GROUNDWATER INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: PART 1

Descriptions are given of some groundwater treatments in the planning, execution and interpretation of site investigations for highway projects. A number of situations are considered in which the presence of groundwater can cause problems during construction. Procedures for its control will be discussed in part 2, and the advantages considered of combining necessary short term measures with the permanent works drainage design.(a) /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Embankment Press Limited

  Embankment House, 3 Caledonian Road
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Goodman, R C
  • Jeremiah, KBC
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 4-7
• Serial:
  • Highways and Road Construction International
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 1798
  • Publisher: Embankment Press

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Boreholes; Cutting (Earthwork); Drainage; Embankments; Geology; Groundwater; Maps; Permeability; Pore water pressures; Road construction; Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Groundwater control; Groundwater investigation
• ITRD Terms: 4006: Aerial photography; 5711: Bore hole; 2812: Cutting (earthworks); 2801: Embankment; 4053: Geology; 4383: Ground water; 4074: Map; 5921: Permeability; 5762: Pore water pressure; 5722: Site investigation; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I41: General Soil Surveys; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142438
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 1977 12:00AM