HIGHWAY FOUNDATION PREPARATION IN A SWAMP

The foundation for the road embankment of a 1.2km length of the recently constructed Johannesburg Western By-pass freeway, had to be prepared in a swampy area heavily polluted by mine slimes, left as a residue from previous gold mining operations. The foundation for the road embankment was prepared by heavy poundings, producing short large diameter rock columns combined with improvemnet to the surrounding slimes materials by dynamic consolidation. (TRRL)

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  INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION

  6 ENDSLEIGH STREET
  LONDON,   United Kingdom  WC1H 0DZ
• Authors:
  • Coupe, P S
• Publication Date: 1984-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 11-15
• Serial:
  • HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION
  • ISSN: 0265-6868

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Consolidation; Consolidations; Dynamics; Embankments; Foundations; Highways; Methodology; Rocks; Soil stabilization; Support piles; Swamps
• Uncontrolled Terms: Column (Pile)
• Geographic Terms: South Africa
• ITRD Terms: 4348: Bog; 5791: Consolidation (soil); 5473: Dynamics; 2801: Embankment; 3377: Foundation; 2755: Highway; 9102: Method; 3399: Pile; 4154: Rock; 8103: South Africa
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395104
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1985 12:00AM