THE 'INSTALLATION LEVELS PROCEDURE' TO ACCOUNT FOR SETTLEMENT OF THE RECLAMATION DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF HONG KONG'S NEW AIRPORT

The paper summarises the work carried out by the Airport Authority in relation to settlement of the reclamation and describes the installation levels procedure part of an overall observational approach to prediction of settlement taken by the Authority. In this approach, there were limited contingency plans to change the design if the observed settlements were too large or too small. The contingency plans were included in the construction activites where possible. The paper defines the various responsibilities of the contractor, designer and the Authority during the main phases of the airport project. It also discusses, by way of example, the application of the procedure, to take account of the reclamation settlement during construction of the follow-on facilities. The paper summarises the benefits that the Authority has obtained by taking the central role in the settlement issue. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD E102464.

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• Authors:
  • Covil, C S
  • PICKLES, A R
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  • THE VALUE OF GEOTECHNICS IN CONSTRUCTION. PROCEEDINGS FROM THE SEMINAR, INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, LONDON, 4 NOVEMBER 1998
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 83-91

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Airports; Economics; Forecasting; Ground settlement; Land reclamation; Rock mechanics; Soil mechanics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• Geographic Terms: Hong Kong (China)
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 255: Economics; 132: Forecast; 8131: Hong Kong; 3631: Reclamation (land); 5757: Rock mechanics; 5792: Settlement; 5722: Site investigation; 5755: Soil mechanics
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Economics; Geotechnology; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00779186
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 1-86081-251-1
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 7 1999 12:00AM