VERTICAL DRAINS USED TO FACILITATE ROAD CONSTRUCTION FOR A MEDWAY RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIAL AREA

The paper discusses the ground engineering problems encountered during the construction of a main industrial access road to service a large riparian development on Medway estuarine alluvial deposits. Consideration of the various alternatives to speed consolidation under the road embankment indicated that the vertical band drain system was likely to be the most effective. A planned 12-week contract was completed in 9 weeks at a total saving of 6 per cent. (Author/TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the 19th Regional Conference of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society on the Engineering Geology of Tidal Rivers.
• Corporate Authors:

  GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

  BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY
  LONDON,   United Kingdom  W1V 0JU
• Authors:
  • Finch, MTN
  • Hughes, F H
  • Kilner, R A
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 327-334
• Serial:
  • QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 0481-2085

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alluvium; Clay; Consolidation; Drainage; Edge drains; Embankments; Estuaries; Geotextiles; Industrial areas; Industrial buildings; Inland waterways; River basins; Road construction; Sand drains; Seas; Silts; Soil stabilization; Vertical drains
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation; Vertical
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Band drains; Ground engineering
• ITRD Terms: 4030: Alluvium; 4177: Clay; 5791: Consolidation (soil); 2937: Drainage; 2801: Embankment; 4568: Geotextile; 1088: Inland waterway; 2929: Sand drain; 4368: Sea; 4149: Silt; 5722: Site investigation; 8119: United Kingdom; 9087: Vertical
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Terminals and Facilities; I41: General Soil Surveys; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395529
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1985 12:00AM