PROJECTSoft soil engineering

Soft soil engineering

Soft soil engineeringBujeon ~ Masan Railway
Category BTL (First proposal)
Client Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Contractor Posco E & C
Period April 09, 2010 ~ July 31, 2010
Project Information
  • Location

    Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do ~ Busan, Korea

 

  • Description  

    • Earthworks L = 6.8km
    • Bridge L = 4.18km
    • Tunnel L = 21.11km

 

  • Technical Issues
    • Application of ground improvement methods according to depth of soft soil layer; pre-loading method (D<3m), pre-loading and GCP method (D>3m)
    • Application of a rahmen structure and pile foundation methods for the section that is expected to exceed the allowable residual settlement 
    • Optimum spacing design of vertical drains based on analysis of the time-consolidation curve