Publisher's Synopsis
This book is directed to the design and implementation of ground improvement techniques to soft clays, which are widely encountered in large cities, especially in coastal regions and reclaimed lands. Over the last three decades the major geotechnical challenges and risks associated with development with soft soils have become recognised beyond the civil consultancy community and by planners, architects, consultants and contractors, as development is undertaken on marginal lands underlain by soft soils which are weak and highly compressible. Soft soils require very different ground improvement methods to other weak geomaterials.
The book is gives a comprehensive presentation, with numerical examples and case histories wherever appropriate. It forms a reference, especially for industry consultants and contractors, and could be used for short courses to practicing engineers.
