay
core shell
soil
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Concrete Dams
reservoir
concrete dam
soil
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Concrete Dams
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Earthworks
~ preparing the ground prior to construction
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Tunneling
MSE (Mechanically
stabilised Earth) wall
Chile (2006)
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Tunneling
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Soil Nailing
~ steel rods placed into holes drilled into the walls
and grouted
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Retaining Walls
warehouse
ship
sheet pile
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Sheet Piles
~ resist lateral earth pressures
~ used in excavations, waterfront structures, ..
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Sheet Piles
~ used in temporary works
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Sheet Piles
~ interlocking sections
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Sheet piles
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Cofferdam
~ sheet pile walls enclosing an area, to
prevent water seeping in
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Slope Stability
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Shoring
propping and supporting the exposed walls to
resist lateral earth pressures
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Excavations
Chile (2006)
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