UNEXPECTED SOILS PROBLEM FAILS TO SLOW BUILDING PROJECT

A 12-story office tower is going up on schedule in suburban Chicago despite an unexpected peat bog that threatened to slow down the entire project. Wick drains and a heavy earth surcharge squeezed the water out and avoided the added cost and delay of removing and replacing the soft subsoils. This article presents the problem as it was encountered and describes the method that was employed to solve it.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company

  275 Washington Street
  Newton, MA  United States  02158-1630
• Authors:
  • Munn, W D
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 52-53
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 131
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Construction management; Cost effectiveness; Organic soils; Peat; Wick drains
• Uncontrolled Terms: Surcharge
• Old TRIS Terms: Heavy clay
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476852
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM