Does anyone have any idea of what sort of 7 & 28 day compressive strengths you would want for soil cement stabilised slopes? Let's assume a nominal cement content of around 5-8%.
Does anyone have any experience of installing gabions and renomattresses in winter, in frozen ground, for riverbank erosion protection? I know the US Army COE does not permit this. In my opinion, preparation of the banks would be difficult, and maybe there would be uneven settlement in the...
I am facing a contractor who is proposing winter construction in a harsh environment (no permafrost), with a freeze depth of around 2m or so. My opinion is that there should be no frozen soils in any earthworks fill. Again my view, is that frozen soils are not engineered fills, but...
I need some ideas on the selection of a geotextile for specific purposes. We have oil and gas pipelines crossing active faults, and the pipelines will be buried, contrary to advice to put them above ground, but that's another topic. The trench bottom will be lined with a granular layer, then a...
I am involved in a major oil/gas project, where the pipelines traverse rough terrain. There is a lot of earthworks, and consequently a lot of construction spoil. The spoil has been simply end-dumped into spoil tips, in a general saturated condition, and with zero foundation preparation or...
