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    This document discusses diaphragm walls as a construction remedy. It describes diaphragm walls as retaining walls that can form the perimeter of a basement or act as a cutoff wall from a river. It lists advantages of diaphragm walls such as allowing the final wall to be designed before excavation, having little vibration during construction, and being watertight. The document also notes that diaphragm walls can resist vertical and horizontal forces and be constructed in nearly any shape. Finally, it mentions that diaphragm walls are constructed using either touching bored piles or trench excavation with a bentonite slurry method.

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    This document discusses diaphragm walls as a construction remedy. It describes diaphragm walls as retaining walls that can form the perimeter of a basement or act as a cutoff wall from a river. It lists advantages of diaphragm walls such as allowing the final wall to be designed before excavation, having little vibration during construction, and being watertight. The document also notes that diaphragm walls can resist vertical and horizontal forces and be constructed in nearly any shape. Finally, it mentions that diaphragm walls are constructed using either touching bored piles or trench excavation with a bentonite slurry method.

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    CHAPTER 2 Part 2

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    Elizabeth Nelson
    This document discusses diaphragm walls as a construction remedy. It describes diaphragm walls as retaining walls that can form the perimeter of a basement or act as a cutoff wall from a river. It lists advantages of diaphragm walls such as allowing the final wall to be designed before excavation, having little vibration during construction, and being watertight. The document also notes that diaphragm walls can resist vertical and horizontal forces and be constructed in nearly any shape. Finally, it mentions that diaphragm walls are constructed using either touching bored piles or trench excavation with a bentonite slurry method.

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    CONSTRUCTION

    TECHNOLOGY II

    CHAPTER 2
    PRELIMINARY WORKS
    2.3 Remedies
     Diaphragm Wall
     A retaining wall
     To form the perimeter wall of a basement
    structure
     To act as a cut off wall from river
     To retain large masses of soil such as the
    sidewall of a road underpass
    2.3 Remedies (Cont’d)
     Advantages of diaphragm wall
     Final wall can be designed & constructed as the
    required wall
     Can be constructed before the bulk excavation
    takes place thus eliminating the need for
    temporary works
     Construction methods of the wall are relatively
    quiet & has little or no vibration
     Work can be carried out immediately adjacent
    to an existing structure
    2.3 Remedies (Cont’d)
     Advantages of diaphragm wall
     May be designed to resist vertical & horizontal
    forces
     Walls are watertight when constructed &
    virtually any plan shape is possible
     An economic method for the construction of
    basement or retaining walls
    2.3 Remedies (Cont’d)
     Methods of construction for diaphragm wall
     Touching or interlocking bored piles
     Excavation of trench using bentonite slurry
    method

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